Ravenscroft School is seeking a Development Operations & Data Analyst to guide the data strategy, prospect pipeline, and analytics for the School’s fundraising efforts. This full-time, exempt position serves as the operational backbone for both the School’s Annual Giving program and the upcoming Capital Campaign.
Leveraging Veracross and Windfall, this individual will help uncover philanthropic capacity, manage donor portfolios, and build reports to improve fundraising outcomes and track key data. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, analytically minded professional who is energized by using data to strengthen relationships and drive fundraising results.
This position is part of the Development team and reports to the Interim Director of Development for all Annual Giving initiatives, while working closely with the Associate Head of School for Advancement to strategize and execute the upcoming Capital Campaign.
Reports To: Interim Director of Development
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
What You'll Do:
- Build and maintain queries and reports to segment the Veracross database for tailored Annual Giving appeals
- Design, track, and analyze Capital Campaign progress pipelines, forecasting gift distributions against campaign goals
- Create visual dashboards and regular data reports detailing donor retention, acquisition, and giving trends
- Conduct thorough reactive and proactive prospect research on current parents, alumni, grandparents, and friends of the School
- Manage Windfall wealth screen data updates to identify actionable briefing profiles for school leadership and the Development team
- Oversee the assignment and movement of prospects through the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cycles
- Partner with school leadership through regular portfolio review meetings to manage leadership portfolio assignments and data tracking
- Serve as the Advancement team’s subject matter expert on Veracross functionality, query building, and reporting
- Design system workflows to track campaign pledges, naming opportunities, and multi-year giving trends
- Ensure clean, strategic data outputs for mailings, event invitations, and donor recognition lists
A full list of essential functions and additional details will be shared during the interview process.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in donor analytics, development operations, or prospect research
- Experience with Veracross, including CRM, Development modules, and advanced queries
- Experience with Windfall or an equivalent wealth screening platform