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Illinois Wesleyan University Director of Advancement Systems in Bloomington, Illinois
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The Director of Advancement Systems is responsible for overseeing all system and database activities within the Office of Advancement. The Director is the key leader in managing and supporting a sophisticated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) across all Advancement teams including its Annual Giving, Alumni Engagement, Communications, Major Gifts, and Stewardship departments. This role requires a strong knowledge of information systems and how to integrate them. They will oversee all gift processing, entry, data maintenance processes and procedures, testing and integrity. This is a full time, benefits-eligible position; remote work within approved states will be considered with travel to campus one week a quarter, or as operationally needed. Generous benefits include health, retirement, considerable time off and access to multiple tuition programs for employees and dependents.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee database management and execute requests from the Office of Advancement departments and University partners utilizing our CRM (Slate for Advancement); provide tools to empower Advancement staff to identify opportunities, create reports and lists to engage constituents, and analytics to measure outcomes; create new and maintain existing constituent and fund records within Slate; drive the operational flow to provide timely support to Advancement staff and University partners; manage and maintain adherence to IRS gift policies, acknowledgement data requirements and University and industry standards.
- Provide leadership, management and direction to reporting staff (Gift and Records Coordinator and Systems Analyst); coordinate workflows with any third party database vendors and consultants (Slate, DonorSearch, iWave); manage the CRM or systems budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources to support systems activities and initiatives; identify and implement process efficiencies using best practices in data management, gift processing, and stewardship.
- Explore professional development, and execute duties as assigned; attend meetings and participate in training to stay current on and Slate for Advancement best practices.