Development Associate

Position Number

8102552

Hybrid – 4 In-Person

no

University Staff

Full-Time

Exempt

Chicago-Water Tower Campus

CORP & FOUNDATION RELATIONS

ADV - CORP & FOUNDATION RELATIONS (03631A)

No

The Development Associate, Corporate and Foundation Relations, serves as a key member of the Corporate and Foundation Relations unit within University Advancement. This position provides administrative support and operational, communications, reporting, and other functions directly related to the team’s fundraising activities and goals.

• Draft letters, emails, and collateral materials for use with internal and external audiences.
• Maintain a library of commonly used proposal and report texts and attachments, including budgets, board lists, organizational demographics, and other data points, top donors, and organization/unit descriptions.
• Independently or in partnership with Prospect Management and Research, generate prospect lists for programs, projects, event sponsor ships, and other fundraising priorities.
• Format gift tables, budgets, and other support materials for inclusion in proposals, reports, and other submissions.
• Format PowerPoint presentations for use with internal and external audiences.
• Provide Advancement support for event sponsor ships, including formatting solicitation materials, drafting correspondence, preparing invoices and pledge reminders, sending invoices, and following up on payments, and providing support at events.

• Independently or in partnership with Advancement Services, create regular and ad hoc reports on fundraising progress, team activity, historical performance, and other topics.
• Manage, distribute, and reply to incoming emails in the CFR shared mailbox.
• Maintain content for internal websites ( CFR and Office of Vice Provost for Research) and internal communications such as grant proposal deadlines, RFPs, and limited-submission opportunities.
• Schedule and organize internal and external meetings, including preparation of agendas and materials.
• Serve as CFR team point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce invoices, gift acknowledgments, receipts, and reports in collaboration with Donor Relations, Advancement Information Services, and academic units.

• Maintain the quality and accuracy of corporate and foundation records in the Advancement Constituent Relationship Management ( CRM ) database of record, including organization records, proposals, contact reports, alumni employment information, and organizational contact information.
• Review incoming corporate and foundation transactions to ensure data integrity.
• Review reports from Sponsored Program Accounting to ensure data accuracy in Advancement CRM .
• Review foundation records in university research administration system(s) and Office of Research Services systems/reports to ensure data accuracy in Advancement CRM .

• Associate’s degree required, bachelor’s degree preferred

• Oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and word processing
• Familiarity with databases
• Familiarity with research principles and tools
• Work experience in higher education, nonprofits, or customer-facing business
• Ability to follow guidelines and procedures, and apply general rules to specific problems
• Ability to work independently and exercise judgment
• Ability to develop goals and plans, to prioritize and organize tasks, to work on multiple projects simultaneously, to produce work, and to meet deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with alumni, donors, staff, and faculty, and must have patience and understanding of the needs of others
• Commitment to the Jesuit values of Loyola University Chicago.

N/A

Advanced MS Word processing, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Access. Adept…