Development Officer, Health Sciences and Healing Circle Focus
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Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA, US
Summary
The Development Officer will manage a portfolio of donors to secure leadership annual gifts while leading the 'Healing Circle' fundraising framework for health science schools. They will collaborate with faculty and academic leadership to align donor interests with institutional priorities and maintain accurate donor records.
Job Description
Shenandoah University’s Office of Advancement is accepting applications for a Development Officer, Health Sciences and Healing Circle Focus. This is a full-time benefited position located on our main campus in Winchester, Virginia.
Position Overview
Reporting directly to the Associate Vice President for Advancement (AVP), the Development Officer, Health Sciences and Healing Circle serves as a frontline catalyst for the Office of University Advancement. Operating within our functional unit model, this entry-level position acts as a versatile frontline fundraiser responsible for advancing overall university initiatives, leadership annual giving, and broad donor pipelines. While maintaining a comprehensive fundraising portfolio across all university verticals, the incumbent will take primary operational point on building, scaling, and managing philanthropy across the Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Health Professions.
Key Responsibilities and Strategic Goals
1. Generalist Frontline Fundraising and Direct Outreach
- Comprehensive Pipeline Development: Qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a broad portfolio of prospects to secure leadership annual gifts ($1,000 to $5,000+) supporting university-wide priorities, academic units, and campaign pillars.
- Alumni and Donor Discovery: Systematically identify and engage unengaged alumni, parents, and friends of the university using targeted direct mail, digital outreach, and face-to-face discovery visits.
- Health Sciences Focus: Lead the operational launch and scaling of the "Healing Circle" framework, translating clinical equipment needs, lab enhancements, and health scholarships into compelling donor opportunities while actively seeking cross-disciplinary support.
2. Academic Alignment and Faculty Integration
- Campus-Wide Collaboration: Work across academic divisions to connect donor passions with institutional priorities.
- Health Professions Engagement: Maintain an active on-the-ground presence within health sciences buildings, building strong relationships with Deans, department chairs, and faculty.
- Faculty Partner Integration: Collaborate with trained Faculty Partners across all schools, with an emphasis on health professions, to co-host donor discovery meetings and articulate impactful academic stories.
3. Cross-Functional Synergy and Stewardship
- Frontline Team Alignment: Partner closely with frontline development officer colleagues across athletic, parent, and academic giving tracks to identify overlapping donor pipelines and maximize donor engagement.
- Stewardship Execution: Ensure timely, accurate, and high-touch donor recognition and stewardship for all assigned leadership-level donors.
- Data Integrity: Proactively log donor interactions, moves management stages, and contact reports in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT based on intelligence generated from the Intelligence Hub.
Other Duties
- General Institutional Support: Perform other responsibilities and special projects appropriate to the position as assigned by the supervisor or division leadership.
