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University Advancement has a vacancy in University Libraries. An Associate Director or Director of Advancement title will be considered, dependent on a candidate’s qualifications for this position.

Under the general leadership of the University at Buffalo’s Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement, the Associate Director/Director will be responsible for raising private gifts for the University Libraries. As regional premier academic research libraries, the UB Libraries serves as a conduit of information, prioritizing access and providing expertise, services and spaces to enrich, elevate and preserve the research, learning, teaching and creative activities of University at Buffalo faculty, students and staff as well as the diverse local, national and global communities we serve.

The ideal candidate will have an interest in supporting the current activities and future priorities of the University Libraries including its Special Collections (The Poetry Collection, Rare & Special Books Collection, Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, and University Archives). Current initiatives include a comprehensive campaign for the UB James Joyce Collection, the world’s largest collection of manuscripts and other materials by and about the renowned Irish writer, for which we are in the middle of fundraising for an Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Duties will include:

Salary range: $60,000 - $70,000

Division of University Advancement
Building stronger connections with UB’s 280,000+ alumni and donors worldwide is critical to the university’s goal: to situate UB among the nation’s top 25 public research universities. UB alumni and friends are grateful and generous, supporting the largest, most ambitious fundraising campaign the university has ever launched. Through Boldly Buffalo: The Campaign for UB, we seek to raise $1 billion. We invite you to join our University Advancement team and be part of our historic efforts.

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University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.