Gift Specialist

Job Title:

Gift Specialist (Multiple Vacancies)

Location:

Tallahassee, FL

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

The Gift Specialist contributes to the integrity, maintenance and management of advancement information through gift and membership entry, gift and membership research, analysis of data, reporting, data entry, and clerical support within the Gift Services unit.

• Uses a variety of resources to identify donors/members and their relationships, with mindfulness of tax, donor/member stewardship and reporting implications.
• Maintains knowledge of basic tax code for charitable contributions and guidelines from CAIS.
• Reviews and analyzes data for accuracy, logic and relevance.
• Creates and updates donor database records; performs queries and exports/imports.
• Reconciles financial data in various formats to ensure cohesive bookkeeping with the accounting database.
• Enters a variety of gift, membership, or event data with high accuracy and efficiency; protects confidential information; scans gift documentation.

• Merges critical data into spreadsheets or word processing documents.
• Edits donor acknowledgement letters, pledge reminders and other correspondence; personalizes based on the complexity of the gift.

• Communicates effectively directly with fundraisers, campus contacts and donors.
• Corresponds with high level of written and verbal proficiency.

• Performs simple gift or membership projects assigned by Assistant Director or Senior Director.
• Maintains information in various formats including network files and digital images.

• High school diploma or equivalent and four years of experience (post high-school education and/or experience may substitute at a comparable rate).
• One year working in a fiscal environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity: FSU is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.