🚀 Development Director

Job Summary

The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) is seeking a Development Director to lead the center’s fundraising efforts and increase support for worker safety and healthy workplaces. The role will identify and secure major gift opportunities, collaborate with internal partners, and position RMCOEH as a leader in occupational and environmental health.

Responsibilities

• Identify major gift prospects, develop and execute plans, and solicit gifts in the five‑ to seven‑figure range.
• Advise the leadership team on donor engagement strategies, communications priorities, and partnership opportunities.
• Coordinate with leadership to align development strategies with the center’s needs.
• Report regularly on progress toward goals and objectives to the leadership team.
• Collaborate across the center’s interdisciplinary programs to identify needs and emerging opportunities for philanthropic investment, including endowed chairs, programmatic support, student scholarships, and research funding.
• Work closely with the marketing team regarding donor‑related communications and strategies.
• Build internal relationships to advance development‑related activities.
• Maintain high ethical standards, including confidentiality of donor information.
• Ensure appropriate and ongoing recognition and stewardship of donors.
• Plan and execute cultivation and acknowledgment events.
• Analyze market research and performance data to aid in fundraising activities.
• Develop long‑term relationships with potential donors and maintain prospect management system.
• Exhibit high‑quality, poignant, and delicate communications and interpersonal skills in all domains.
• Ensure gifts are deposited correctly and reconciled with the accounting system.
• Travel to meet potential donors, including occasional out‑of‑state travel.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalency) and 6–10 years of directly related work experience in major gift fundraising, capital campaigns, or endowment development within higher education, healthcare, or nonprofit sectors. 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience.

Preferred Experience

Experience with major gift fundraising, capital campaigns, or endowment development within higher education, healthcare, or nonprofit sectors. Entrepreneurial and self‑motivated attitude, with eagerness to build development programs and donor relationships from the ground up.

EEO Statement

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. The University of Utah is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106.