Senior Analyst, Prospect Management

DePaul University
paid time off, sick time, retirement plan
United States, Illinois, Chicago
1 East Jackson Boulevard (Show on map)
Oct 30, 2024
For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter. The Highlights: The Senior Analyst, Prospect Management (PM) plays a crucial role in driving the strategies needed to develop prospect pools, healthy gift officer portfolios, and strong solicitation pipelines. The ideal candidate will be passionate about building relationships and working cross-functionally to provide strategic, data-driven guidance to gift officers on how to approach prospects and manage their fundraising processes. This position is responsible for implementing systematic, centralized processes for prospect development using quantitative and qualitative analysis in collaboration with a team of researchers, data systems professionals and front line fundraisers to improve moves management, strategy development, and pipeline development. What You'll Do: Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand areas of opportunity within pools, portfolios, and pipelines. Communicate analysis and findings to the team who will be able to act on the recommendations. - Collaborate with prospect research and data systems to build out potential donor portfolios. - Meet regularly with gift officers to ensure data quality and prospect movement within the giving cycle. - Participate, with Advancement Services team, in on-boarding and training gift officers. Translate prospect management policy and business processes into actionable steps individual giving officers can leverage to improve the management of their portfolios. In collaboration with the Director of Prospect Management, develop, document, and deploy recommended improvements to PM processes to support the future adoption of a Salesforce-based CRM. Provide critical support in management, maintenance, and integrity of prospect data the Advance, the University's current alumni and friends CRM, and the future Salesforce-based CRM. Demonstrate skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly, the internal workings of the University as well as the technology tools available to the Division of Advancement & External Relations, including Advance (AER's Constitution Relationship Management database), SQL, Microsoft Windows computer environment, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Tableau; knowledge of Salesforce strongly preferred Manage confidential information with discretion and tact Train/coach colleagues on complex concepts and business practices Willingness to work on site at least three days per week Willingness and ability to travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business Willingness and ability to occasionally work evenings and weekends as needed for project completion What You'll Need: Minimum education: bachelor's degree in related field Minimum experience: 5 years of work experience in a related job discipline Preferred education: coursework in project management, business, finance, economics, analytics, library and information science, or non-profit management Preferred experience: professional experience in business analysis, process design or operational consulting; experience in prospect development, research or management function in a fundraising/non-profit setting, higher education setting a plus Exhibit effective communications skills and emotional intelligence, foster partnership and collaboration, and demonstrate high attention to detail Display a solid understanding of fund-raising concepts, including but not limited to: donor types and giving vehicles; major gift fundraising cycle; and the typical roles and responsibilities of different units within Advancement Perks: Working for a stable and well-known University that values diversity and inclusion. Top choice medical, dental, and vision benefits. Retirement plan matching contribution of 10%. Tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Generous paid time off, sick time, holidays, floating holidays, and more! Full-Time Benefits For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter. Diversity and Inclusion Statement: Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported. Required Background Check: Employment at DePaul University is contingent on passing a background check. Only final candidates who are extended an offer of employment will undergo a background check. Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect: Upon accepting an offer of employment with the university, you will also be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status at the time of hire. A mandated reporter is required to make a report to the Illinois DCFS Hotline whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity may be abused or neglected. For more information, please visit the following pages: Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.