Associate Director of Development

Are you a passionate and driven front-line fundraiser? Do you possess a strong understanding of advancement and take a donor-centric approach? If so, we invite you to join our team as our Associate Director of Development!

The University of Alaska Southeast, located in Juneau, AK, is seeking an energetic, entrepreneurial, and strategic thinker to join the newly named Office of Advancement. While this position is termed at three years, a successful candidate will have an opportunity to grow into a permanent position with a team that is forward thinking dedicated to a donor-centric approach. Under the guidance of Chancellor Aparna Palmer, the University of Alaska Southeast is dedicated to creating a destination workplace and a world class university. 

This position, in close coordination with the Executive Director of Advancement, serves as a major gift officer for the University of Alaska Southeast Office of Advancement. This gift officer plays an important lead role in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment and requires the ability to think strategically, multi-task, and demonstrate a high level of professionalism at all times. As a fundraiser, this individual will not only interact with internal development/university colleagues and the UA Foundation, this person will also seek to build and maintain relationships with UAS alumni, friends and donors. Starting salary is commensurate, with a range of $80,000-100,000.00.

The University of Alaska Southeast spans three campuses: Sitka, Ketchikan, and the main campus in Juneau located on majestic Auke Lake.

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of 3 years of successful fundraising or relevant skills is required. Experience working with marketing and public relations staff at upper-level management. Strong strategic-thinking skills. Experience working with database-i.e., Raiser's Edge. Ability to direct a moderately complex unit involving multiple operations, projects and programs. An unrestricted Alaska's drivers license and clean driving record in compliance with UA Safe Driving criteria is required. 

Sufficient exposure to higher education to understand the urban university's mission, environment and operating requirements. Willingness to attend educational training two times a year for nationally recognized institutions or organizations that further philanthropic endeavors. Possess or willingness to earn the CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) rating within 1 year from start date.

Position Details:

This position is located on the University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau. This is a full-time, term-funded exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 82, based on education and experience.

Applications will be accepted for review on September 2, 2024, to ensure consideration, please apply by 11:55 PM, Alaska Standard Time on DAY BEFORE REVIEW DATE, September 1, 2024. Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient and viable number of qualified candidates have been identified.

This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.

Located in the ancestral homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is fully committed to advancing the education and research aspirations of Indigenous peoples and is committed to ongoing work toward decolonization. These efforts are reflected in our UAS programs and formal community partnerships across our three campuses and throughout all of Southeast Alaska.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Chris Natynski, Executive Director of Advancement, at crnatynski@alaska.edu or 907-796-6416.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.