Planned Gift Director - Higher Ed. jobs in Benton Harbor, MI

The Gift Records Associate processes all pledges and donations received by the University and maintains the integrity of the donor financial records of the University. Processing tasks include receiving, recording, receipting, acknowledging, depositing funds, and maintaining critical gift accounting records. The unique skills that are required of the Gift Records Associate help to ensure the integrity of the gift-related financial data of the University. The Gift Records Associate reports to the Interim Director of Development.

Qualifications summary

The Gift Records Associate must be extremely organized and detail oriented so that donor intent is met regarding allocation, amount, and degree of anonymity, and that all gifts are documented completely, correctly, in a timely manner and are ready for entry into the Andrews University Banner system. The Gift Records Associate will work as part of a team to engage in strategic and purposeful use of the database system to strengthen development practices.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Supervisory responsibilities

The Gift Records Associate may supervise a student worker who will assist in general office duties (as directed by the Development Personnel).

Qualifications

1. College degree preferred.

2. Accounting and/or bookkeeping experience.

3. Data entry proficiency.

4. Ten-key entry proficiency.

5. Highest degree of accuracy.

6. Extremely detail oriented.

7. Ability to work with minimum supervision after intitial training period.

8. Ability to work under pressure while maintaining quality of output.

9. Ability to deal effectively with clients, co-workers, and the general public.

10. Proven skills in interpersonal communications and ability to communicate clearly in written and verbal form.

11. Proven proficiency in Microsoft XP Office Suite (Excel, Word, internet)

12. Proficiency with complex Word merge procedures

13. Strong analytical and organizational skills.

14. Knowledge of or ability to learn the use of relational databases.

Preferred:

1. Understanding of donor relations and fundraising

2. Experience in higher education


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

NONE

Interpersonal interactions

1. Must be consistently friendly and helpful to anyone who calls or stops by the office.

2. Must be a team player and work collaboratively with all development colleagues and advancement colleagues, including student workers.

Physical demands

On occasion, the Gift Records Associate may need to lift a box (old records) that weighs 25 lbs.

Work environment

The work environment is quiet with excellent lighting. There is work space for all that is required for this job. Typically, this is not considered a remote-working position.