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Location : Richland County, SC
Job Type: FTE - Full-Time
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Agency: University of South Carolina
Opening Date: 10/06/2026
Closing Date: 12/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Agency Specific Application Procedures:: Your application must be submitted online at https://apptrkr.com/9873328
Class Code:: UA19
Position Number:: 9873328
Normal Work Schedule:: Monday - Friday (8:30 - 5:00)
Pay Grade: Unclassified
Job Responsibilities
Assoc. VC for Advancement Department: BFT Chancellor's Office Advertised Salary Range: Part/Full Time: Full Time
Advertised Job Summary
Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement Lead, Build Partnerships. Advance the Future of the Lowcountry. The University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) invites applications for an accomplished, relationship-driven, and strategic leader to serve as its Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement. Located in the heart of South Carolina's beautiful Lowcountry, USCB serves the dynamic Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head Island communities-an extraordinary region known for its coastal lifestyle, strong philanthropic community, thriving business environment, and engaged civic leadership. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced advancement professional to help shape the next chapter of a growing university while building meaningful relationships with alumni, donors, corporate partners, foundations, community leaders, and friends of USCB.
Make an Impact
The Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement is a senior-level leader responsible for planning, directing, and advancing comprehensive fundraising strategies and activities that support USCB's mission and institutional priorities. The Associate Vice Chancellor will provide strategic leadership for major and significant gift development, donor cultivation and stewardship, fundraising initiatives, advancement events, community engagement, and advancement operations. The position will maintain a highly visible, front-line role with current and prospective donors and key community stakeholders, including corporate, civic, state, and local leaders. Working collaboratively across the University, the Associate Vice Chancellor will partner closely with the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost and the Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations to align philanthropic priorities with USCB's academic, operational, and strategic goals.
Lead the USCB Education Foundation
The Associate Vice Chancellor will also serve as Executive Director of the USCB Education Foundation, providing leadership for Foundation operations, governance support, donor engagement, and philanthropic initiatives. This leader will identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual, corporate, and foundation donors, while developing long-term relationships that strengthen private support for USCB.
The Associate Vice Chancellor will also:
- Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop the Advancement team, establishing goals, managing performance, and ensuring the team's work aligns with institutional priorities and fundraising strategies.
- Build and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies designed to expand USCB's philanthropic reach and donor pipeline.
- Develop meaningful relationships with prospective and existing donors throughout Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, Beaufort, and the greater Lowcountry region.
- Engage donors through personalized cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, special events, and strategic communications.
- Partner with University leadership, faculty, staff, alumni, volunteers, community leaders, and corporate partners to identify and advance fundraising opportunities.
- Recruit, engage, train, and motivate volunteers to assist with donor cultivation, solicitation, and the successful closing of significant gifts.
- Strengthen Foundation governance and ensure Advancement and Foundation activities support the University's strategic direction.
- Represent USCB professionally and effectively throughout the Lowcountry and beyond.
The Leader We Are Seeking
USCB is seeking a collaborative advancement professional who understands that successful fundraising begins with relationships, trust, credibility, and a compelling connection to institutional mission. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience in nonprofit fund development, with higher education advancement experience strongly valued. This individual should possess a strong understanding of fundraising techniques and university-level development principles, along with the leadership presence necessary to engage sophisticated donors, executives, volunteers, community leaders, and public officials. Particularly valuable is experience working with donors, corporate or business experience is also valued as a means of establishing common ground and meaningful connections with business and philanthropic leaders. Experience building or expanding a fundraising program within a nonprofit organization during an important period of growth and development is highly desirable.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Exceptional leadership and relationship-building abilities.
- Unquestioned integrity and sound professional judgment.
- An open, accessible, and engaging interpersonal style.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Strong reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- A proven commitment to collaboration and a collegial team approach.
- The ability to establish credibility and trusting relationships across the University and surrounding communities.
- An appreciation for the important role volunteers play in building an effective development network.
- A genuine understanding of and commitment to the distinctive educational opportunities offered by USCB.
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelor's degree in a job-related field and five (5) or more years of job-related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job-related certification, training, education, and/or experience.
Build the Future at USCB
At the University of South Carolina Beaufort, advancement is about more than fundraising-it is about building relationships that create opportunities for students, strengthen academic programs, expand the University's impact, and connect USCB even more deeply with the communities we serve. With campuses and programs positioned throughout one of the Southeast's most distinctive and rapidly evolving coastal regions, USCB offers an exceptional opportunity for an advancement leader to build upon existing relationships while creating new philanthropic partnerships throughout Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, the greater Lowcountry, and beyond.
If you are an experienced advancement leader who can bring together strategy, philanthropy, community engagement, and relationship building, we invite you to consider joining USCB and helping lead the University into its next era of growth and impact.
Join USCB. Build relationships. Inspire generosity. Advance the future of the Lowcountry.
Minimum and Additional Requirements
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities General knowledge of fundraising techniques and knowledge of university-level fundraising methods and principles. Proven track record in nonprofit fund development with a preference for higher education experience. Proven leadership and written communication skills are crucial to success. An understanding of and commitment to the unique educational opportunities offered at the University is essential.. - Ability to command credibility and respect in forming trusting relationships across the University. Unquestioned integrity. Open and accessible interpersonal style - Exceptional oral and written communication skills - Unrelenting commitment to a collegial team approach - Exceptional reasoning, problem-solving and analytical skills
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications Experience with the type of high level, retirement focused donors that reside in the Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Beaufort communities. Corporate business experience is valued in building a common ground with donors. Experience engaging, training, motivating and staffing volunteers in the cultivation, solicitation and closing of significant gifts; appreciation for the role of volunteers in building an effective development network. Experience building a fundraising program with nonprofit organizations early in their growth and development path.
Additional Comments
Job Close Date Special Instructions to Applicant Positions will remain posted on our employment website for a minimum of five (5) business days. After this period, postings may be closed at the department's discretion. Our site is updated regularly, and the length of the recruitment and screening process may vary depending on the position and related factors. If your qualifications are selected for further consideration, you will be contacted directly by phone or email. 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 To apply, please visit: https://apptrkr.com/9873328
Benefits for State Employees
The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.
Insurance Benefits
Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses.
Retirement Benefits
State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.
Workplace Benefits
State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more.
Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.
