Campaign Prospect Manager

DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Women members of underrepresented groups and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position will remain open until filled.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead the development and execution of the universitys campaign prospect strategy aligning prospect identification prioritization and movement with campaign goals and institutional priorities.

• Serve as a key advisor to campaign leadership staff and volunteer on prospect readiness capacity modeling and pipeline risk.

• Translate campaign fundraising targets into actionable prospect strategies and benchmarks at the unit school and gift officer level.

• Establish and enforce prospect management standards including stage definitions contact expectations and activity thresholds.

• Facilitate prospect strategy sessions portfolio reviews and campaign readiness discussions with frontline staff and advancement leadership.

• Develop and maintain sophisticated campaign dashboards pipeline reports and forecasting tools for senior leadership.

• Analyze campaign progress solicitation outcomes and pipeline health to inform strategic decisions and resource allocation.

• Ensure accurate and timely campaign reporting for internal leadership trustees and external stakeholders as required.

• Serve as a subject-matter expert on campaign-related prospect data within the CRM ensuring consistency accuracy and compliance with institutional standards.

• Design and refine prospect management workflows that integrate prospect research alumni engagement annual giving and major gifts.

• Partner with advancement services data and IT teams to enhance system functionality and reporting capabilities.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.

• Active Listening Ability to actively attend to convey and understand the comments and questions of others.

• Adaptability Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.

• Analytical Skills - The ability of the individual to gather raw data and to process that data into a meaningful form.

• Communication Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.

• Communication Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.

• Consensus Building - Ability to bring about group solidarity to achieve a goal.

• Customer Oriented - A desire to serve both external and internal clients by focusing effort on meeting the clients needs understanding their concerns and seeking to build trust.

• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.

• Diversity Oriented - Commitment to valuing a variety of different experiences encouraging input and collaboration from campus stakeholders including being mindful of experiences related but not limited to: age gender race ethnicity religion socio-economic status LGBTQ and/or job type.

• Interpersonal - Ability to develop and maintain relationships with others.

• Management Skills - ability of the individual to achieve desired outcomes by setting goals and priorities that deliver results.

• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.

• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.

• Project Management - Ability to organize and direct a project to completion.

• Relationship Building - Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport and cooperative relationship with customers and co-workers.

• Reliability - Ability to be dependable and trustworthy.

• Self-Motivated - Ability of the individual to reach a goal or perform a task with little supervision or direction.

• Strategic Planning Ability to develop a vision for the future and create a culture in which the long-range goals can be achieved.

• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Computer Skills: Must possess excellent knowledge of Windows applications as well as constituent database management acumen including:

Google Suite

Presentation software experience.

Database administration experience.

• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data into clear strategic recommendations.

• Deep familiarity with advancement CRMs and reporting tools.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and frontline fundraisers.

Physical Demands

Lift/Carry

Stand

O (Occasionally)

Walk

O (Occasionally)

Sit

F (Frequently)

Handling / Fingering

O (Occasionally)

Reach Outward

O (Occasionally)

Reach Above Shoulder

O (Occasionally)

Climb

O (Occasionally)

Crawl

O (Occasionally)

Squat or Kneel

O (Occasionally)

Bend

O (Occasionally)

Speak

F (Frequently)

10 lbs or less

O (Occasionally)

11-20 lbs

O (Occasionally)

21-50 lbs

O (Occasionally)

51-100 lbs

N (Not Applicable)

Over 100 lbs

N (Not Applicable)

Push/Pull

12 lbs or less

O (Occasionally)

13-25 lbs

O (Occasionally)

26-40 lbs

O (Occasionally)

41-100 lbs

N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable)

Activity is not applicable to this occupation.

O (Occasionally)

Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs/day)

F (Frequently)

Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day)

C (Constantly)

Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs/day)

• Must be able to communicate extensively and effectively via telephone/TTY one-on-one conversations group conversations virtually and through email and written correspondence.

• Requires extensive use of computer keyboards.

• Must be able to sit or stand for extended periods of time traverse the campus travel regionally via convention forms of transportation tolerate dust in the environment and lift up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Normal office environment.

We are proud to recognize the active participation of faculty and staff in adding to the heritage of building and supporting vibrant intellectual and creative lives for students and for ourselves. Principles of collaboration respect for each other diversity freedom of expression accountability and service guide the daily decisions and interactions across campus.

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DePauw Universitys goals and commitments are best served if the institution reflects the diversity of our society; hence DePauw seeks diversity in all areas and levels of employment and abides by all local state and federal regulations concerning equal employment opportunities. The University admits hires and promotes individuals upon their qualities and merits.

Employee Benefits Overview

There are many benefits offered to DePauw Employees.

For full time benefits eligible employees these benefits include medical dental and vision insurance. Basic Life insurance Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Disability are paid for by DePauw University. Full time employees may elect to purchase additional voluntary life insurance for themselves and their voluntary benefitsTuition Remission and Exchange as well as Relocation Allowance are also employee benefits. Seethe Benefits Hub.

All employees may participate in the retirement savings plan as well as employee discounts and access to University resources.

At DePauw we recognize that our employees need to balance work and home. Please refer to University Policies forVacation TimePersonal Time(hourly)andSick Timepolicies in theEmployee Handbookfor more information on these and other benefits. When you need support theCigna Employee Assistancebenefit is available to all employees and their households.

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• Welch Fitness Center and wellness classes
• Indoor Tennis and Track Center
• University Libraries
• Peeler art galleries
• Green Center for the Performing Arts events and programs
• Ubben lecture series
• Free athletic events
• Bookstore and Starbucks (Greencastle) discounts
• Employee discounted meal plan
• Free parking
• Nature park including walking and biking trails
• Personal duplicating and printing discounts

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