Job Details

Director of Advancement Systems

Position Number: 6419860
Location: New York, NY
Position Type: Development and Fund Raising

Director of Advancement Systems

Fordham University

About Fordham
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department: Dev Investment Fund Initiative

Campus/Location:

Position Summary
Reporting to the Executive Director of Advancement Systems and Analytics, the Director of Advancement Systems serves as a key strategic partner and second to the Executive Director. The Director is responsible for ensuring the seamless operation and integration of all Development and University Relations (DAUR) Advancement Systems, including but not limited to Ellucian CRM Advance and Blackbaud Fundraising Performance Management. At the direction of the Executive Director, the incumbent executes the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Advancement applications, data systems, and processes supporting DAUR's fundraising and constituent engagement strategies. This position may require work outside of normal business hours in the evenings and/or on weekends in the event of critical system disruptions.

Essential Functions
Continually assesses the data needs for the Advancement Systems and Analytics team and DAUR.
Recommends and implements improvements to products, systems, and processes; works to automate, integrate, and update current and, as appropriate, implement new systems and processes to help streamline and facilitate efficient data analysis.
Analyzes donor and engagement trends to inform fundraising strategy and decision-making.

Serves as the team's point person for project intake and management, ensuring clear and transparent communication of project status to stakeholders.
Partners with Fordham IT to address and advocate for specific DAUR needs, solutions, and other systems resources and assistance.
Administers DAUR systems user access to ensure the security and enablement of the Ellucian CRM Advance and related systems.
Ensures systems availability, maintaining and enhancing self-service and ad hoc reports and queries to meet the day-to-day DAUR operational needs. serves as the team lead in the absence of the Executive Director,This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or related field
Minimum of 6 years of full-time, related work experience
Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
Demonstrated experience and proficiency in managing CRM systems, relational databases, writing SQL queries, and related application system platforms.

Experience with application development best practices such as agile methodologies, requirements gathering, requirements analysis, prototyping, testing, and deployment to production.

Proven leadership skills as a creative, effective, team-oriented leader, thoughtful collaborator, and calm under pressure with a solution-oriented mindset.

Ability to read, interpret, explain, and apply technical information about business processes, software, and hardware to technical and non-technical audiences.

Demonstrated ability to manage complex requests with multiple priorities and deliverables and have excellent time management and project management skills.

Meticulous attention to detail.

Demonstrated commitment to developing staff skills.

Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Experience working in a development and alumni relations office within higher education.

Familiarity with Ellucian CRM Advance, Power BI, Ellucian Banner, and Blackbaud platforms.
Special Instructions

To apply, please visit: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/9008

Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.

Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories