Prospect Development Analyst

Prospect Development Analyst
Компания: Seattle University
Город: Seattle
**Full Time**
**JR100693**
**Months Per Year**
12
**Work Model**
Hybrid Work Eligible
Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin and physical ability. Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.
**Seattle University's Core Competencies**
**Effective Team Collaboration:** Works harmoniously with others towards a common goal, leveraging individual strengths to achieve shared objectives.
**Emotionally Intelligent Communication:** Engages in a skillful exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings, verbally and non-verbally.
**Ethics and Integrity:** Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to honesty, professionalism, and alignment with our Jesuit mission in all actions and decisions.
**Flexibility and Innovation:** Embraces change, approaching problems with curiosity adaptability, and is committed to making a positive impact.
**Mindful Inclusion:** Fosters mindful inclusion by consciously creating a workplace that celebrates differences, embraces cultural humility, and empowers uniqueness.
**Outcomes-Driven Orientation:** Sets clear objectives, pursues excellence, and delivers measurable outcomes while upholding Jesuit Catholic values.
**Job Description Summary**
Reporting to the Director of Prospect Development, the Prospect Development Analyst supports Seattle University's prospect research, identification, and portfolio management programs by providing data-driven analysis and strategic insights that strengthen the University's fundraising pipeline.
The Analyst partners closely with major gift development officers and Advancement leadership to identify, evaluate, and prioritize prospective donors. This role conducts prospect research, analyzes wealth and engagement data, and develops actionable intelligence that informs fundraising strategies and portfolio management decisions.
As part of the Prospect Development team, the Analyst contributes to building and maintaining a sustainable pipeline of philanthropic prospects. Through rigorous analysis, proactive prospect identification, and collaboration with development officers, this position helps ensure that Seattle University's fundraising efforts are informed by high-quality data, strategic insight, and effective prospect management practices.
**Position Description**
**Portfolio Management**
* Serve as primary liaison to a group of major gift development officers to assess and meet their needs for discovery prospects, portfolio balance and time management.
* Orient development officers to research and relationship management policies and system procedures in the database; interpret the policies as needed.
* Interpret relationship management data for fundraisers compared to baselines, in regular meetings; troubleshoot ways for fundraisers to better capture their activity.
* Use software (Excel, Tableau, Power BI) to provide descriptive statistics of assigned gift officers prospect pools and portfolios in order to help with prioritizing prospects relative to specific fundraising needs.
* Recommend and assign new prospects to appropriate fundraisers/UA leadership, for discovery and cultivation, balancing portfolios by various data points as fits each constituency.
* Establish ways to monitor and seek feedback to ensure gift officers receive appropriate support and understand uses of prospect development data.
**Prospect Identification and Analysis**
* Work as an internal consultant to meet prospect identification goals for each assigned gift officer by initiating, performing and evaluating results of a variety of prospect identification projects that align with portfolio needs.
* Advise development officers on use of predictive modeling and wealth screening data.
* Design systematic, as well as one-time projects, to qualify and quantify segments of the university's prospect pool for multiple engagement purposes and campaign priorities, through the use of screenings, predictive models, and querying the database.
* Communicate clearly the process and results of data analysis projects in a variety of formats that support emerging cultivation strategies.
* Maintain an active and thorough knowledge of key university constituencies and institutional priorities.
**Research of Identified Potential Donors**
* Create appropriate, timely, strategic briefings on top prospects for UA and University leadership and strategy sessions. Includes analyses of donor gift capacity, philanthropic motivation/interests, timing of gift, engagement with SU, and factors affecting wealth as well as identifying what critical information may be missing.
* Collaborate with colleagues to identify possible networks and synthesize pertinent relationship data for each level of research, using visual displays as appropriate.
* Participate actively in advancement staff meetings by proactively offering relevant research findings, industry analyses and strategic recommendations.
**Data Management**
* Identify and recommend process improvements and new sources of data that can better evaluate prospect pools/constituencies, becoming a partner in preserving and enhancing the quality of information in the database.
* Assess the quality, reliability, and accuracy of current and emerging research tools and resources, understanding the emerging tools that can reveal prospect interests, relationships and networks.
* Maintain an active role in professional research/relationship management networks, and develop and maintain familiarity with fundraising best practices, in order to present research in strategic and relevant ways and to contribute to the growth of the prospect development team as internal knowledge providers.
* Act as internal consultant to UA to help define prospect analytics partnership opportunities.
**Minimum Qualifications**
* Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
* One to three years of experience in prospect research, advancement services, development, analytics, or a related field.
* Understanding of the principles of fundraising and philanthropy, preferably in a higher education setting.
* Strong proficiency working with relational databases and data analysis tools.
* Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize complex information from multiple sources and translate findings into clear written reports, visualizations, and presentations.
* Strong research and computing skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and experience using online research tools, databases, and search engines.
* Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
* Effective written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences across multiple levels of the organization.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities, respond to urgent requests, and adapt to changing work demands while maintaining attention to detail.
* Demonstrated curiosity and initiative with a commitment to continuous learning, process improvement, and applying insights in innovative ways.
* Commitment to maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment consistent with prospect research standards and Seattle University's mission and values.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* 3-5 years of experience working in prospect research or relationship management, with proven ability to recognize and identify patterns of giving, propensity, and relationships for prospect pool de