Role Overview
The Director of Development is responsible for ensuring the fiscal health and sustainability of Texas Hillel by leading, managing, and supervising the organization’s fundraising activities . This position reports directly to the Executive Director and plays a crucial role in advancing Texas Hillel’s mission to empower and support Jewish students at UT. In partnership with the Board of Directors, the Development Committee, and the Executive Director, the Director of Development will create and implement Texas Hillel’s development strategies and fundraising campaigns to achieve annual fundraising goals. The Director of Development is responsible for both short- and long-term fundraising strategies, with a particular focus on major gifts and endowment growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and implement a comprehensive annual development plan in collaboration with the Executive Director to achieve an annual fundraising goal of $1.4 million+
- Work with the Executive Director and lay leaders to develop and manage a portfolio of donors and prospects with an emphasis on building Hillel’s major gifts program
- Plan and organize special events for current and prospective supporters
- Assist in the implementation of an endowment/planned giving campaign in partnership with the Executive Director and volunteer leadership
- Conduct research and prepare background materials for grant proposals
- Oversee fundraising operations including donor database, gift processing, and gift acknowledgement including preparation of monthly benchmark reports as well as tracking engagements and campaign outcomes.
- Supervise and mentor a development team of two professionals, including the Family and Alumni Relations Manager and part-time Marketing Manager.
- Oversee donor engagement, stewardship, and recognition and cultivation programs.
- Track and manage grants and organizational partnerships
- Identify and develop new revenue streams.
- Manage a portfolio of donors and prospects, ensuring tailored engagement and stewardship plans.
- Donor event oversight.
- Collaborate with the Board of Directors and Development Committee by providing strategic guidance, tools, and training to enhance donor cultivation efforts.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years experience in development leadership, nonprofit management, or major gifts fundraising.
- Experience mentoring and supervising a team.
- Direct solicitation experience.
- Strong proficiency in donor software, data analysis, and financial oversight.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Passion for Jewish life, higher education, and student engagement.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary of $90,000-$110,000 commensurate with experience.
- A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, Life, AD&D and Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurances, Flexible Spending accounts, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
- Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities.
- Travel regionally and nationally.
About Texas Hillel
Texas Hillel at The University of Texas at Austin was founded in 1927 and has a long history of community service and programmatic innovation, serving approximately 3,000 Jewish students in the Austin area. The Topfer Center for Jewish Life at the Abe & Annie Seibel building was opened in 2006 and hosts a full array of award-winning student groups and events. Governed by a nationwide board of directors, Texas Hillel enjoys strong partnerships with the UT Austin campus and community organizations. Long recognized by Hillel International and The University of Texas at Austin for innovation, Texas Hillel is adjacent to the UT Austin campus and enjoys a strong partnership with UT and the wider Jewish community.
Texas Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel.
About Austin
Recently named the #1 city to live in, Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Austin has a young and mobile Jewish community of approximately 20,000. Much of the community’s Jewish life is centered at the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Northwest Hills, including three synagogues, the JCC, a community day school, Federation and subsidiaries. Austin is the live musical capital of the world, home to SXSW, Austin City Limits and more. Located in the geographic center of the state, Austin is 200 miles from Dallas and 170 miles from Houston. It offers the amenities of a large city with a distinct flavor that makes Austin unique. Austin is the capital of Texas, and UT-Austin is the flagship campus of the UT System with 50,000 students.
About Hillel International
In 1923, Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means, a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today, Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1,000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization, the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.
Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.