Job Summary

The Assistant Director of Advancement Services is responsible for supporting the fundraising operations through prospect research, data management, and ensuring database integrity.

The Assistant Director of Advancement Services plays a vital role in driving data-informed fundraising strategies through prospect research, data analytics, and database management. This position combines traditional prospect research with modern data visualization and database administration to support the university's advancement goals.

Prospect Research & Wealth Intelligence

• Lead comprehensive prospect research utilizing industry-standard tools including LexisNexis, iWave, ResearchPoint, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and the Foundation Directory Online.
• Develop detailed prospect profiles and wealth assessments for major gift officers and university leadership.
• Monitor news alerts and social media for relevant donor and prospect developments.
• Create systematic approaches to identify new prospects through data mining and wealth screening.

Data Analytics & Visualization

• Design and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using tools including, Excel, BatchGeo, and Prezi to communicate fundraising metrics and trends.
• Provide fundraiser performance metrics for frontline fundraisers and assist in assigning major gift prospects for discovery and qualification and annual fund prospects for student and annual fund efforts.
• Use predictive models to prioritize prospect identification and portfolio management.
• Provide data that is both accurate and communicates “the story” for University leadership.

Database Management & Data Integrity

• Serve as a secondary administrator for The Raiser's Edge NXT database, ensuring data accuracy and consistency. Utilize other industry tools such as Cvent for event registrations.
• Utilize our data entry protocols and quality control procedures.
• Coordinate regular data append services through vendors like NCOA and Alumni Finder
• Assist in routine database maintenance including duplicate resolution, biographical updates, and relationship management
• Assist with batch updates of wealth screening results and external data imports and exports.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Business Analytics, Information Systems, or similar)
• 5+ years of experience in advancement services, prospect research, or related field
• Proven expertise with The Raiser's Edge NXT or similar advancement CRM
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and data modeling
• Experience with data visualization tools and presentation software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prospect Research Requests from producing full profiles to short research. (30%)
• Maintain and evolve our data management dashboards. (25%)
• Database Integrity. (30%)
• Other duties as assigned, including supporting team events and functions within and outside of Advancement. (15%)

About Iona University/EEO language

Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025, Iona has been named one of the nation’s best colleges by The Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top colleges for social mobility in the country, while Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for long-term return on investment. Iona’s LaPenta School of Business, meanwhile, is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.

Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees 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. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.

Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live.