Strategic Development & Donor Relations Analyst

University of California, Davis; Davis (CA); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

University of California, Davis is seeking a detail-oriented administrative professional to provide analytical and administrative support to the Assistant Dean of Development and External Relations. The role involves coordinating development-related meetings and events for the Dean and Associate Deans of the College, and supporting the Development and External Relations team.

The position includes complex calendaring, meeting preparation, report generation, proposals, and special projects, as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Demonstrated experience providing high-level administrative and analytical support to executive or senior leadership, including managing complex calendars, preparing reports and correspondence, coordinating meetings and projects, exercising independent judgment, and communicating diplomatically with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including donors, alumni, faculty and staff.
• Demonstrated experience supporting donor, fundraising, advancement, alumni relations, development, or other customer relationship management functions, including maintaining confidential constituent records and coordinating donor- or client-facing activities.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of customer, constituent, donor, or other relationship management databases and preparing reports using those systems.
• Organizational skills to take appropriate initiative and prioritize work under multiple competing deadlines, heavy workload and overlapping activities in a complex and demanding unit.
• Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, prepare executive-level correspondence and reports, and independently resolve problems in a complex administrative environment.
• Skills to analyze, define, and assess problems, issues, and needs; ability to plan, identify and troubleshoot unforeseen issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical and administrative support to the Dean's Office and Development and External Relations team.
• Coordinate development-related meetings and events for the Dean and Associate Deans; prepare briefs and stewardship materials.
• Prepare financial reports and process travel and expense reconciliation; support gift processing and donor relations activities.
• Assist Directors of Development with administrative functions to support frontline fundraising activities, including donor correspondence and travel coordination.

Skills

Calendar management

Executive support

Donor relations

Report generation

Communication with stakeholders

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent combination of training and experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

CRM systems

Job description

University of California, Davis is seeking a detail-oriented administrative professional to provide analytical and administrative support to the Assistant Dean of Development and External Relations. The role involves coordinating development-related meetings and events for the Dean and Associate Deans of the College, and supporting the Development and External Relations team.

The position includes complex calendaring, meeting preparation, report generation, proposals, and special projects, as