Annual Giving and Stewardship Officer

Who We Are

The Institute for Social Research (ISR) is the world's largest academic social science survey and research organization. With researchers from a broad range of academic disciplines, ISR serves as a national laboratory for the social sciences, advancing public understanding of human behavior through empirical research of extraordinary depth and breadth.

ISR serves as a telescope on society, bringing the attitudes and behavior of people into clearer focus.

• To plan and conduct rigorous social science research
• To disseminate the findings of the research, and
• To train future generations of social scientists

ISR is seeking a highly responsible, self-motivated, detail-oriented individual to help us reach our fundraising goals. ISR is an interdisciplinary environment that requires strong relationship-building skills to successfully partner with colleagues at ISR and across the University.

• We are currently unable to consider candidates who are not authorized to work in the United States. Additionally, we are not offering visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have appropriate work authorization at the time of application.

• Draft solicitation letters for annual appeals and ensure that annual giving solicitations represent ISR's priorities and need for support.
• Utilize new data acquired to establish robust annual giving programs for various constituencies, including but not limited to:
  Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program Alumni, Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) Alumni, and Next Generation Awardees.
• Liaison with the Office of University Development Annual Giving to manage ISR's participation in campus-wide fundraising such as Giving Blueday.
• Lead ISR's leadership annual giving program to increase philanthropic support in the $1k to $10k range.

• Design and execute a robust stewardship program to appropriately recognize ISR's donors.
• Process gifts, and work with the Office of University Development Gift and Records Administration to ensure that all gifts are recorded correctly and donor information is accurately documented in DART.
• Run weekly gift reports and coordinate thank you notes with ISR and Center leadership and their support teams to mail gift acknowledgement letters to donors in a timely manner.
• Pull and analyze reports to recognize giving trends and giving milestones, and assist in the development and execution of stewardship strategies for these individuals.
• Assist in the planning and execution of stewardship and cultivation events, including list management.
• Partner with the ISR Next Generation Program Manager around stewardship aspects of the program.

• Analyze fundraising and prospect data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for growth across annual and campaign performance.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards that track fundraising progress, donor engagement, pipeline activity, and key performance indicators.
• Assist in preparing regular fundraising and campaign reports for ISR leadership, advisory boards, and other key stakeholders.
• Monitor campaign and annual fundraising performance against established goals and provide timely, accurate data to support planning and decision-making.
• Support prospect development through tagging and by identifying and analyzing potential donors, giving patterns, engagement history, and other indicators of philanthropic interest and capacity.
• Conduct data analysis and segmentation to support annual giving, stewardship, donor engagement, and pipeline-building strategies.
• Help establish consistent processes for tracking, measuring, and communicating the development team's activity and results.
• Liaison with the Office of University Development (OUD) Integrative Data Services to build reports and to learn how to most effectively utilize DART and Business Objects.
• Partner with the ISR Business Office, Center finance teams, and OUD Financial Operations, as appropriate, on financial matters, including items such as creating new gift funds, posting gift funds online, reconciling accounts, and pulling and updating gift fund information as appropriate.
• Ensure timely input of all contacts with donors through the creation of batch uploads, marketing efforts, and document imaging.
• Create, run, analyze, and streamline reporting processes…