Prospect Strategy Manager

DescriptionAbout North ParkFounded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world.North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred to as an oasis in the heart of the city - a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world's largest and most diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.MissionThe mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.VisionBuilding on our core institutional identity-Christian, city-centered, intercultural-our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.Duties and Responsibilities● Analyze data and provide strategic information on achieving advancement and alumni engagement goals● Manage donor analytics data and collaborate with the Advancement and Alumni Engagement staff to provide recommendations-based analysis to ensure the team is maximizing fundraising potential across giving channels● Develop and employ analytical techniques and visualization tools to drive a more strategic fundraising and alumni engagement process through forecasting data models, prospect ranking tools and new strategies for mining and tracking prospects● Design integrated dashboards and portfolio management tools highlighting fundraising KPI's and performance metrics that will help inform strategies● Manage prospecting efforts using Raiser's Edge and other external databases to meet prospect identification and prioritization needs● Use data to build a prospect pipeline to include all stages of the donor cycle - Identification, Qualification, Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship● Establish prospect pipeline guidelines and workflows that ensure a steady flow of new prospects with the goal of relationship managers moving all assignments through the donor cycle● Customize pipeline strategies for major giving prospects based on data to better identify and strategize next steps while working in close collaboration with relationship managers.