Donor Analytics & Development Officer

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); Hybride; USD 89 000 - 108 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability seeks a Development Officer Specialist to support prospect management, fundraising operations, annual giving, and development strategy. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, dashboards, and donor stewardship to advance strategic priorities.

You will collaborate with field staff, manage a Salesforce-based system, and prepare briefing materials and reports for leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in university advancement, non-profit fundraising, or related development environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance independent work with team support.

Responsabilités

• Manage the prospect management system: research, assign, and prioritize prospects in CARD, Stanford’s Salesforce-based database.
• Develop tools to track and analyze the results of development activities, solicitation assignments, and progress.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on overall results to development colleagues and leadership.
• Conduct prospect research, including multi-interest prospect analysis; prioritize prospects; research and write briefing materials for development colleagues and school leadership; provide dashboard analysis and generate reports.
• Work under consultative or self-initiated direction to assess, produce, and disseminate relevant, standard, or custom information (reports, charts, graphs, and tables) from structured data sources.
• Devise methods, using AI and other qualitative and quantitative resources, to identify data patterns and trends.
• Develop proposals and slide decks using templates and materials from a library of resources.
• Work consistently to standardize and systemize routine reports, dashboards, and metrics.
• Work with central development colleagues to manage an annual fund solicitation program; field questions from annual fund-level donors and navigate gift processing issues when necessary.
• Assist faculty in accepting and processing gifts to their research programs, and assist in accepting and processing gifts under $250K.
• Assist with gift processing and troubleshooting gift-related issues, including coordinating with university partners to resolve gift and payment issues and maintain accurate donor records.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics for donor meetings, faculty engagements, and other development-related activities in support of development officers and school leadership as needed.
• Contribute to and participate in special projects or events.

Connaissances

Prospect management

Data analysis

Dashboard reporting

Donor relations

Communications

Outils

Salesforce

CARD database

Description du poste

Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability seeks a Development Officer Specialist to support prospect management, fundraising operations, annual giving, and development strategy. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, dashboards, and donor stewardship to advance strategic priorities.

You will collaborate with field staff, manage a Salesforce-based system, and prepare briefing materials and reports for leadership.