Prospect Development Analyst

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and qualify major and planned gift prospects for fundraising initiatives.
• Guide development staff with recommendations for potential major donors for cultivation and solicitation.
• Nominate candidates for the University board of trustees, school and college advisory boards, and for University recognition.
• Develop meaningful, collaborative relationships with gift officers to assist in prospect identification, qualification, and strategy.
• Lead and guide effective fundraising outcomes through well-written analytical prospect reports for communication with the Chancellor, Trustees, Deans, and development staff.
• Research, compile, and interpret data on select major gift individuals and organizations.
• Analyze a prospect's maximum level for successful solicitation and giving trajectory using sophisticated reasoning skills and diverse processes, including analysis of financial information.
• Research, interpret, and analyze complex financial disclosure documents for the purposes of wealth evaluation (SEC filings, real property files, financial, and legal disclosures, etc.).
• Research and evaluate the giving capabilities, interests, and propensity for constituents within the University’s alumni & development records system.
• Deliver prospect information to internal constituents through concise reports.
• Participate in prospect strategy meetings, contributing relevant researched data points to the development of cultivation strategy.
• Lead and promote the data integrity of the University’s database of record to support all prospecting activity and prospect research.
• Adhere to ethical and confidentiality guidelines of both the University and Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA).
• Determine operational and functional feasibility; evaluate and help develop proposed solutions; maintain documentation for best practices.
• Identify and evaluate new research sources by staying current with emerging industry best practices.
• Leverage and validate results from enterprise generative artificial intelligence tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Two (2) plus years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in writing logical and detailed reports with a high degree of accuracy.
• Knowledge of information segmentation utilizing a database.
• CRM experience, particularly within Blackbaud or similar software preferred.