Development Research Analyst

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that are directly related.

Position Summary: This position reports to the Grateful Patient team lead and partners with a portfolio of assigned Michigan Medicine Office of Development gift teams to identify and meet prospect grateful patient information needs. The analyst gathers, analyzes, and summarizes information to support cultivation and solicitation of top prospects; these activities include bringing new individuals to the appropriate attention. The analyst independently manages his or her own workload, assists the Assistant Director and contributes to the continued growth of the team.

Please note:

• this position is not eligible for sponsorship
• this is a data, not medical/computational position

• Assume primary responsibility for assessing and meeting the prospect identification and information needs of a specifically assigned portfolio of Michigan Medicine Office of Development gift teams enabling them to meet fundraising goals. Initiate regular communications with these individuals, keeping abreast of their current fundraising initiatives. Support prospect strategizing as needed. 
• Consult with development officers to determine feasibility of research requests and special projects. 
• Negotiate project scopes and deadlines directly with liaised development officers. 
• Establish monitoring and seek feedback to ensure development officers receive appropriate support. 
• Participate in projects to improve development officers' understanding and strategic use of development data. Examples include portfolio review and user education on modeling and wealth screening data.

General Responsibilities

• Gain proficiency with and adhere to the University's prospect coordination policy at all times. Work with members of the development community to encourage and enforce best practices for applying prospect coordination policies.
• Have thorough knowledge of fundraising under the rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule as well as the handling of Protected Health Information (PHI).

Data Integrity & Management: 

• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the university central donor database on a daily basis. through the entry of prospect & patient related data with focus on grateful patient pipeline activity.
• Perform auditing procedures to maintain the integrity of the database system on a scheduled basis.
  Prospect Management & Pipeline Development: 
• Promote effective prospect tracking and management throughout the Michigan Medicine Office of Development. Monitor accuracy and integrity of prospect-related data in the University's central database (DART).
• Collaborate with OUD Prospect Management to track follow-up from portfolio reviews.
• Work with Prospect Development Research team to ensure that new patient prospects are rated and appropriately assigned to gift officers in a timely manner.
• Facilitate and lead work for various "Disease Squads" across Michigan Medicine Development team including adult and pediatric segments.

Grateful Patient

• Support fundraising teams in their identification and engagement of faculty partners by providing information, processes, and strategies to help achieve physician referral and grateful patient pipeline goals.
• Lead efforts to identify and engage Grateful Patients in major gift pipelines and portfolios.
• Help drive Grateful Patient processes and analyses and to provide effective and efficient management, dissemination and analysis of Grateful Patient prospecting activity.
• Review all patient-related marketing materials to ensure adherence to HIPAA and Michigan Medicine policy.
• Collaborate with Health System and University partners to maintain accuracy of patient information in DART.
  Prospect Identification and Research
• Conduct reactive and proactive research. Be innovative in devising new ways to secure information of critical importance to the effective solicitation of significant constituents of MIMED. 
• Estimate donor gift capacity through the analysis of complex individual, corporate, and foundation financial and philanthropic information. Summarize information relevant to the timing of a gift. 
• Identify possible areas of philanthropic interest and potential engagement with MIMED, especially around potential grateful patients.
• Participate in projects to proactively identify, qualify, and quantify segments of the MIMED prospect pool through the use of screening, data mining, and modeling of existing donors. Bring the most promising opportunities for MIMED to the attention of appropriate colleagues. 
• Write confidential research documents on individual, corporate, and foundation prospects for MIMED development staff members and senior executive officers. 
• Exercise appropriate initiative through troubleshooting and basic project design. 
• Manage special projects as assigned. 
• Submit completed research for data entry into the development central database and for electronic storage in research optical imaging system.

Professional and Team Development

• Independently plan, organize, coordinate, and handle multiple tasks and responsibilities, prioritizing and organizing work to accomplish departmental goals. 
• Assume responsibility for meeting and maintaining the standards set forth in the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) Skill Set in Prospect Research Fundamentals and Advanced Prospect Research. 
• Assume responsibility for developing and maintaining expertise that enhances the Grateful Patient team. Serve as an internal consultant on research and analysis related to one?s area(s) of expertise. Lead periodic peer education sessions to promote professional development and collaboration. 
• Work in a collaborative team environment, sharing knowledge and newly identified sources with Grateful Patient team, and leading or participating in group projects when necessary. 
• Assist with peer editing and general quality control for information distributed through Development Research. 
• Partner with coworkers outside the department to complete projects.
• Safeguard the confidentiality of donor information at all times. Adhere to ethical and confidentiality guidelines of both MIMED and APRA. 
• Participate at an appropriate level of professional associations such as APRA and CASE, both to increase knowledge and skills and to foster professional relationships with colleagues outside of UM. 
• Work in partnership with OUD Prospect Development and Analytics as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• At least three years of work experience in development research or a related field. 
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills, an aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving; ability to work well under pressure and maintain flexibility.
• Highly developed scanning, skimming, and reading comprehension skills are essential, as well as superior ability to assess the relative value of, synthesize, and summarize relevant information into coherent, well-written documents. 
• Commitment to professional ethics and confidentiality. 
• Ability to interact with executive level clients is essential. 
• Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance. 
• Strong computing and online research skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007, relational database software, online databases and the Internet. 
• Reliable internet service. 

• An advanced degree is desirable. 
• Familiarity with the University organization, policies, and procedures is desirable. 

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