Development Operations and Data Analyst
About The Position
Ravenscroft School is seeking a Development Operations & Data Analyst to guide the data strategy, prospect pipeline, and analytics for the School’s fundraising efforts. This full-time, exempt position serves as the operational backbone for both the School’s Annual Giving program and the upcoming Capital Campaign. Leveraging Veracross and Windfall, this individual will help uncover philanthropic capacity, manage donor portfolios, and build reports to improve fundraising outcomes and track key data. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, analytically minded professional who is energized by using data to strengthen relationships and drive fundraising results.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in donor analytics, development operations, or prospect research
- Experience with Veracross, including CRM, Development modules, and advanced queries
- Experience with Windfall or an equivalent wealth screening platform
- Strong ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data and translate it into strategic fundraising recommendations
- Strict adherence to professional ethics and confidentiality guidelines regarding donor financial and personal data
Nice To Haves
- Experience within a K–12 independent school or higher education environment
- Experience and knowledge of Google Workspace
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain queries and reports to segment the Veracross database for tailored Annual Giving appeals
- Design, track, and analyze Capital Campaign progress pipelines, forecasting gift distributions against campaign goals
- Create visual dashboards and regular data reports detailing donor retention, acquisition, and giving trends
- Conduct thorough reactive and proactive prospect research on current parents, alumni, grandparents, and friends of the School
- Manage Windfall wealth screen data updates to identify actionable briefing profiles for school leadership and the Development team
- Oversee the assignment and movement of prospects through the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cycles
- Partner with school leadership through regular portfolio review meetings to manage leadership portfolio assignments and data tracking
- Serve as the Advancement team’s subject matter expert on Veracross functionality, query building, and reporting
- Design system workflows to track campaign pledges, naming opportunities, and multi-year giving trends
- Ensure clean, strategic data outputs for mailings, event invitations, and donor recognition lists
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
