Development Research Analyst Sr- Principal Gifts

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

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Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Development Research Analyst SR-Principal Gifts serves as a subject matter expert in high net worth research and a senior strategist and division lead on principal gift prospect identification, capacity evaluation and research strategies for high net worth prospects and VIP donors in conjunction with campus-wide fund-raising initiatives.

Identify and evaluate the potential philanthropic resources of prospective major gift donors and report results in support of Institute fundraising efforts. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Office of Development staff members, staffs of institutionally related foundations, representatives of Institute academic and administrative offices, external colleagues. This position typically will advise and counsel: Office of Development management and Development Officers. This position will supervise: NA.

Job Duty 1 - Conduct research (biographical, business and financial) directed at individuals and their related organizations using on-line databases, in-house files, library references and other resources in order to identify donor prospects.
Job Duty 2 - Prepare concise, confidential prospect profiles for use in solicitation efforts by Development Officers, senior administrators and volunteers.
Job Duty 3 - Assign prospect ratings based on philanthropic capacity and inclination as determined through research efforts.
Job Duty 4 - Identify prospective major gift donors among alumni, parents, non-alumni and corporations as prospects for future research and cultivation.
Job Duty 5 - Maintain biographical data on prospective major gift donors.
Job Duty 6 - Review publications for information to include in donor files.
Job Duty 7 - Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
Three to five years job related experience

Prefer relevant experience working in Development at public and/or complex higher education institutions or related foundations.

Prefer 7+ years of job-related experience.

SKILLS
This job requires the ability to use standard biographic, business and financial information sources, on-line databases and internet search results. This requires analytical and organizational skills, use of financial analysis techniques; oral and written communications; prioritizing and multi-tasking. Use of office related and specialized, computer applications is required.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

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Preferred Skills:

• Managing the principal gift prospect pool including: Identifying, investigating, analyzing, organizing, and evaluating information on high-net-worth individuals from various sources to determine their financial capacity, ability to give, philanthropic interests, and relationship to the University.
• Partnering and supporting VP, AVP Principal Gifts to hold strategy sessions: Works with the VP of Development, AVP of Principal Gifts to produce the background information necessary to determine prospect development strategy for high-net-worth prospects. Advising Institute leadership and Development officers:
• Providing support to various School and Unit deans and development professionals on their high-net-worth donors and prospects.
• Identifying new prospective high-net-worth donors: Has used specialized subscription based electronic and published resources to gather and analyze information, assessing donor interest and alignment with the Institute's priorities.
• Developing focused research profiles and prospect lists: Identifying networks and analyzing philanthropic interests of high-net-worth individuals and their giving streams. Synthesizing and communicating complex information: Presenting information in an easily digestible and neutral fashion.
• Engaging in planning long- and short-term development strategies with frontline teams to solicit funds and meet department fundraising targets. Collaborates with the Director of Prospect Management: Ensuring the establishment and use of comprehensive prospect development strategies.
• Identifying and leveraging resources: Utilizes in-house and external resources to assess philanthropic potential of donors and volunteers. Utilizes advanced research tools: Identifies and evaluates potential and existing donors and their gifts, including alumni, parents, friends, foundations, and corporations.
• Has kept abreast of industry trends and best practices: Incorporates trends and practices into the team's work.
• Has managed their own schedule and cross-trains prospect development analysts in high net worth, serving as a mentor in this area.
• Focuses, plans, and directs work while Supporting the overall mission.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a position of trust background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening