Gift and Data Integrity Senior Specialist

Augsburg University; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

403(b) matching program up to 8%

Tuition remission for employees and de

Paid time off and holidays

STD/LTD and life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Augsburg University seeks a Gift and Data Integrity Senior Specialist to safeguard the integrity and strategic use of the advancement database. You will oversee the gift processing lifecycle, ensure compliant gift recording, and collaborate on predictive annual giving analyses.

You will lead data hygiene efforts, support AI/automation tool adoption, and serve as a technical educator across the division.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, math, data analytics, or related field.
• 3–4 years of directly related professional experience.
• Proficiency with Raiser’s Edge or comparable CRM.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency with Google Suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive, Docs).

Responsibilities

• Record and audit donations in Raiser's Edge with complex gifts.
• Manage recurring gifts, pledge reminders, and stock transfers.
• Ensure IRS/CASE compliance and generate receipts.
• Develop data hygiene audits and predictive fundraising reports.
• Support AI/automation tool implementation and training.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Team leadership

Independent work

Discretion / confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in statistics / mathematics / data analytics

Tools

Raiser’s Edge

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Omatic

Job description

Job Description

Summary of Position

The Gift and Data Integrity Senior Specialist plays a critical role in advancing Augsburg University's fundraising goals by ensuring the integrity, security, and strategic use of the institutional advancement database. As a key member of the Advancement Services team, this position oversees the end-to-end gift processing lifecycle, ensuring complex donations are accurately recorded in compliance with legal, IRS, and CASE standards. In addition to managing daily gift operations, the Senior Specialist partners with leadership to leverage statistical analysis for predictive annual giving reports, supports the implementation and onboarding of AI and automation tools, and serves as a technical resource and educator across the division.

Primary Responsibilities

• Records: Conceptualize, structure, and govern fund, gift, and donor records. Exercise a high level of independent judgment and absolute discretion when managing sensitive constituent profiles, high-net-worth donor information, and complex philanthropic intents.
• High‑Level Gift Management: Accurately audit and record all donations into the university's fundraising database (Raiser's Edge), ensuring complex split‑fund, recurring gifts, stock transfers, and pledges are captured.
• Complex Ledger Maintenance: Manage recurring gift programs, structural pledge reminders, and track nuanced administrative details regarding Augsburg‑owned insurance policies.
• Compliance & Receipting: Interpret and apply IRS regulations, CASE guidelines, and institutional policies to generate legally compliant tax receipts and design strategic donor acknowledgment frameworks.
• Information Governance: Formulate and maintain strict documentation standards for transactions and gift agreements. Serve as the primary authority on data integrity, providing intellectual oversight, policy training, and quality control supervision over tasks executed by auxiliary staff and student workers.

Gift Analytics & Statistical Analysis

• Predictive Reporting Infrastructure: Partner collaboratively with the Director of Advancement Services and the Giving team to conceptualize, design, and build out a suite of data‑driven reports. Execute those reports on a regular schedule and review and refresh reports annually to support the evolution of the fundraising strategy. Some reports will be spearheaded by the Gift and Data Integrity Senior Specialist and for other reports they will participate in data hygiene.
• Statistical Insights: Utilize data models to track alumni giving trends, donor retention behaviors to directly inform fundraising strategies.
• Data Hygiene Auditing: Autonomously build and deploy complex queries and data exports to conduct gift data health audits, maintaining supreme data hygiene and compliance.

Systems Innovation & Emerging Technology Implementation

• Systems Optimization & Automation Design: Research, engineer, and deploy advanced workflow automations to maximize operational efficiency, reduce manual friction, and scale gift‑entry paradigms.
• AI Tool Integration: Participate in exploration, onboarding, deployment, testing and use of emerging technical integrations, such as the Blackbaud Development Agent.
• Cross‑Functional Support: Provide advanced technical insight to campus partners and Institutional Advancement teams (Major Gifts, Annual Giving, Alumni Relations) to support coordinated, multi‑channel fundraising campaigns and high‑stakes events.

Technical Training & Collaborative Leadership

• Internal Teaching & Onboarding: Design training workflows and lead educational sessions to teach advancement colleagues and campus partners how to successfully leverage CRM tools, dashboards, and system updates.
• Constituent Relations: Serve as an expert point of contact for internal staff, division leadership, and external supporters regarding giving histories, event registration tracking (e.g., Homecoming, Galas), and complex giving procedures.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Typical work environment is an office. Sedentary work for long periods of time.
• Regular computer and phone use.
• Occasional work on evenings or weekends for events is expected.
• Optional hybrid work schedule: in‑office four (4) days per week and remote work one (1) day per week.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (a degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field is highly preferred).
• Minimum of three (3) to four (4) years of directly related professional experience.
• Proven technical proficiency and hands‑on experience working with Raiser's Edge or a comparable enterprise‑level CRM.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Proficient in Google Suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive, and Docs).

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a higher education institutional advancement setting.
• Demonstrated experience optimizing database processes using data integration software (e.g., Omatic).
• Experience or strong academic background in statistical modeling, reporting, and data visualization.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to work effectively in a diverse work environment.
• Outstanding organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Collaborative style with the ability to work independently or with little supervision.
• Proactive self‑starter and proven ability in taking initiative.
• Ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple projects with differing timelines.
• Ability to lead and teach others.
• Committed to maintaining strict confidentiality.

Compensation & Benefits at Augsburg

• The compensation range is $50,000 - $55,000 annually, DOQ.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• A generous 403(b) matching program with an employer contributions of up to 8% upon eligibility
• Up to 100% tuition remission for employees, spouses and dependents, and participation in the Tuition Exchange program with colleges and universities throughout the US
• Generous paid time‑off, including 14 paid holidays, 12 sick days, 2 community service days, and vacation of up to 22 days per year immediately upon hire
• Employer‑paid STD, LTD and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees

Equal Opportunity Statement

Augsburg is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.

 Augsburg University is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, familial status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or public assistance status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

 If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at phone number: 612‑330‑1058 or email: [e-mail].