What are the responsibilities and job description for the Campaign Analyst position at The Johns Hopkins University?
Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins’ focus on research, teaching and patient care, and its role as a national and global leader in higher education. We create and foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University & Medicine—strengthening the institution through partnerships with donors, alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and patients.
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This position will work closely with the Associate Vice President (AVP) for Campaign Strategy and the Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to support a campaign. Johns Hopkins is entering its next comprehensive fundraising campaign in 2025, and the Campaign Analyst will play a critical role in project management related to campaign planning and activation. Campaign Strategy and Engagement includes : Development Communications, Donor Engagement & Stewardship, University Events, Volunteer Engagement and the Office of Gift Planning.
Reporting to the AVP for Campaign Strategy and Engagement, the Campaign Analyst will be skilled in managing and prioritizing multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced higher education setting. This position will be responsible for developing and managing processes related to the workflow of the campaign, including project management, analyzing and presenting information and data in a visually appealing way, preparing presentations and sharing reports. This position will also research current national trends in campaigns and higher education at peer institutions, track progress against campaign goals, and work closely with the AVP’s Senior Coordinator to coordinate schedules and meetings, and prepare materials for the AVP.
Key responsibilities :
- Devise and maintain project management systems to track campaign planning activity, incorporating efforts of DAR centrally as well as those of the schools and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Monitor upcoming deadlines and facilitate communication with responsible parties. Prepare status reports on campaign planning in written and chart form for internal and external audiences, including the Board of Trustees (BOT) and leadership volunteers.
- Analyze donor data from a Salesforce-based customer relationship management system (CRM), JHAS (Johns Hopkins Advancement System), and oversee the preparation of charts and graphs in various formats to show campaign progress.
- Work closely with the Office of Advancement Services (OAS), including the Prospect Research and the Relationship Management teams, on the tracking, and reporting of campaign gifts, from both dollar total and donor recognition perspectives. Run and distribute campaign progress reports and complete further analysis as needed. Serve as liaison with OAS in the development and refinement of campaign reports. Create, maintain, audit, and circulate lists of top campaign gifts.
- Internal communication and staff education – help to develop materials and content for DAR staff education sessions. Track topics covered with various constituencies and those needed in future.
- Maintain campaign records in hard copy and digital form.
- Maintain campaign gift tables and progress against goals. Work with Prospect Research team regarding capacity of prospect pool as it relates to gift tables and goal setting. Work with the Office of Principal Gifts on the Gifts to Close report, managing the top prospects for the campaign and their cultivation cycle.
- Research information from CASE, peer institutions, and other external sources about campaigns for benchmarking purposes.
- Serve as a resource to those staffing campaign donor / volunteer committees and events. Responsibilities may require staffing planning meetings, overseeing preparation of presentations, ensuring research is completed, etc.
- The above covers the most significant responsibilities of the position. It does not, however, exclude other duties, the inclusion of which would be in conformity with the level of the position.
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