Development Associate - School of Nursing

Posting Details

Posting Details

Position Title Development Associate - School of Nursing Department 0090 - Nursing Position Number E37537 Requisition No. TC06514 Salary Range/Pay Rate $25.00 per hour Benefits of Working at Oakland University

There are no benefits with this position.

Employee Group/Grade Casual Job Category Casual Posted Casual/Temp Classification Work Schedule Casual (19hrs or less, No Benefits ) Shift/Days

TBD.

Note: Evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required.

Pay Schedule Hour Number of Hrs./Wk. Up to 19 hours per week

Position Information

Position Information

Employee's Effective Start Date 09/01/2026 If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type. N/A Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• One to two years' experience in development, fundraising, program management or an equivalent combination.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills along with keen attention to detail.
• Experience writing and editing executive level communications and advancement content.
• Knowledge of technology and its application to development and fundraising activities.
• Previous experience with database and records management.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with donors and university staff at all levels.
• Discretion and sound judgment in dealing with confidential information.
• Self-starter with creative ability to work efficiently and accurately to meet critical deadlines.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience in university environment or non-profit is preferred.
• Unless otherwise required by an applicable collective bargaining agreement, all minimum, additional and desired qualifications are preferred, but qualifications, degrees, and/or experience deemed comparable and/or equivalent by Oakland University in its sole and exclusive discretion may be considered.

Position Purpose

The Development Associate (DA) will support and facilitate development office projects, excluding major gift work, for the School of Nursing. They will take responsibility for development functions including donor stewardship outreach and communications; annual fund efforts; supporting fundraising and donor engagement events; gift processing; and other development related efforts not directly linked to cultivating and soliciting major gifts. The DA is also responsible for writing and preparing executive level communication, custom acknowledgement letters, donor impact reports, and providing proposal writing support.

The DA will report to the Director of Philanthropy, School of Nursing & School of Health Sciences and must have experience in managing multiple tasks and a good working knowledge of development. Note: Evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required.

Job Duties

Lead efforts for drafting and preparing executive level communications, donor acknowledgment letters, donor impact reports, and other donor cultivation & stewardship materials produced by SON. This includes story gathering and securing thank you notes from student scholarship recipients. Will support proposal development efforts led by the Director of Philanthropy.

Works closely with Director of Philanthropy, annual giving team and unit faculty and staff to conduct annual giving campaigns such as Giving Day, OUFD, unit specific appeals, etc.

Assist with Advisory Board engagement activities.

Provide support for SON fundraising events, with an emphasis on sponsor fulfillment. Support other donor cultivation and stewardship events as needed.

Assist with improvement of SON development office processes, as well as processes of others impacted by SON donor engagement. To include management of SON fundraising files.

Job Open Date 08/28/2026 Job Close Date Open Until Filled No

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Documents Needed to Apply

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Optional Documents