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Post University Advancement Jobs

Connect your opening with university advancement, development and alumni-relations professionals who intentionally explore work with organizations making a difference.

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Roles you can promote

Put specialized opportunities in front of a focused audience

Vice President for Advancement

Present the role, mission, priorities and candidate experience required for this work.

Development Director

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Major Gifts Officer

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Annual Giving Director

Present the role, mission, priorities and candidate experience required for this work.

Alumni Relations Director

Present the role, mission, priorities and candidate experience required for this work.

Advancement Services Director

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What a strong posting should communicate

Organizations across colleges, universities, education foundations and academic medical institutions compete for professionals with relevant experience. A useful posting should explain the mission without hiding the practical details of the job.

  • Clear responsibilities and decision authority
  • Reporting relationship and team structure
  • Compensation and location expectations
  • Priorities for the first year
  • How the position supports fundraising, alumni engagement, campaigns, stewardship and institutional advancement

Why Foundation List

Recruit where mission-driven professionals are looking

Foundation List is designed for nonprofit, foundation, education, healthcare, association and public-benefit hiring. Your organization can explain both the professional opportunity and the purpose behind it.

Help candidates decide

Be direct about compensation, work location, travel, supervisory responsibility, funding context and the outcomes the person will own.

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Reach professionals interested in fundraising, alumni engagement, campaigns, stewardship and institutional advancement.

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Questions and answers

Frequently asked questions

Where can organizations post university advancement jobs?

Foundation List lets eligible mission-driven employers create an account, choose a posting option and publish opportunities for a national audience.

What details belong in the posting?

Include the role scope, compensation, location expectations, reporting relationship, required experience and a clear explanation of the organization’s mission.

What organizations can use Foundation List?

Foundation List serves nonprofits, foundations, schools, universities, healthcare organizations, associations and other mission-driven employers.

University advancement hiring is specialized

Show where the role sits across fundraising, alumni engagement and advancement operations

Advancement teams can include major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, corporate and foundation relations, alumni engagement, prospect research, donor relations, advancement services and campaign leadership. Employers should identify the specific portfolio, constituency or operating function rather than using advancement as a broad label.

For frontline fundraising roles, describe portfolio expectations, travel, solicitation responsibilities and collaboration with academic leaders. For operations and research roles, explain systems, data, prospect development, reporting and campaign support. Clear scope helps candidates understand both the work and the institutional environment.