Director of Development, College of Health; Revised

Salary and Benefits

PLEASE NOTE: The starting salary placement depends on qualifications and experience and is anticipated to be in the range of $120,000 to $140,000 per year.

Cal State East Bay offers a broad range of benefits that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement (CalPERS), 401k, 457, 403(b), dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, life insurance, vacation and sick, 14 paid holidays, one personal holiday and tuition fee waiver.

For more information on the benefits program, please visit our benefits website. The CSU Total Compensation Calculator demonstrates the significance of our benefits package.

This position may be eligible to participate in the Cal State East Bay hybrid telecommute program subject to management approval.

Administrator II

Cal State East Bay's beautiful main campus is located in the Hayward hills with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Situated above the city of Hayward, the campus offers an ideal setting for teaching and learning and yet easy access to the many cities along the bay. The University has a satellite campus in Concord, a professional development center in Oakland and a significant presence online.

Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). Cal State East Bay is recognized as a regionally engaged and globally oriented university with a strong commitment to academic innovation, student success, engaged and service learning, diversity, and sustainability.

Please Note:
Review of applications will begin on November 18, 2025.

The Office of University Advancement includes various departments that work together to maximize philanthropic support to the University, heighten the University's visibility in the community, and actively engage alumni in the life of the University. The University Advancement - Development team is responsible for securing all levels and types of private support including annual gifts, major gifts, corporate gifts and planned gifts.

Under the supervision of the Sr. Director of Major Gifts, the Director of Development will be responsible for directing a full-spectrum of development and fundraising activities at the University level and specific to an assigned College (and other Colleges and programs as assigned). The Director of Development will focus primarily on securing individual major gift support ($25,000+) and, to a lesser degree, will facilitate garnering corporate and foundation support.

With a high degree of independent judgement, the Director of Development is expected to conduct a minimum of 12 visits per month requiring extensive travel and attendance at evening and weekend events.

The Director of Development will strategically move prospects and donors through the major gift fundraising cycle (i.e., identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship) while also building a small pipeline of high-end Leadership Annual Giving donors; thereby maintaining a robust Prospect/Donor Portfolio. The Director of Development will maintain a portfolio of 100-150 prospects/donors at the various fundraising/development stages.

The Director of Development will work collaboratively with the assigned dean(s), department chairs, faculty, university leaders, and Sr. Director of Major Gifts to plan, articulate, and implement a comprehensive strategic fundraising plan to raise funds to meet the educational mission of the university and assigned college(s), programs, and areas.

• Manage an assigned portfolio of 75-95 current and prospective major donor prospects, using a discovery, cultivation, solicitation and retention model.
• Build meaningful relationships with assigned prospects/donors, conducting an average of two face to face donor visit per week. Expected that 85% of work time should be spent preparing, communicating, traveling, meeting with donors/prospects, and related follow up work.
• Travels appropriately to meet fundraising objectives.
• Moves prospective donors through the traditional cultivation and solicitation cycle…