Advancement Database Manager

RowanEDC Partnership; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Livingstone College seeks an experienced Advancement Database Manager to oversee the College’s fundraising database systems, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights for leadership and staff.

The role requires 5–7 years in advancement databases, strong Raiser’s Edge experience, and ability to translate data into strategic reporting for donor relations and campaign support. Hybrid work options may be available.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of hands-on experience managing advancement or fundraising databases.
• Strong proficiency with Raiser’s Edge or comparable systems (e.g., Raiser’s Edge NXT, Blackbaud CRM).
• Experience supporting event modules and third‑party integrations (e.g., Eventbrite or similar platforms) with transactional reconciliation.
• Advanced skills in Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP); working knowledge of SQL preferred.
• Experience with reporting and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Demonstrated experience with data migration, cleansing, deduplication, and data governance best practices.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to train and support diverse users.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure, and maintain the College’s advancement database (Raiser’s Edge preferred), including integrations with gift processing, events, finance, and marketing systems.
• Serve as the primary system administrator for advancement database operations and troubleshooting.
• Lead database-related projects, including system upgrades, data migrations, new module implementations, vendor coordination, testing, and documentation.
• Develop, implement, and enforce data-entry standards, naming conventions, validation rules, and duplication processes.
• Conduct regular data audits to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with institutional standards.
• Maintain compliance with applicable data privacy regulations and data governance policies.
• Process gifts, pledges, memberships, and other advancement transactions; code and reconcile gifts with finance.
• Support campaign, appeal, and fund structures, including soft credits and stewardship workflows.
• Build, maintain, and automate queries, exports, segments, and reports for development, alumni relations, and senior leadership.
• Design and deliver complex reports and dashboards to track fundraising performance, campaign progress, and donor engagement.
• Support prospect research and moves management by maintaining constituent records and giving histories.
• Manage event-related database functions: registrations, ticketing, attendee tracking, seating, and post-event reporting.
• Provide training, documentation, and ongoing support to advancement staff to ensure effective system use.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Training/mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, data management, business, or related field

Tools

Raiser’s Edge

Raiser’s Edge NXT

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Excel

Eventbrite

Job description

Livingstone College seeks an experienced and detail-oriented Advancement Database Manager to oversee, maintain, and optimize the College’s advancement and fundraising database systems. This position plays a critical role in ensuring data integrity, supporting donor relations and prospect management, and providing accurate, timely reporting to advance fundraising strategy and institutional goals.

The ideal candidate will have 5–7 years of experience managing advancement or nonprofit fundraising databases, Raiser’s Edge experience strongly preferred, and a demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for advancement leadership and staff.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The results you will deliver each day that matter most!

Database Management & Systems Administration

• Manage, configure, and maintain the College’s advancement database (Raiser’s Edge preferred), including integrations with gift processing, events, finance, and marketing systems.
• Serve as the primary system administrator and point of contact for advancement database operations and troubleshooting.
• Lead database-related projects, including system upgrades, data migrations, new module implementations, vendor coordination, testing, and documentation.

Data Integrity & Governance

• Develop, implement, and enforce data-entry standards, naming conventions, validation rules, and duplication processes.
• Conduct regular data audits to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with institutional standards.
• Maintain compliance with applicable data privacy and communications regulations (e.g., GDPR, CAN-SPAM), as well as College data governance policies.

Gift Processing & Financial Reconciliation

• Process gifts, pledges, memberships, and other advancement transactions accurately and timely.
• Code and reconcile gifts with the Business Office and Finance Department as required.
• Support campaign, appeal, and fund structures, including soft credits and stewardship workflows.

Reporting, Analytics & Prospect Support

• Build, maintain, and automate queries, exports, segments, and reports for development, alumni relations, and senior leadership.
• Design and deliver complex reports and dashboards to track fundraising performance, campaign progress, and donor engagement metrics.
• Support prospect research and moves management by maintaining constituent records, giving histories, and cultivation and stewardship activity logs.

Events & Engagement Support

• Manage event-related database functions, including registrations, ticketing, attendee tracking, seating, and post-event reconciliation and reporting.
• Support advancement staff with event data imports, exports, and performance analysis.

Training & User Support

• Provide training, documentation, and ongoing support to advancement staff to ensure effective and consistent system use.
• Translate technical database concepts into clear guidance for non-technical users.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Education/ Experience

• Minimum 5–7 years of hands‑on experience managing advancement or fundraising databases (Raiser’s Edge highly preferred).
• Strong proficiency with Raiser’s Edge or comparable advancement CRM systems (e.g., Raiser’s Edge NXT, Blackbaud CRM).
• Experience supporting event modules and third‑party integrations (e.g., Eventbrite or similar platforms) with transactional reconciliation.
• Advanced skills in Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP); working knowledge of SQL preferred.
• Experience with reporting and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience with data migration, cleansing, deduplication, and data governance best practices.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to train and support diverse users.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification or formal training in Raiser’s Edge or Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit advancement, or philanthropic organizations.
• Familiarity with fundraising operations, gift agreements, pledges, and donor stewardship processes.
• Experience managing API‑based integrations and third‑party vendors.

Working Conditions

• Standard business hours with occasional evenings or weekends required to support events, campaigns, or reporting deadlines.
• Hybrid work arrangements may be available based on departmental needs and institutional policy.

Life at Livingstone College

Livingstone College is a private historically black college that is secured by a strong commitment to quality instruction, academic excellence, and student success. Through a Christian-based environment suitable for holistic learning, Livingstone provides excellent business, liberal arts, STEAM, teacher education, and workforce development programs for students from all ethnic backgrounds designed to promote lifelong learning and to develop student potential for leadership and service to a global community.

About Livingstone College: http://Livingstone.edu

Livingstone College is an equal opportunity employer that employs qualified individuals based upon job related qualifications irrespective of race, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition, political affiliation or any other classification proscribed under applicable federal, state or local law. Livingstone College complies with all laws regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled candidates and employees. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the interview process are requested to contact Human Resources in order to arrange such accommodation. We offer competitive compensation and an attractive benefits package. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract.