Database Administrator & Prospect Management Specialist
About The Position
Do you know, you have the power to change the course of someone’s life? Avivo employees do this every day, and we want you to join the team. At Avivo, our employees work with utter commitment to their clients, embracing the full person, believing in the dignity of all people. Avivo serves more than 10,000 individuals each year across Minnesota, supporting recovery, housing stability, and economic advancement. We are seeking a detail-driven, strategic, and collaborative Database Administrator & Prospect Management Specialist to play a critical role in strengthening our philanthropic impact. This role is ideal for someone who loves clean data, sees systems as storytelling tools, and understands how donor intelligence fuels meaningful relationships and mission growth. What You’ll Do You’ll play a central role in powering Avivo’s philanthropic impact by ensuring our donor data is accurate, trusted, and strategically used. As the primary administrator of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT, you’ll steward our donor database with care and precision—maintaining strong data standards, reconciling gifts, and keeping records clean and reliable. You’ll transform information into insight by creating reports and tools that guide fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and leadership decision‑making. Through prospect research and donor intelligence, your work will help strengthen relationships, uncover new opportunities, and support thoughtful, mission‑aligned growth. You’ll partner closely with the External Relations team and leadership, ensuring our systems, data, and practices reflect Avivo’s commitment to dignity, equity, and impact.
Requirements
- Associate degree plus 5 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience in data, nonprofit administration, or related fields.
- Hands‑on experience administering Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT.
- Demonstrated success maintaining high‑accuracy data, including gift entry and reconciliation.
- Advanced Excel skills (formulas, validation, exports) and comfort with database reporting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with relational databases.
- Familiarity with online fundraising and email marketing platforms.
Responsibilities
- Administer and optimize Raiser’s Edge NXT with a focus on accuracy, integrity, and usability
- Build reports, dashboards, and queries that support campaigns, stewardship, and strategy
- Conduct prospect research and prepare donor intelligence to inform fundraising priorities
- Collaborate with fundraisers and leaders to support appeals, events, and portfolio management
- Uphold equitable, culturally responsive data practices aligned with Avivo’s values
Benefits
- Medical Health Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Nice Healthcare – chat, video visits, and in‑home primary care
- Dental Plan
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Basic Life/AD&D & Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Long‑term Disability
- Option to purchase critical illness, accident insurance, and short‑term disability
- 401(k) Plan
- 10 paid holidays & generous PTO
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
