Azusa Pacific University · 1 week ago
Prospect Development Analyst - University Advancement
Azusa, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$25.94/hr - $29.83/hr
2+ years expAzusa Pacific University is a Christ-centered institution seeking a Prospect Development Analyst to support its fundraising efforts. The role involves optimizing fundraising portfolios, tracking major gift prospects, and providing research and analysis to assist development officers in achieving their goals.
Education
Responsibilities
Support university administrators and Major Gift Officers, in planning and executing a major gift pipeline that supports current and future fundraising goals under the guidance of the Director of Prospect Development
Under the guidance of the Director of Prospect Development, identifies new prospects to be assigned for qualification or cultivation. This includes reviewing and analyzing the results of wealth screening and predictive modeling of new constituents, overseeing the timely validation of screening results, as well as the entry of results into the donor database
Assist to maintain the moves management program to ensure that all prospects and donors are tracked through the identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship cycle
Assist with the optimization of development officer portfolios by providing research and identification of the most promising prospects for new assignments, assignment transfers, and removals through regularly scheduled and thorough portfolio reviews in order to maintain an optimal prospect pool
Produce written reports summarizing research for the President, Executive Staff, and Major Gifts Team prior to donor contact such as meeting and events
Participate in the investigation and implementation of new research methods, techniques and sources. Periodically reviews data and information sources to ensure they are the most relevant and cost-effective options for the university. Make recommendations to the director for strategic changes
Collaborate with Advancement Operations to provide easily accessible development officer dashboards through Tableau and other programs
Run development officer metrics reports monthly, quarterly and annually. Performs regular audits of the data to ensure accuracy of information
Support senior staff and development officers in entering contact reports in batch and significant actions in batch into the database using the Import-O-Matic tool
Provide training to major gift officers and other university personnel on Raiser’s Edge and/or Slate including: action protocols (including contact reports), entering and updating proposals, running portfolio exports, and requesting data change updates. Assist in the process as needed
Support staff, and other university personnel on EverTrue including: moves management, interactions, proposals, and maintaining engagement metrics
Maintain strong skills and knowledge of online research resources, technologies, and methodologies
Monitor news alerts, online publications, and obituaries for new information on key donors so that development officers are briefed on updates, and ensure database records are accurate and up to date with relevant findings
Regularly communicates with Director of Prospect Development on all key information regarding Prospect Management
Regularly reviews and updates the policies and procedures in the prospect development training manual
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
Two to five years experience in prospect research and/or prospect management
Experience utilizing fundraising platforms (EverTrue) to assist development officers with tracking and enhancing donor interactions
Advanced skills in using Microsoft Excel to create, sort, and format lists and spreadsheets
Highly attentive to details and able to take ownership of routine tasks
Ability to successfully manage multiple deadlines
Flexible enough to shift priorities based on urgent needs, have the confidence to ask for help when needed
Ability to take direction and work independently and as part of a team
Capable of handling confidential information with the utmost discretion
Ability to interpret, apply and communicate on a wide variety of policies and procedures relating to and impacting prospect research and fundraising
Strong affinity with and commitment to the mission of Azusa Pacific University
Proficient in Google Apps, Microsoft Word and Excel
Experience using Raiser's Edge, Slate, ResearchPoint, PeopleSoft, LexisNexis, EverTrue, DonorSearch, Insightful, AIdentified and Tableau software
Preferred
Masters preferred
Experience in higher education preferred
Experience utilizing databases (Raiser's Edge and/or Slate preferred) to review and update donor records, creating queries and producing reports
Experience utilizing wealth screening and predictive modeling software (DonorSearch preferred)
Experience in higher education setting preferred
Benefits
Competitive benefits package
Company
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University is a university creating a place for Christian education to form the training School for Christian Workers.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.15MKey Investors
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
2023-01-10Grant· $0.15M
Leadership Team
Kirk Bernal, PHR
Human Resources Business Partner
Leslie C.
Human Resources Business Partner
Recent News
2025-09-23
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