Associate Housing Director jobs in Wilmington, NC

Want to become a soaring UNCW Seahawk and work at one of the best universities on the East Coast? Want to put your toes in the sand after a day of work? The University of North Carolina Wilmington offers a wonderfully vibrant university community along with a beautiful location just miles from the beach.

Employees of UNCW are provided a comprehensive benefits package as well as other programs, resources, policies, and practices that help to support a work/life balance. Our programs have been designed to provide a variety of choices to best fit your needs and the needs of your family. Full time employees are eligible for dental, vision and health insurance plans. Health insurance benefit plans eligibility begins on the first of the month following date of hire. Retirement plan contributions begin on the eligibility date following election and include employer contributions for either a defined contribution or a defined benefit plan. Optional disability plans are also available.

Full time employees are also eligible for the tuition waiver program which covers the cost of tuition and fees for up to three (3) undergraduate or graduate courses per academic year at UNCW or any other university within the UNC System. In addition, UNCW covers the cost of tuition and fees for one UNCW course each summer session.

As a full time employee, UNCW also offers a free membership to the Campus Recreation Center, free vaccine and booster shots offered on campus, meditation and yoga sessions, voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, pretax flexible spending accounts, 12 paid holidays, 24 hours of paid community service leave time, paid vacation and sick leave accrual and family medical leave after 12 months of continuous service.

We also offer an abundance of training and development programs through our Dare to Learn Academy, and the employee assistance program, many of which are offered free of charge.

UNCW is wrapping up the public phase of a $125 million comprehensive campaign, and the Office of Annual Giving is growing its team to better serve the needs of University Advancement. The Associate Director of Annual Giving will serve as a trusted partner to the Director of Annual Giving and will be responsible for managing many of the day-to-day operations of a centralized annual giving program. UNCW’s Office of Annual Giving is an industry leader known for its innovative strategies, collaborative spirit, and donor-centric approach. This role will help design and execute a comprehensive fundraising plan that will increase private support from alumni, parents, friends, and the campus community, including employees and students.

This position will be directly responsible for developing and executing multi-channel solicitation strategies, as well as helping to track results of annual giving campaigns and solicitations. The Associate Director will also supervise two full-time Assistant Directors.

This is an exciting opportunity for an emerging leader to play an active role in designing strategies that support UNCW’s philanthropic priorities and align with campaign goals to include increasing participation among the university’s 100,000 alumni.

The Division for University Advancement is responsible for the following primary goals:

• Coordinate a campus-wide, comprehensive effort to raise philanthropic funds that support the strategic plan and mission of the university.

• Manage an inclusive alumni engagement program designed to serve and engage nearly 100,000 alumni as ambassadors, advocates and donors.

• Strengthen and expand UNCW’s donor pipeline through effective discovery, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies.

• Ensure that external boards (UNCW Foundation Board, Board of Visitors, Student Aid Association Board, Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Friends of UNCW) are effective in their mission of supporting UNCW.

The division’s fundraising efforts are enhanced by effective partnerships with the campus community as well as external constituents including alumni, parents, corporations, foundations, volunteers and friends. Development areas include annual giving, leadership annual giving, major gifts, principal gifts, corporate and foundation engagement and planned giving, as well as alumni engagement. Prospect development, events and board management, stewardship, communications and advancement services are support services for the fundraising activities of the division.