The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (OCFR) manages all corporate and foundation partnerships on behalf of Rice University, directing strategy for stewarding and expanding existing partnerships while identifying and pursuing new opportunities. The Corporate Relations Specialist is a member of the corporate relations team within OCFR, working with team members, staff, faculty, and corporate contacts to support the university-wide effort to maintain and advance strong relationships with corporations to achieve the goals of Rice University.

Under the general supervision of the Senior Director of Development, the Development Associate will plan, organize and build the pipeline of leadership and major gift support for fundraising priorities in specific academic areas of Rice University. The Development Associate will identify and qualify new prospects at the major gift ($100K+) level.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Development Information Services, the Systems Analyst works at an experienced level supporting Rice University’s alumni/development system (OwlConnect, powered by Blackbaud CRM) and related applications, including the integrations to and from other campus systems. The Systems Analyst has expertise in a combination of technical and business application areas and actively participates in new technology initiatives. This position is responsible for working with OwlConnect users to develop queries, reports, automated business processes, integrations to third party systems and data warehouse solutions to support their business.

Reporting to the Director, Development Communications, the Associate Director, Development Communications is an excellent writer, creative strategist and master storyteller who helps shape the voice of Rice University’s fundraising efforts. More than just a writing job, this position is about crafting narratives that inspire generosity and strengthen relationships.

Reporting to the Vice President and General Counsel, with a dotted-line relationship to the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations (DAR), the candidate will collaborate across the campus-wide fundraising enterprise, including with frontline fundraisers and leadership in DAR, and with each school, institute, and unit. The candidate will also develop and maintain relationships within the Office of the General Counsel, as well as with Rice’s treasury and the Rice Management Company (RMC, the university’s endowment office).

The Associate Director of Development – Parent and Family Philanthropy is an integral member of the Parent and Family Philanthropy team in the Development and Alumni Relations division (DAR) at Rice University. Working closely with the Senior Director, Parent and Family Philanthropy, the Associate Director of Development will play a key role in the execution and assessment of programming and events that drive parent philanthropy, including, but not limited to, a Parents Council. The Associate Director of Development will also assist with the drafting of briefing packets and other internal collateral as well as external communications. They will work closely with the parent engagement team in Alumni Relations to ensure execution of DAR’s overall parent strategy. The Associate Director of Development will also be responsible for analyzing parent data to help with list reviews and leadership travel. To that end, they will work with internal partners in Development and Alumni Relations, including directors of development based in schools, unit development professionals, colleagues on the communications, events, stewardship, research, development services, alumni engagement, and annual giving teams, as well as staff and faculty partners on campus. The successful Associate Director of Development will be a proactive and collaborative member of this dynamic team as Rice builds on its success.