Development Data Specialist, Chicago, IL

Ilda Lagunas

Chicago Foundation for Women is a grant making organization dedicated to increasing resources and opportunities for women and girls in the greater Chicago area.  To support our philanthropy, the Foundation promotes increased investment in women and girls, raises awareness about their issues and potential, and develops them as leaders and philanthropists.  Since 1986, the Foundation has awarded more than 3,000 grants totaling over $24 million to hundreds of organizations that help us achieve our mission.

 

Position Summary: 

This position works directly with fundraising staff to support their donor operations by providing support services, including analysis, applications support, list management, business process and other services related to information systems used by the Development Department.

 

Serves as the primary administrator of the fundraising database, ensuring data accuracy and integrity. Successful candidates should possess a calm, approachable demeanor and be detail-oriented self-starters with an exceptional ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Accurate, timely input of all constituent and gift information, and generation of donor acknowledgements. Collaborate in auditing the accuracy of daily gift entry and production of daily, monthly financial reports.
• Develop long term strategy for data segmentation, targeting, research and solutions required to support long term growth of donor stewardship and cultivation process.
• Maintain and improve the administration of donor information files to ensure that best practices are followed for efficient and effective donor and financial record keeping.
• Assess system requirements and provide system and technical support for variety of events.  Manage registration, nametags and seating.
• Supervise the donor acknowledgment process and Foundation stewardship calendar to ensure accurate and timely donor communication

• Train Raiser’s Edge end users and assist staff with construction of queries, exports and reports.
• Assist Manager of Communications with weekly updates to Foundation website, including but not limited to refreshing web content, creating event registration pages, posting new articles or documents, etc.
• Troubleshoot data and systems issues and proactively identify process issues and suggest solutions.
• Serve as liaison with systems vendors for issues including installation, upgrades and patches, special projects or performance issues.
• Interface and work professionally with a diverse community of stakeholders, contributors, partners and staff.

 

Work Schedule:

·         Average hours per week:  40 to 50 hours per week (with the exception of the month prior to the Annual Luncheon which averages 50-60 hours per week)

·         Evening or weekend work required:  Some evening work is required, occasional weekend work may be necessary

 

Please forward resume and cover letter to ilagunas@CFW.org.  No phone calls please.