Assistant Director, Advancement Operations at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Position Overview

Position Title	Assistant Director, Advancement Operations
Department	410003 – Advancement Operations
Position Type	Regular
Position Classification	Full-Time, 12 months
Grant/Gift Funded (all or a portion)?	No
If Temporary or Grant Funded, Start Date and End Date

Position Description/Posting Details

Posting Number	S1152P
Position Summary	The Assistant Director of Advancement Operations (Assistant Director) plays a crucial role in supporting and enhancing advancement efforts at La Salle University. This position is integral to managing and optimizing the use of Salesforce for advancement operations, ensuring data integrity, and providing insightful reporting and analysis to bolster the college’s fundraising and alumni engagement initiatives. The Assistant Director will serve as the Salesforce CRM system administrator responsible for establishing data policies, managing user access and permissions, integrating the CRM with other systems, and overseeing data quality and security. They will provide comprehensive support to the University Advancement team by designing and delivering a range of reports and dashboards that offer transparency into fundraising activities, campaign planning, and stewardship efforts. This includes tracking fundraising metrics and generating detailed reports for colleagues, senior administrators, and board members. The Assistant Director will also contribute to prospect research activities by helping to maintain accurate alumni and donor records and collaborating with major gift officers as their portfolios are developed.
Essential Duties	CRM MANAGEMENT, DATA INTEGRITY, REPORTING & ANALYSIS Utilize database and information processing tools to create and provide accurate donor and constituent data, reports, or dashboards in response to requests from staff within Advancement or other university offices. Ensure data integrity, working with Senior Director to establish data policies, procedures, and workflows, cleanup data sources, audit data quality, and manage duplicate records. Maintain and update donor and constituent records, including contact information, giving history, and donor preferences. Monitor and improve the integrity of Advancement data through audits and updates of constituent bio-demographic records. Develop proactive strategies to improve the integrity of the data in the advancement office. Write and maintain documentation on business procedures and data tools under the direction of the Senior Director. Serve as the lead Salesforce analyst, overseeing system security, enhancements, upgrades, defect tracking, data transfer and integration into related systems such as Banner and the online fundraising and events tool, user administration and permissions, and liaise with the university’s Salesforce consultant. Perform scrupulous data entry to ensure accuracy. Assist with prospect research activities, identifying and analyzing potential donors to support fundraising efforts. Maintain prospect assignment records within Salesforce, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information. Collaborate with the major gifts team on tracking gifts related to proposals and major gift adjustments. Provide training to CRM users according to policy procedures and job requirements. Support fundraising projects and events in their relationship to the CRM. Partner closely with the Enterprise Applications team and the Finance department to ensure seamless data integration and reporting. Serve as a backup for the Senior Director, participating in cross training exercises.
Secondary Responsibilities	La Salle is building and growing, and this position will support those efforts with other duties and projects as assigned by leadership from time to time.
# of Direct Reports	0
Required Qualifications	Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in advancement operations, data management, programming, database administration or a related role in a data-processing work environment. Experience gained as a prospect researcher or development associate will be considered, as will experience in a sales support role within a for-profit setting. Superior technical proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint; Salesforce, Banner or similar customer relationship management software; and the willingness to learn new technologies such as SQL and Argos. Aptitude for research, data mining, and targeted queries; ability to think strategically and analytically to translate data into actionable insights. Ability to follow detailed procedures for processing; recognize when procedures or records need updating with a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and confidentiality; and work independently. Ability to recognize missing details needed for requests and take initiative in seeking answers to eliminate or mitigate potential problems. Demonstrated success working in a dynamic, high-paced environment with the ability to manage multiple tasks with short deadlines. Able to provide clear and actionable instruction to colleagues, offering assistance and training as needed. Demonstrated ability to relate well to individuals from diverse backgrounds. Team player with strong communication and customer service skills. Knowledge of and commitment to the mission of La Salle University. Bachelor’s degree; equivalent work experience will be considered.
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours	Some work hours outside of the typical business day and/or on weekends may be required during peak times and special events.
Special Instructions to Applicant	For a complete position profile or to nominate a colleague, please visit https://www.pearlstreetcollective.com/positions/ls-adao. Pearl Street Collective has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Adele Mezher, Maeve Clifford, and Caitlin Graham are leading this search and will be reviewing applications submitted through this posting. If you are not yet ready to submit an application, please submit your confidential resume to ls-adao@pearlstreetcollective.com. La Salle University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports a fully inclusive, equitable, and diverse working and learning environment. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Pearl Street Collective at hello@pearlstreetcollective.com or 800-285-0464. La Salle University offers its eligible employees comprehensive medical and dental plans, employer paid life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, generous paid time off (vacation, sick leave, and holidays), and tuition benefits such as no cost undergraduate and graduate degree programs for its employees (with no wait period) and no cost undergraduate degree programs for its employees’ dependents (after completing the required years of service).

Posting Information

Application Open Date	07/02/2024
Application Close Date
Application Open To	Internal and External Applicants

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