Development Research Analyst
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We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details but can format as lists.
We need to avoid duplication. The responsibilities section has many sentences; we can break into list items each representing a duty. The original responsibilities have percentages and bullet-like sentences. We'll create list items for each major duty.
We need to include Required Qualifications as Requirements section (maybe heading Requirements). Desired Qualifications as Qualifications section.
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We need to avoid duplication: If we put skills in Skills section, we should not also list them again in Requirements. But we could keep Requirements as education/experience only, and Skills as skill list. That seems reasonable.
Let's parse Required Qualifications text:
"A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Information Science or Humanities. At least three years of related work experience and at least two years of experience in prospect development or associated fundraising experience. Well-developed interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills, an aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving; ability to work well under pressure and maintain flexibility.Highly developed scanning, skimming, and reading comprehension skills are essential, as well as superior ability to assess the relative value of, synthesize, and summarize relevant information into coherent, well-written documents. Commitment to professional ethics and confidentiality.Ability to interact with executive-level clients is essential. Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance. Strong computing and online research skills, including proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of products, relational database software, online databases, and the Internet. Reliable internet service.Three days per week of on-site work at the MM Office of Development offices."
We can split: Education/experience => Requirements. Skills => Skills section. The on-site work three days per week could go to Schedule.
Desired Qualifications:
"An advanced degree is desirable, preferably in Library or Information Science fields. Background in Development Research or an equivalent amount of relevant experience in an academic, nonprofit, or corporate setting is desired. Familiarity with the University organization, policies, and procedures is desirable."
That's Qualifications section.
Benefits: free on-site parking. Also maybe "flexible work opportunities". But flexible work opportunities is more schedule. We'll put parking under Benefits.
Schedule: on-site three days per week, flexible work opportunities.
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About the role
Job Summary paragraph.
Responsibilities
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Requirements
- A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Information Science or Humanities.
- At least three years of related work experience.
- At least two years of experience in prospect development or associated fundraising experience.
Skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Ability to work well under pressure and maintain flexibility.
- Highly developed scanning, skimming, and reading comprehension skills.
- Superior ability to assess the relative value of, synthesize, and summarize relevant information into coherent, well-written documents.
- Commitment to professional ethics and confidentiality.
- Ability to interact with executive-level clients.
- Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance.
- Strong computing and online research skills, including proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, relational database software, online databases, and the Internet.
- Reliable internet service.
Qualifications
- An advanced degree is desirable, preferably in Library or Information Science fields.
- Background in Development Research or an equivalent amount of relevant experience in an academic, nonprofit, or corporate setting is desired.
- Familiarity with the University organization, policies, and procedures is desirable.
Benefits
- Free, on‑site parking for staff.
Schedule
- On‑site work three days per week at the Michigan Medicine Development offices.
- Flexible work opportunities may be available at the discretion of the hiring department.
We need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The Job Summary paragraph: "The Development Research Analyst partners with a portfolio of assigned Michigan Medicine Office of Development gift teams to identify and meet prospect information needs. The Development Research Analyst gathers, analyzes, and summarizes information to support cultivation and solicitation of top prospects; these activities include bringing new individuals to the attention of appropriate fundraisers. The Development Research Analyst independently manages their own workload, assists the Director and the Assistant Director of Development Research, and contributes to the continued growth of the Prospect Development team. The position requires on-site work three days per week at the Michigan Medicine Development offices."
We should include that as About the role.
Also note that the responsibilities section includes many detailed items. We need to capture all substantive info. Let's extract responsibilities bullet points from the text.
Responsibilities* Needs Assessment, Outreach, and Partnering (40%) ... then a long paragraph. We need to break into list items covering each duty.
Let's parse that paragraph:
"Assume primary responsibility for assessing and meeting the prospect identification and information needs of a specifically assigned portfolio of Michigan Medicine Office of Development (MedDev) gift teams, enabling them to meet their fundraising goals.
Initiate regular communications with these individuals, keeping abreast of their current fundraising initiatives.
Support prospect strategizing as needed.
Consult with development officers to determine feasibility of research requests and special projects.
Negotiate project scopes and deadlines directly with liaised development officers.
Establish and lead regular meetings with liaised development officer teams to maintain an active pipeline of requests and monitoring of progress towards individual and Michigan Medicine (MM) goals.
Establish monitoring and seek feedback to ensure development officers receive appropriate support.
Participate in projects to improve development officers' understanding and strategic use of development data. Examples include portfolio review and user education on modeling and wealth screening data.
Engage with and educate development officers regarding the use of individual and executive data reporting and visualization dashboards.
Be a resource to fundraisers to translate insights and trends into actionable fundraising strategies.
Coordinate development of initiative policies and best practices related to data usage and pipeline development.
Create greater visibility to development officers through onsite work three days per week."
Then Prospect Identification, Research, and Analysis (40%):
"Conduct reactive and proactive research.
Be innovative in devising new ways to secure information of critical importance to the effective solicitation of significant constituents of Michigan Medicine (MM).
Estimate donor gift capacity through the analysis of complex individual, corporate, and foundation financial and philanthropic information.
Summarize information relevant to the timing of a gift.
Identify possible areas of philanthropic interest and potential engagement with MM.
Participate in projects to proactively identify and qualify segments of the University's various internal and external constituencies using data-driven wealth screening, data mining, and modeling projects.
Bring the most promising opportunities for the University to the attention of appropriate colleagues.
Write confidential research documents on individual, corporate, and foundation prospects for MM Development staff members and senior executive officers.
Exercise appropriate initiative through troubleshooting and basic project design.
Manage special projects as assigned.
Submit completed research for data entry into the development central database and for electronic storage in the research optical imaging system.
Synthesize complex data into key metrics and visualizations, including the creation of interactive geographic visualizations, to provide actionable insights for development officers and internal stakeholders.
Provide expertise in research-related data cleanup and integration techniques that optimize fundraising strategies and decision-making across the development office."
Professional and Team Development (20%):
"Provide feedback to the Assistant Director of Development Research and Director regarding daily operations and provide suggestions for improvement as necessary.
Take a proactive role in identifying new projects for the team and continually monitor department projects to identify new techniques for improving future deliverables.
Independently plan, organize, coordinate, and handle multiple tasks and responsibilities, prioritizing and organizing work to accomplish departmental goals.
Assume responsibility for meeting and maintaining the standards outlined in the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) Skill Set in Prospect Research Fundamentals and Advanced Prospect Research.
Assume responsibility for developing and maintaining expertise that enhances the Development Research team.
Serve as an internal consultant on research and analysis related to one's area(s) of expertise.
Lead periodic peer education sessions to promote professional development and collaboration.
Work in a collaborative team environment, sharing knowledge and newly identified sources with the Development Research team, and leading or participating in group projects when necessary.
Ensure the quality of department projects by assisting with peer editing and general quality control for information distributed through Development Research.
Assist the Assistant Director of Development Research as needed. Examples include assigning last-minute requests to ensure timely response and partnering with coworkers outside the department to complete projects.
Assist the Assistant Director in training and mentoring research analysts in research techniques and educating them about the department's policies and procedures, the field of prospect research, and the MM development community.
Assist in evaluating resources and training opportunities.
Provide written recommendations on Development Research policies, procedures, and needs upon request.
Assist in documenting Development Research procedures as necessary.
Always safeguard the confidentiality of donor information.
Adhere to ethical and confidentiality guidelines of both UM and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details but can format as lists. We need to avoid duplication. The responsibilities section has many sentences; we can break into list items each representing a duty. The original responsibilities have percentages and bullet-like sentences. We'll create list items for each major duty. We need to include Required Qualifications as Requirements section (maybe heading Requirements). Desired Qualifications as Qualifications section. Skills: we could extract skills from Required Qualifications: interpersonal skills, written/oral communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, ability to work under pressure, flexibility, scanning/skimming/reading comprehension, ability to assess value, synthesize, summarize, commitment to ethics/confidentiality, ability to interact with executive-level clients, ability to learn unfamiliar systems, strong computing/online research skills, proficiency with MS Office, relational database software, online databases, Internet, reliable internet service. Could list as
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But we must not repeat content already in Requirements/Qualifications? It's okay to have overlapping but we should preserve all info. Could put skills as separate section summarizing skill-related qualifications. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be better to combine Skills into Requirements or Qualifications. But they ask to use headings for Skills if we have content. We have skill details; we could put them under Skills section. But then Requirements and Qualifications would be less thin. However we already have Required Qualifications (education, experience) and Desired Qualifications (advanced degree, background). Those are qualifications. Skills could be separate.
We need to avoid duplication: If we put skills in Skills section, we should not also list them again in Requirements. But we could keep Requirements as education/experience only, and Skills as skill list. That seems reasonable.
Let's parse Required Qualifications text:
"A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Information Science or Humanities. At least three years of related work experience and at least two years of experience in prospect development or associated fundraising experience. Well-developed interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills, an aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving; ability to work well under pressure and maintain flexibility.Highly developed scanning, skimming, and reading comprehension skills are essential, as well as superior ability to assess the relative value of, synthesize, and summarize relevant information into coherent, well-written documents. Commitment to professional ethics and confidentiality.Ability to interact with executive-level clients is essential. Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance. Strong computing and online research skills, including proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of products, relational database software, online databases, and the Internet. Reliable internet service.Three days per week of on-site work at the MM Office of Development offices."
We can split: Education/experience => Requirements. Skills => Skills section. The on-site work three days per week could go to Schedule.
Desired Qualifications:
"An advanced degree is desirable, preferably in Library or Information Science fields. Background in Development Research or an equivalent amount of relevant experience in an academic, nonprofit, or corporate setting is desired. Familiarity with the University organization, policies, and procedures is desirable."
That's Qualifications section.
Benefits: free on-site parking. Also maybe "flexible work opportunities". But flexible work opportunities is more schedule. We'll put parking under Benefits.
Schedule: on-site three days per week, flexible work opportunities.
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- A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Information Science or Humanities.
- At least three years of related work experience.
- At least two years of experience in prospect development or associated fundraising experience.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Ability to work well under pressure and maintain flexibility.
- Highly developed scanning, skimming, and reading comprehension skills.
- Superior ability to assess the relative value of, synthesize, and summarize relevant information into coherent, well-written documents.
- Commitment to professional ethics and confidentiality.
- Ability to interact with executive-level clients.
- Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance.
- Strong computing and online research skills, including proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, relational database software, online databases, and the Internet.
- Reliable internet service.
- An advanced degree is desirable, preferably in Library or Information Science fields.
- Background in Development Research or an equivalent amount of relevant experience in an academic, nonprofit, or corporate setting is desired.
- Familiarity with the University organization, policies, and procedures is desirable.
- Free, on‑site parking for staff.
- On‑site work three days per week at the Michigan Medicine Development offices.
- Flexible work opportunities may be available at the discretion of the hiring department.
About the role
Job Summary paragraph.