Development Research Analyst

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that are directly related.

This position reports to the Grateful Patient team lead and partners with a portfolio of assigned Michigan Medicine Office of Development gift teams to identify and meet prospect grateful patient information needs. The analyst gathers, analyzes, and summarizes information to support cultivation and solicitation of top prospects; these activities include bringing new individuals to the attention of gift officers and senior leadership.

The analyst independently manages his or her own workload, assists the Assistant Director, and contributes to the continued growth of the team.

Please note:

• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
• This is a data, not medical/computational position.
• This position may require travel to Lansing, MI or Grand Rapids, MI 6 to 12 times a year.

Michigan Medicine is a groundbreaking organization for many reasons, and much of the work that we do is made possible because of philanthropy. Annually, the Michigan Medicine Office of Development raises an average of $200 million, which helps us to be a change agent of the world. The Office of Development supports a culture of flexibility, and a hybrid work arrangement is possible for this position.

• Assume primary responsibility for assessing and meeting the prospect identification and information needs of a specifically assigned portfolio of Michigan Medicine Office of Development gift teams enabling them to meet fundraising goals. Initiate regular communications with these individuals, keeping abreast of their current fundraising initiatives. Support prospect strategizing as needed.
• Consult with development officers to determine feasibility of research requests and special projects.
• Negotiate project scopes and deadlines directly with liaised development officers.
• Establish monitoring and seek feedback to ensure development officers receive appropriate support.
• Participate in projects to improve development officers' understanding and strategic use of development data. Examples include portfolio review and user education on modeling and wealth screening data.

General Responsibilities

• Gain proficiency with and adhere to the University's prospect coordination policy at all times. Work with members of the development community to encourage and enforce best practices for applying prospect coordination policies.
• Have thorough knowledge of fundraising under the rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule as well as the handling of Protected Health Information (PHI).

Data Integrity & Management

• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the university central donor database on a daily basis through the entry of prospect & patient-related data with focus on grateful patient pipeline activity.
• Perform auditing procedures to maintain the integrity of the database system on a scheduled basis.
• Promote effective prospect tracking and management throughout the Michigan Medicine Office of Development. Monitor accuracy and integrity of prospect-related data in the University's central database (DART).
• Collaborate with the Office of University Development?s Prospect Management team to track follow-up from portfolio reviews.
• Work with Prospect Development Research team to ensure that new patient prospects are rated and appropriately assigned to gift officers in a timely manner.
• Facilitate and lead work for various "Disease Squads" across Michigan Medicine Development team including adult and pediatric segments.
• Support fundraising teams in their identification and engagement of faculty partners by providing information, processes, and strategies to help achieve physician referral and grateful patient pipeline goals.
• Lead efforts to identify and engage Grateful Patients in major gift pipelines and portfolios.
• Help drive Grateful Patient processes and analyses and provide effective and efficient management, dissemination, and analysis of Grateful Patient prospecting activity.
• In partnership with MM Development Communications, review grateful patient communication materials relative to grateful patient philanthropy programming.
• Collaborate with Health System and University partners to maintain accuracy of patient information in DART.

Prospect Identification and Research

• Conduct reactive and proactive research. Be innovative in devising new ways to secure information of critical importance to the effective solicitation of significant constituents of MIMED.
• Estimate donor gift capacity through the analysis of complex individual, corporate, and foundation financial and philanthropic information. Summarize information relevant to the timing of a gift.
• Identify possible areas of philanthropic interest and potential engagement with MIMED, especially around potential…