As a development officer on the gift planning team, you will meet frequently with current and potential donors face-to-face in their home, office, at events, or hosting at a restaurant or coffee shop. Working each day to connect donors’ philanthropic interests with campus priorities, you will blend your professional knowledge, relationship management skills, and talent with philanthropic strategies. Development officers play a key role on the development team to help identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts to the university. Based on qualifications and experience, a selected candidate may hold one of these job titles: Assistant Director of Development, Associate Director of Development, Director of Development, or Senior Director of Development.