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State of Louisiana

Database and Prospect Research Manager

State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, us, 70873


Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) seeks to fill the position of Database and Prospect Research Manager. The Database and Prospect Research Manager is located in the Baton Rouge Community College Foundation. This is a full-time position.

REPORTS TO

: Director of Philanthropic Initiatives

COMPENSATION:

Anticipated starting salary will be commensurate with education and work experience. For more information about Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC), visit

www.mybrcc.edu .

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please email CV/Resume and Cover letter to Mila Sexton at

sextonm

@mybrcc.edu . Also, please apply online at

www.mybrcc.edu .

***Incomplete applications will not be considered***

CONTACT INFORMATION:Latasha Howard, Talent AcquisitionOffice of Human ResourcesBaton Rouge Community College201 Community College DriveBaton Rouge, LA 70806RecruitTalent@mybrcc.edu

A criminal background check will be required of all selected applicants. An offer of employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check.

This organization participates in the E-Verify program. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at (888) 464-4218.

BRCC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We promote diversity of thought, culture, and background, which connects the entire BRCC family. We don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our students, and our institution.

Voluntary Self-Identification of DisabilityAs an executive branch state agency, the Baton Rouge Community College is required by La. R.S. 46:2597 to establish annual strategies and goals related to employment of individuals with disabilities. In order to effectively measure and report our progress to this end, La. R.S. 46:2597 requires us to ask employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five (5) years.Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so (if applicable). Your answer will be maintained confidentially. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way. For more information about this form or the Americans with Disabilities Act, visit the Office of the State Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator’s website at

https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/office-of-state-ada-coordinator/ .

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education:Bachelor's degree in CRM, ResearchRequired experience:1 to 3 years of direct experience.Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:CRM or Raisers Edge, Advanced ExcelPreferred Qualifications:

Preferred Education:Bachelor's degree in CRM, Database, Research or 3 years of direct experience.

A Data Analyst is a vital part of the Advancement and Foundation team, and the department’s performance will suffer without them. Excellent data management is a crucial component of the Advancement team making informed decisions, improving marketing and development activity and optimizing operations. Prospect research assists our development officers to identify key major donors, leading to increased gifts made to the foundation. This person has a particular skill set that can only be gained from education, training and experience that others in our department do not have.

This role maintains and organizes constituent information in the Raiser’s Edge database and ensuring the integrity of financial and constituent data, along with training staff, developing database related operational policies, and identifying and evaluating donor prospects for the Baton Rouge Community College Foundation.

70% Data ManagementServes as lead database administrator and manages the alumni and donor databases using client relationship management (CRM) software Raiser’s Edge/NXT and FE.Responsibilities include data import, maintenance, user accounts, global changes, gift entry, building queries and data clean-up projects with the main goal of providing current, consistent, and accurate data.Provides leadership and oversight of all aspects of alumni and donor records management and maintenance, including developing both short-term and long-term goals and objectives related to data management, gift processing and procedures, stewardship, receipting, list generation and reporting.Develops proactive strategies to continuously improve data integrity and accuracy, including adjusting processes and implementing new measures directed at expanding and improving database capabilities and relationships to translate data into usable, actionable information.Creates and maintains policies and procedures regarding database operations and ensures that documentation related to business and procedural operations for areas such as data entry, gift entry, etc. are maintained and updated.Trains staff on entry standards, best practices when working in advancement databases, and new database policies.Manages record security by overseeing database roles and records permissions in the Advancement CRM.Oversees prospect development tracking and establishes best practices for moves management by working with the VC of Advancement and Development Officers to construct the necessary lists, reports, and tracking tools to support fundraising efforts including data/benchmarking.Prepares direct mail lists, constituent lists, and reports for Advancement or other departments as requested.Works with gift officers to create and send mail and email appeals or other non-solicitation-based e-communications.Prepares various reports, such as fundraising and Board of Trustees reports, for multiple departments including Advancement, Institutional Research, and Chancellor’s office.Enter new gift records.20% Prospect ResearchConducts proactive research methodologies utilizing paid and free online and offline donor research resources to support fundraising efforts of the Foundation.Analyzes and interprets financial data and assets, biographical and personal information, professional and business information, areas of interest, philanthropic support, affiliations, compensation, stocks, retirement plans and property transactions to identify financial capacity and propensity to develop profile reports and briefs on donors and prospects that are tailored to the needs of Development colleagues and are used to develop strategies and solicitation requests.Assists with the planning, research, rating and categorizing a prospect pool of likely donors for major, annual and planned gifts.Tracks identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of prospects within the Raiser's Edge database. Generates reports as needed reflecting the status of prospects once assigned.Proactively identifies new prospects, lost alumni, potential new trustees and board members through research and data mining and works with Development staff on next steps.Researches and creates prospect profiles, as requested.Creates customized "impact reports" to donors detailing the impact of their philanthropy and assists with the production of the Annual Report.10% Application Configuration and SupportProvides configuration and application support for the programs used by the Advancement team, such as Raiser’s Edge/NXT, Financial Edge, and Microsoft Office.Configures and manages online forms in Raiser’s Edge.Collaborates with Advancement staff to understand their organizational needs and identify ways to leverage technology to solve their problems and improve performance.

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