at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50275
Department: Alumni Relations & Development
Salary/Grade: NEX/13
Job Summary:
Serves as resource to staff regarding data entry, maintenance, and results. Coordinates incoming data for accuracy and integrity, assists with complex data preparation, analyzes data, and creates reports. Ensures associated administrative tasks such as documentation, editing of code books and manuals, etc. are completed.
GRS Detailed Summary:
The Sr. Gift Operations Specialist serves as a resource to GRS and ARD staff regarding gift entry procedures and policy. This position acts as an expert on gift acceptance processing, gift adjustments, industry standards, and university policy and procedure. The position prioritizes and reports on data quality issues and adjustment requests from managers, Sr. Staff, and Financial Operations. Primary oversight is on complex areas of gifting including pledge entry and financial adjustments. The position takes the lead as the primary staff member ensuring accurate and timely entry of non-general gifts (bequests, pledges, non-binding intentions, etc), assists in tracking the timeliness of gift entry, and assists with gift entry as needed.
Specific Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning
- Identifies and assesses customer data needs.
- Works with GRS manager to assess the workflow needs of non-general giving and data quality control.
- Assists in identifying organizational area's data integration and related records solutions.
- Specifically assists in identifying GRS data integration and records solutions in the area of gift loads and electronic file indexing.
- Collaborates on a variety of data management projects including variable definitions, storage, etc.
- Within GRS collaborates on gift and data management projects including data quality reports, adjustments, system testing, as well as special projects as assigned.
