Development Coordinator, Division of Development

Campus: Columbia

Work County: Richland

College/Division: Division of Development

Department: DEV Development Office

State Pay Range: G08

USC Market Range: MRE - $49,700 $60,882 $72,065

Anticipated Hiring Range: $49,700 - commensurate with qualifications

Location of Vacancy: Columbia, SC on-site

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Hours per Week: 37.5

Work Schedule:

• Standard working schedule: 8:30am – 5:00pm
• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the department.

Basis: 12 months

Job Search Category: Administrative

About University of South Carolina:

From the Upstate to the Lowcountry, the University of South Carolina system is transforming the lives of South Carolinians through the impact of our eight institutions and 20 locations throughout the state. More than 50,000 students are enrolled at one of eight institutions, including the research campus in Columbia and comprehensive four-year universities in Aiken, Upstate and Beaufort. In addition, our Palmetto College campuses in Salkehatchie, Union, Lancaster and Sumter enable students to earn associate or bachelor’s degrees through a combination of in-person, online or blended learning. All of our system institutions place strong emphasis on service — helping to build healthier, more educated communities in South Carolina and beyond.

Veterans' Preference Statement:

The University of South Carolina is committed to equal opportunity and proudly values the skills and experience military veterans bring to our workforce. Across South Carolina, we are making veterans a priority for employment and recognize their vital contributions to our state and our communities.

Advertised Job Summary:

Under minimal supervision, reporting to the Lead Senior Director of Development (Lead Senior Director), for the College, the Development Coordinator provides comprehensive administrative support to include complex high-level tasks, confidential and detailed project support for the College with strategic coordination. Responsible for executing a variety of administrative, technical, and customer service functions to ensure smooth, day-to-day program operations. Serves as a member of the USC Development team and operates within systems, policies and procedures of Development to ensure consistent and well-coordinated activities to further the mission of the School and the University of South Carolina.

Job Related Minimum Required Education and Experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a job related field and 3 or more years of job related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job related certification, training, education, and/or experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years’ experience in the area of development/advancement program or a related industry.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated proficiency in both verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer-service orientation, and the ability to work independently while contributing to the office functions.
• Established administrator in a fast paced and complex organization with past experience exceeding expectations of demanding internal and external constituencies. Ability to exercise excellent professional judgment and discretion.
• The ability to interpret information accurately, take direction, initiate action, and work as a team member is essential. Expertise and past experience working with budget management, especially expense reimbursement and account payable. Substantial knowledge of computers and various computer software programs (proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Professional).
• A sense of accountability to oneself and for others as it relates to meeting commitments, inclusive management style that actively solicits input from team members. Processes high level of integrity, confidence and positive attitude while being mission driven.

Job Duty:

General and Complex Administrative Support:

• Manages and coordinates multiple calendars and mailboxes for Lead Senior Director and other fundraising team members, including the coordination of internal meetings with Dean, College Leadership and Development Leadership.
• Schedules and coordinates meetings for Lead Senior Director, boards or advisory councils and the development team as needed.
• Serves as the expert and lead with regard to all expenses, expense reports, and purchasing responsibilities to include but not limited to ordering/reconciliation of office supplies, and other items for programmatic operational needs. Supports development team with expense reports and reimbursements processes with accurate tracking from start to finish.
• Provides budgetary operational assistance through deposits, reimbursement reconciliation of operational funds, and initiates payment requests and executes Foundation projects for vendor payments or reimbursements. Coordinates as needed with College Finance, and other related departments regarding donor funds and endowments. Coordinates clear communication with the College budget and accounts payable departments to ensure timely processing.
• Manages all travel arrangements for the Lead Senior Director and other fundraising team members.
• Supports Lead Senior Director in drafting proposals, gift agreements and coordinating with other internal Development programs, such as Gift Planning, Annual Giving, Donor Relations, Communications, and Corporate and Foundation Relations, etc.
• Serves as the subject matter expert in all things administrative for the College development team and the ability to anticipate fundraisers’ needs.

Essential Function: Yes

Percentage of Time: 25%

Job Duty:

Blackbaud/Databases:

• Assists development team in logging activities, creating reports and queries, and maintains regular communication with respective internal units, including the Advancement Services team.
• Use of Visual Analyzer (Blackbaud), LiveAlumni and Insightful, as needed to prepare travel materials for donor visits as well as post visit follow up tasks that will assist fundraisers.
• Provides accurate data-entry in CRM as needed to support the development team.
• Diligently and proactively maintain clean, clear-up-to-date data for all donors, prospects, and alumni in the College which may include strong coordination with the Advancement Services team.
• Becomes the subject matter expert for College development team with CRM and other regularly used databases.

Essential Function: Yes

Percentage of Time: 20%

Job Duty:

Development & Stewardship:

• Assists Lead Senior Director, and development team, with necessary information, administrative needs and content related to donor giving cycle, including, but not limited to lead pre-qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship visits.
• Supports Lead Senior Director, and other fundraisers in the administrative role as they draft proposals, gift agreements, and follow the process through to completion.
• Serves as the College liaison to Annual Giving and Lead Generation for Give4Garnet and other broader fundraising efforts; examples may include sending DME’s, donor outreach, and other correspondence as needed.
• Effectively manages College gift acknowledgements, birthday cards, sympathy cards, and any other monthly, quarterly, or annual correspondence; continually finding more efficient, streamlined, and best practices methods.
• Works with Lead Senior Director, and development team, to coordinate adoption of collateral and other materials.
• Assists with event management for donors, alumni relations, and advisory councils and boards as needed.
• Assists with donor facing engagement as required to develop deeper relationships with donors and alumni for the College.

Essential Function: Yes

Percentage of Time: 20%

Job Duty:

Prospect Management:

• Supports Lead Senior Director, and development team, with prospect qualification and research by working with University Development teams, Prospect Strategy and Prospect Research. Provides comprehensive reports to the development team to assist them in moving the prospect forward to donor cultivation.
• Assists development team with processes around activities in CRM, especially meaningful contacts, solicitations, dollars raised, and top prospects.

Essential Function: Yes

Percentage of Time: 15%

Job Duty:

College University Development Liaison:

• Serves as the primary liaison for University Development teams including but not limited to, Annual Giving, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Donor Relations, Communication, and Marketing, Gift Planning, Gift Processing, and the Foundation.

Essential Function: Yes

Percentage of Time: 15%

Job Duty:

Accepts and implements other specific assignments as directed.

Essential Function: No

Percentage of Time: 5%

Safety Sensitive or Security Sensitive: No

Hazardous weather category: Non-Essential

Number of Vacancies: 2

Desired Start Date: 12/01/2026

Job Open Date: 09/23/2026

Job Close Date: 10/26/2026

Open Until Filled: No

Special Instructions to Applicant:

Positions are advertised for a minimum of five (5) business days on our job website. After five (5) business days, positions can be closed at the discretion of the department at any time. This employment site is updated on a regular basis. The length of the recruitment and screening process may vary from position to position, depending upon a variety of factors. Should review of your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted by phone or email.

We are only accepting applications submitted by October 26, 2026.

The University of South Carolina offers a valuable benefits package including but not limited to:

• Health and Life Insurance
• Retirement Programs
• Paid Tuition
• Dependent Scholarships
• Annual Leave
• Sick Leave
• 13 Paid Holidays (including an extended December holiday)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Professional Development Opportunities

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EEO Statement:

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, military status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.

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Working at University of South Carolina

With more than 200 years of history and tradition, the University of South Carolina is redefining itself for decades to come. There's never been a better time to be at South Carolina, the state's flagship university and one of only 62 public universities to receive the Carnegie Foundation's highest designation for research.

The University is located in the heart of South Carolina in the capital city of Columbia, which is the nexus of government, a thriving arts and culture center, a venue for big-time Southeastern Conference intercollegiate athletics, and a community that is reinventing itself with redevelopment projects citywide. Much of the development is tied to land along the scenic, slow-moving Congaree River. Working with government, business, and community leaders, Carolina has developed a unified plan that will allow the University to expand from its origins on the historic Horseshoe to its future-Innovista, a research and innovation district that will stretch to the banks of the Congaree.

Innovista represents a new vision for research by creating a vibrant, urban community where students and researchers, including those from private firms, will live, work, learn, and play. Innovista will represent the University's four core research areas-hydrogen fuel cells, nanoscience and technology, biomedical and public health, and the environment-but will include other initiatives and business partners that serve the knowledge economy. Innovista's first private tenant, for example, is a leader in software applications for the insurance industry and will create several hundred high-paying jobs.

By attracting similar companies and jobs-and by capitalizing on an attractive location for restaurants and residential and retail space-Innovista will help drive the economy and increase per-capita income in the city and state. Recreational space will include a world-class waterfront park along the Congaree River and a new stadium for the Gamecocks' nationally ranked baseball program. Greenway paths for biking, walking, and running already line much of the river area. Innovista's 8 million square feet will blend seamlessly with the Vista, the city's nearby entertainment district of restaurants, bars, shops, and art galleries.

Chartered in 1801, Carolina began classes in 1805 with nine students and a single building, Rutledge College. As the campus grew and buildings were added during the next 50 years, a horseshoe layout was adopted. Today, the Horseshoe is on the National Register of Historic Places, with 10 of its 11 buildings dating to the 19th century. Those renovated buildings house, among other areas, the South Carolina Honors College and Undergraduate Admissions, representing much of the University's current and future lifeblood.

In fact, incoming freshman classes have never been larger or more competitive. The freshmen from fall 2006 set records for their size (more than 3,700) and SAT scores (1171 average). Freshmen enrolling in the Honors College had average SAT scores of 1398. Members of the University's prestigious scholarship programs, Carolina Scholars for in-state students and McNair Scholars for out-of-state students, had average scores of 1449 and 1477, respectively. Total enrollment at Carolina for undergraduates and graduates is more than 27,300, with some 350 degree programs to choose from. Since 1994, Carolina students have earned more than $9.9 million in prestigious national scholarships such as the Goldwater, Truman, Rhodes, and NSF scholarships and the Fulbright Fellowships.

South Carolina's student body is diverse. In fact, Carolina was recently recognized as the state flagship university with the highest percentage of African-American student enrollment in the nation. Research by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education shows African-American students made up 14.7 percent of enrollment in 2004, the latest year available. The JBHE also ranks Carolina eighth in the nation in percentage of African-American faculty at a state flagship university with 4.3 percent.

The University's faculty garnered a record $173.3 million in federal, state, and private funding for research, outreach, and training programs in 2005-06, and several key hiring plans will introduce more talent and expertise to the faculty ranks. An aggressive campus building master plan and the faculty recruiting initiatives will change the collective face of the University and the faces of many of its key teachers and researchers.

South Carolina is recruiting world-class faculty to be endowed chairs-and change agents-for a series of "research centers of economic excellence" in areas such as nanoelectronics, polymer nanocomposites, brain imaging, regenerative medicine, cancer therapeutics, drug discovery, vision research, hydrogen fuel cells, and travel and tourism technology. These centers, some in collaboration with other state research universities and health and hospital systems, are funded with $30 million annually in state lottery money, as well as private matching money. Carolina is in the midst of a faculty recruitment plan to hire 600 new members. The Faculty Excellence Initiative is recruiting 150 faculty, many in interdisciplinary clusters of emphasis, while the Centenary Plan will recruit 100 elite research faculty to lead the University's core initiatives. Additionally, 350 faculty will be hired across disciplines to replace retirees over the next few years.

The University has forged a number of international collaborations in research, and the University's global connections are also strong in academics, particularly in international business. U.S. News & World Report has consistently ranked the Moore School of Business best in the nation for its undergraduate and graduate programs in international business; the undergraduate program is No. 1 for the 10th consecutive time, while the graduate program is No. 1 among public universities for the 18th consecutive year and No. 2 overall, continuing a streak of 18 years with a top-two overall ranking.