Prospect Management Specialist

University of Arkansas • Fayetteville, NC

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About The Position

The Prospect Management Specialist serves as an integral member of the Advancement team and provides strategic support for prospect development and portfolio strategies to ensure a growing pipeline for major, principal, and planned gifts. The position partners with college/school/unit colleagues to support their philanthropic goals. The Prospect Management Specialist is an expert in data mining, utilizing statistical software, and utilizing tools for data visualization and data query with the sole purpose of moving prospects through the donor continuum and securing philanthropic gifts to support the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. The position reports to the Director, Prospect Management. Working collaboratively across the Advancement Division, the successful candidate builds and maintains collegial relationships and seeks out proactive opportunities to achieve identified goals. This position must effectively communicate (verbal and written) with constituents, perform administrative tasks as assigned, communicate challenges and concerns that may arise, and build and nurture a “Circle of Safety” within the Advancement Division. Advancement team members are determined to advance the people, work, and impact of the greater whole at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• At least one year of experience with data analytics utilizing CRMs such as Affinaquest, EverTrue or similar
• Knowledge and understanding of prospect management principles and methods
• Familiarity/knowledge with relational databases
• Advanced skills in Excel: logical functions, data validation, conditional formatting, and pivot tables
• Strong organizational, analytical and writing skills
• Ability to apply an ethical code and good judgment, and to handle confidential materials and situations with sensitivity and discretion
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Must excel at working in cross-functional collaborations, working with teams to create innovative strategies and tactics that support Advancement’s strategic objectives and goals
• Requires understanding and ability to interact at a high-level with campus constituents, specifically, major gift officers in schools, colleges and units, on a proactive and on-going basis
• Displays exceptionally strong written and oral communications skills and the ability to describe complex technical information clearly, consistently and effectively
• Requires strong analytical and critical thinking skills in data analysis to translate data into actionable information through recognizing connections and make meaning out of data
• Requires problem solving skills to identify gaps, prioritize opportunities and challenges and guide good decision-making
• Works with and builds collaborative relationships with campus constituents by working in the Advancement cross-functional team model
• Promotes sharing of information and transparent communication with team members

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education
• Graduate of the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
• AT least two years of experience in fundraising within higher education or equivalent as a gift officer

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic support for prospect development and portfolio strategies
• Partners with college/school/unit colleagues to support their philanthropic goals
• Expert in data mining, utilizing statistical software, and utilizing tools for data visualization and data query
• Moves prospects through the donor continuum and securing philanthropic gifts
• Builds and maintains collegial relationships
• Communicates (verbal and written) with constituents
• Performs administrative tasks as assigned
• Communicates challenges and concerns that may arise
• Builds and nurture a “Circle of Safety” within the Advancement Division
• Maintains collegial, harmonious working relationships with others

Benefits

• university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
• tuition waivers for employees and their families
• 12 official holidays
• immediate leave accrual
• choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level