Jobs at University of Illinois System

Provides enterprise-wide leadership for central fundraising programs across the University of Illinois System. Oversees a 50-person team spanning gift planning, donor relations, foundation relations, innovation, board engagement, and major gifts support. Advises senior leaders, aligns decentralized advancement operations, drives campaigns and donor engagement, manages principal gift relationships, strengthens data-informed processes, ensures compliance, and develops organizational capacity to increase philanthropic growth.

Coordinates employee and student-worker onboarding and offboarding, including account setup, orientation events, HRIS training, records maintenance, reporting, and data entry. Supports student hiring processes, maintains HR content, prepares onboarding materials, and contributes to staff engagement initiatives. The role requires collaboration across HR, IT, and organizational departments while ensuring confidentiality, legal compliance, policy adherence, and a welcoming employee experience.

Leads charitable gift planning and planned-giving fundraising for the University of Illinois Foundation. Advises donors, professional advisors, and development officers on tax, estate, financial, and documentation considerations. Manages a portfolio, identifies and cultivates prospects, secures outright and deferred gifts, supports marketing and campaigns, maintains compliance with policies, and provides training on gift-planning practices.

Coordinates donor engagement and annual giving programs, supervises student interns and specialists, administers digital engagement and constituent platforms, manages outreach scheduling, tracks performance reports, reconciles transactions, supports donor communications, documents processes, and serves as a liaison across Foundation departments. The role also identifies operational improvements, supports training and compliance, and provides customer service to campus partners and constituents.

Supports gift planning operations by processing estate payments, recording planned gift commitments, maintaining departmental records and CRM data, managing email and mail workflows, responding to routine inquiries, and coordinating with donors, advisors, attorneys, and university colleagues. The role also develops knowledge of planned giving vehicles, estate administration, and internal gift-recording processes while handling confidential information and reprioritizing multiple tasks.