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Current Job Listings
Alumni Relations Officer
This incumbent will serve as an integral part of the Terry College Development & Alumni relations team to reach out and engage our more than 70,000 alumni. This employee will work specifically with MBA alumni and function largely as an event planner for strategic events and initiatives to benefit the college. This incumbent will serve as the main point of contact for the Terry Travels initiative, which is designed to be an annual, week-long outreach opportunity in a designated area of the country. This will include planning and executing multiple events within the week. A large portion of this position will be dedicated to alumni relations and outreach to our graduate population of alumni. This will include creating a strategy for this outreach and executing appropriately. In addition, this employee will coordinate the events that are hosted each year in five major cities that are designed to connect the alumni in a specific area with the Terry students interning there as well as recent graduates who have moved to that area. As a member of the Terry College Development and Alumni Relations team, this incumbent will be expected to attend bi-weekly staff meeting, monthly department meetings, and campus-wide division meetings.
Assistant Director of Board Relations
The Assistant Director of Board Relations reports to the Director of Board Relations and serves as the primary staff point of contact for members of the UGA Foundation Emeriti Trustees in support of the program’s strategic focus.
Associate Director for Business Engagement
The associate director for business engagement is a member of the Office of Business Engagement and plays a key role in achieving the university’s goal to foster new, significant partnerships with industry. The mission of the University of Georgia’s Office of Business Engagement is to cultivate long-term, holistic partnerships with companies by aligning university resources with business goals to help expand the positive impact of both organizations. The OBE has three objectives: 1) connect companies across campus; 2) facilitate university-industry research collaboration; and 3) attract corporate philanthropy for UGA priorities.
Associate Director of Affinity Engagement
Based in Atlanta, this position is responsible for managing the logistics of the Office of Alumni Relations’ affinity groups relating to diverse populations, specifically the Black Alumni Leadership Council, Women of UGA Leadership Council, and Latino Alumni Council. This position is responsible for promoting active engagement strategies to increase alumni participation. The Associate Director for Affinity Engagement will manage volunteer training sessions, provide assistance to the board of directors’ Affinity Engagement Committee, the execution of council programs, manage communications for the councils, and philanthropic strategy support.
Associate Director of Research
The Associate Director of Research oversees and implements strategic prospect research initiatives in support of institutional priorities focusing on vice presidential and presidential requests, principal giving needs, and corporate and foundation research initiatives.
Development Associate, College of Environment + Design
The Development Associate’s primary responsibility is to support the front-line development and alumni relations efforts of the College of Environment and Design, including annual gift fundraising, alumni relations, event coordination, administrative support, database management, gift recording, donor stewardship and recognition, and general office assistance. This position is an excellent opportunity to help build and sustain development, and public and alumni relations programs for the College.
Development Coordinator, School of Social Work
This incumbent is key to providing stewardship and annual fund support for the UGA School of Social Work. Annual Fund initiatives, meetings, and solicitations are integral to grow the major giving pipeline for the SSW. Stewardship is an important part of a comprehensive giving program and provides an opportunity for additional/future giving. This employee will provide stewardship and annual fund planning, outreach, face-to-face meetings, portfolio management, and overall strategy to ensure SSW has a successful annual fund program.
Financial Accountant
As part of the part of the UGA Foundation’s Financial Accounting and Reporting team, the incumbent is responsible for financial reporting on subsets of information to assist management with oversight of financial information.
Prospect Management Specialist
Reporting to the Senior Director of Prospect Management, the Prospect Management Specialist will prioritize and leverage Prospect Management’s resources to support the university’s ongoing fundraising efforts. Specifically, this individual will provide decision and process support for Prospect Management in guiding practices and procedures.
Senior Director for Business Engagement
The Senior Director for Business Engagement is a member of the eight-person Office of Business Engagement and plays a leadership role in achieving the university’s goal to expand industry partnership and collaboration. The mission of the University of Georgia’s Office of Business Engagement is to cultivate long-term, holistic partnerships with companies by aligning university resources with business goals to help expand the positive impact of both organizations. The OBE has three objectives: 1) connect companies across campus; 2) facilitate university-industry research collaboration; and 3) attract corporate philanthropy for UGA priorities.
Senior Director of Development, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
The Senior Director of Development serves as a liaison between the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and University Development. As Franklin’s chief development officer, the incumbent is responsible for raising major gifts ($25,000+) to enable the unit to fulfill its mission and implement its programs and initiatives. In addition to major and principal gifts, the incumbent is also responsible for providing strategy, leadership, direction, coordination, and management of all levels of giving for Franklin, including major giving, annual gifts, stewardship, and alumni relations.
Senior Director of Development, University Libraries
To fulfill the unit’s mission and implement its programs and initiatives, the Senior Director of Development works closely with the University Librarian and Associate Provost to develop fundraising priorities, create a development plan, implement the plan, and secure major gifts while also supervising a development and alumni relations staff. In this role, the employee is responsible for communication, collaboration, and coordination between the unit and the University Development office, as well as creating productive partnerships with all other UGA school, college, and unit fundraising programs.
Student Employment Manager
The Student Employment Manager is responsible for coordinating all part-time job listings in the Athens community and working with departments to list on-campus employment opportunities. The position coordinates and manages Student Employment Program/Job Location and Development Program at UGA and coordinates all student employment/part-time job fairs and coordinates the Student Employee of the Year program.
Systems Administrator Specialist
This position reports to the Associate Director of Applications and Integration and provides oversight of and maintenance for the functionality of Development & Alumni Relations’ (DAR) computing systems. This includes maintaining, configuring, and setting up servers, user setup and data access into the Donor System and UGA Foundation Financial system, has database management responsibilities to ensure availability and integrity of all donor and alumni data, as well as ensuring data backups are viable. The position also includes maintenance of web servers, SQL Server administration, troubleshooting report errors, and assistance with help desk calls pertaining to users as well as system problems.
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The University of Georgia offers a competitive benefits package to faculty and staff. These benefits include comprehensive retirement and health insurance packages (medical, dental, vision), long and short-term disability, accrued annual and sick leave along with 12 official paid holidays each year, and a variety of other discounts, savings plans and lifestyle benefits. Learn more at hr.uga.edu/benefits.
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