Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship, TCE

Responsibilities: Manages and executes TCE’s gift acknowledgment process, ensuring donors receive timely, accurate, and meaningful recognition, including personalized communications on behalf of college leadership (weekly & monthly). Oversees the college’s student thank-you letter process, coordinating with scholarship recipients and campus partners to manage communications, timelines, review, and distribution to donors. Develops ad-hoc donor impact reports, stewardship communications, and other donor-facing materials that demonstrate the impact of philanthropy on TCE students, faculty, programs, departments, and priorities. Identifies, develops, and executes meaningful stewardship strategies for donors supporting TCE non-endowed funds and accounts. Coordinates additional college-wide and department-specific stewardship projects, recognition efforts, and donor engagement initiatives as needs and opportunities arise. Supports the coordination of donor-scholarship recipient lunches, meetings, and other engagement opportunities. Collaborates with TCE Advancement, college departments, and central UTFI partners to strengthen and improve stewardship processes, consistency, and the overall donor experience. Coordinates and executes TCE’s annual giving program, including annual appeals, giving days (Big Orange Give, Big Orange Family Campaign, etc.), targeted campaigns, and other broad-based fundraising initiatives designed to increase donor participation, retention, and philanthropic support. Develops and implements TCE’s digital fundraising strategy, identifying new and innovative opportunities to engage donors and prospects through digital channels, targeted outreach, and emerging fundraising tools. Partners with TCE Communications and central UTFI colleagues to execute digital campaigns, evaluate performance, and continually refine strategies to grow donor engagement and giving. Leads strategies to grow the College Fund for Tickle College, monitoring activity, analyzing year-over-year performance and giving trends, identifying opportunities for growth, and developing and presenting monthly reports and recommendations to TCE Advancement leadership and development officers. Partners with TCE departments and development officers to coordinate department-specific annual giving campaigns, digital fundraising initiatives, and special fundraising projects aligned with departmental and college priorities. Manages project timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables across multiple stakeholders to ensure annual giving, digital fundraising, and special projects are executed effectively and on schedule.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree.

Note: Candidates holding a graduate degree must have at least one year of experience.

Benefits: Generous paid leave, accruing up to 24 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave annually, plus 14 paid holidays and administrative closing days Flexible work arrangements, offering a hybrid schedule to most team members Education benefits for employees and their dependents at UT System campuses Retirement and deferred compensation plans, including 401(k), 403(b), etc. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans Employee discounts to attractions, services, and goods The Foundation The University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that serves as the preferred channel for private contributions benefiting students and faculty within the UT System. With a vision of being one of the top-performing advancement organizations in higher education, UTFI is committed to enhancing the educational landscape across the University of Tennessee campuses. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been advancing knowledge and enriching lives since its founding in 1794. Tennessee’s flagship public research university, UT Knoxville is a diverse community whose shared commitment to discovery, creativity, and education combines with a tradition of service and engagement to carry the Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. UT’s campus—home to more than 36,000 students and 9,000 faculty and staff members—is part of the vibrant city of Knoxville, located on the Tennessee River with the Great Smoky Mountains nearby. The UT System The University of Tennessee System is comprised of campuses at Knoxville, Chattanooga, Pulaski, Martin and the Health Science Center at Memphis; the Institute of Agriculture; and the Institute for Public Service. The University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.