The University of Notre Dame (ND.jobs) is accepting applications for a Prospect Management Consultant.
Applications will be accepted until 10/07/2024.
As a member of the Prospect Research & Strategy team, the Prospect Management Consultant combines deep curiosity with data analysis, project management, and flexible communication skills to support frontline fundraisers and senior leaders in Development. The ideal candidate will provide research, analysis, and data-driven insights to achieve historic levels of philanthropy for Notre Dame and her students.
Why You Will Love This Role:
You're curious, and find connections and relationships among people, geography, trends, and other data that may affect a benefactor's inclination and ability to give. You also love to collaborate: working closely with your team and with front-line fundraisers to share timely, accurate information and advice. Your curiosity and research will lead to creative solutions to interesting challenges. If you can't decide which you love best: research & data or people & collaborating - then this might be a perfect role for you!
Great Prospect Management Consultants come with experience from many fields.
Shared characteristics include:
Collaborator and team player: Highly accountable, willing to take ownership, and eager to be a champion for the shared success of our team and those we serve
Analytical communicator: Can dive into data, analyze it, and communicate knowledge to others to drive actions and decisions
Strategic thinker: Can see multiple sides of a business to understand how they fit together & impact each other
Process-minded: Always seeking to streamline and improve processes
Curious: Asks a lot of questions, wonders how things are related, and enjoys digging into the details to learn more
Innovator: Makes new, challenging, and actionable connections with information gleaned from research, data, conversations, events, and the world around them; can think on their feet
Confident: Unafraid to ask questions, identify new and better ways of doing things, engage with senior leaders, and share ideas that may seem unorthodox at first glance but are the product of innovation & expertise
Balanced: Able to dive into and track details as well as pull back to see the bigger picture; knows when to do each
What You Do:
The consultant serves as lead portfolio strategist for a group of fundraisers and senior leaders in the Development office, and works closely with them to ensure they are effectively moving prospects consisting of alumni, parents, and friends through the fundraising cycle. Additionally, the consultant partners with Senior Regional Directors to provide analysis and recommendations based on regional, industry and philanthropic trends. The consultant also assists on annual processes that impact the entire department.
In this role, you will
Evaluate prospective benefactors
Create portfolios of prospects
Conduct portfolio and proposal pipeline health analyses
Brainstorm strategy on prospects and gift proposals
Interpret data & information to recommend actionable opportunities (DIKW)
Maintain expertise on relevant events (e.g. wealth, property, employment), initiatives, and economic trends affecting partner regions
Share best practices among Prospect Management Consultants and fundraisers
Provide standardization, consistency, & framework to internal partners
Offer advice based on analytical and empirical insights
Measure & provide recommendations for improvement on fundraiser effectiveness
Oversee prospect data
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Minimum Qualifications:
3+ years of professional work experience
Demonstrated project management skills: analytical skills, high attention to detail and follow up, and excellent organizational skills
Experience using enterprise information systems, CRMs, data warehouse, data visualization, etc. (ie: Salesforce, Business Objects, Tableau, SAP, etc)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience forming partnerships with a variety of constituencies and working as a trusted team member
Disposition to creatively solve problems
Proven track record of ownership, translating ideas into action
Proactive approach to problem solving from both the detail level and overall view
Ability to motivate and influence others, including peers
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree
Experience in a fundraising or nonprofit environment
ABOUT NOTRE DAME: The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind. For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Notre Dame has received Honor Roll distinctions as one of the top 10 higher education workplaces in the country in the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual 'Great Colleges to Work For' survey...and we are proud of it!
This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Applicants will be asked to identify all felony convictions and/or pending felony charges. Felony convictions do not automatically bar an individual from employment. Each case will be examined separately to determine the appropriateness of employment in the particular position. Failure to be forthcoming or dishonesty with respect to felony disclosures can result in the disqualification of a candidate. The full procedure can be viewed at https://facultyhandbook.nd.edu/?id=link-73597.
Equal Opportunity Employment StatementThe University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).
APPLICATION PROCESS: Please apply online at http://ND.jobs to Job # S251413. For additional information about working at the University of Notre Dame and various benefits available to employees, please visit http://hr.nd.edu/why-nd. The University of Notre Dame supports the needs of dual career couples and has a Dual Career Assistance Program in place to assist relocating spouses and significant others with their job search.
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The University of Notre Dame was founded in November 1842 by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a French missionary order. It is located adjacent to South Bend, Indiana, the center of a metropolitan area with a population of more than 315,000. Chartered by the state of Indiana in 1844, the University was governed by the Holy Cross priests until 1967, when governance was transferred to a two-tiered, mixed board of lay and religious trustees and fellows.