Philanthropy Data Manager

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Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

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The Philanthropy Data Manager reports to the Senior Director of Information and Data Systems and works closely with the Associate Director of Information Systems and Reporting. The Philanthropy Data Manager facilitates the use of the philanthropic database by providing data exports that meet the needs of the Philanthropy and University stakeholders. This position serves as the primary point of contact for data integrity inquiry and data collection, and data sharing and exports.

This position also assists with system training, policy and procedure development and ensuring high levels of data accuracy and integrity are maintained by enabling data entry controls, maintaining data hygiene practices and performing routine data audits. This position also serves in the data governance structure as a data analyst, ensuring data is maintained securely and shared appropriately with colleagues that have a business need for the data.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Use of lists, queries, and exports to extract constituent, fund, and/or gift data from the philanthropy database (example: Raiser's Edge) that meet highly specific criteria for the purposes of fundraising, event invitations, or internal strategy discussions.
• Develop and recommend data integrity and quality audits for the philanthropy database (example: Raiser's Edge) to ensure the accuracy of data entry and record coding.
• Develop methods for streamlining data entry and extraction processes. Management of data automation/mapping tools (example: Omatic Cloud) and processes to facilitate philanthropy database coding accuracy and consistency. For more complex processes, this position will work closely with the Associate Director of Information Systems and Reporting.
• Develop and document relevant business processes involving the philanthropy database (example: Raiser's Edge). This includes a data dictionary, code tables, and crosswalks for data that exists across multiple systems (example: Data Cookbook).
• Performs regular data appending procedures from a variety of sources (NCOA updates, email appends, etc) following postal standards and best practices.
• Partners with Alumni Engagement, Donor Engagement, and Annual Giving on appeal standards, tracking appeal performance, event record creation, and event registration tracking.
• Other duties as assigned to accomplish departmental goals and objectives.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Science, Business Management or related field and three years of experience in data analysis, reporting, or database systems management, preferably in a non-profit or higher education setting.

Familiarity in the use of all MS Office products (i.e. Excel, Word, and Outlook).

Knowledge of data privacy and protection standards (PCI DSS/ CASE Standards).

Strong preference for formal training in information systems applications…