[RMHC-CNI]

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Coordinator, Database Services


I. Position Relationships

Reports To: Senior Director, Development
RMHC-CNI

Position Titles
Directly Supervised: None


II. General Summary

The Manager, Database Services requires technical expertise in the areas of
client/server technology, Windows software development, database architecture,
as well as fund-raising software and the operational needs these technologies
serve. He or she will be the steward of data services as they pertain to the
processing of gifts, the reckoning of gift data, and the processing of information
acquired from outside sources that will be used for specific fund-raising enterprises. The latter includes the study of external lists and proposed strategies
for the maintenance and incorporation of demographic data. He or she will be
responsible for servicing all technical needs related to the maintenance and
processing of gifts, and will be instrumental in the development of current and
future systems for such.

III. Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Position is to manage the creation and report on the contents of restricted and unrestricted philanthropic funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana.

1. To oversee the transfer of funds between RMHC-CNI and those doing third party events and develop/maintain and electronic reconciliation program with Finance.

2. To develop and maintain a system for the accurate tracking of philanthropic
bequests that cannot be tracked as actual gifts in the development software.

3. To regularly produce statistical reports on donor activity. These reports will
include monthly philanthropy tallies for presentation to RMHC-CNI Board leadership.

4. To work with leadership administrators at Caring Partners and Third Party events in the regular acquisition of internal lists that require maintenance
and updating, such as Foundation Boards, Executive Leadership, Executive Cabinet, Leadership Council, community leaders.

5. To directly counsel the office manager on list cleaning and maintenance
and to guarantee parallelism and quality in all electronic lists maintained at the
charity.

6. To generate address files for in-house mailings and massage lists acquired from
outside sources for use in Charity appeals. The latter will
require a knowledge of programming and database manipulation.

7. To report to staff members responsible for the maintenance and monitoring of
giving clubs on the status or progress of these donor constituencies.

8. To report to staff members responsible for special events on the status or
progress of these events.

9. To assist in the development of teaching curricula for the standardization and
usage of development software; to train staff members on new software packages
and evolving IS processes.

To develop and implement a program of technical support for the charity; to act as primary support to staff members experiencing specific development-software problems.

IV. Working Conditions

May sit for extended periods of time. Extensive use of software programs/
keyboard. Requires moderate lifting/moving of computer equipment. Some
local travel between Business Units.


V. Education and Experience Required

1. A minimum of three year’s experience working with developmental
software and database systems.

2. Broad experience with computer modeling, particularly as it pertains to
the analysis and implementation of complex processes.

3. Have worked with the Raiser’s Edge software for a minimum of two years.
4. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.



VI. Skills and Abilities Required

1. Highly advanced knowledge of Windows software development, client/server
applications, dynamic data exchange and database architecture.
2. Expert knowledge of operational processes in a fund-raising environment.
3. Excellent planning and organizational skills.
5. Must be able to handle multiple projects and tasks at the same time with
minimal or no supervision.
6. Strong problem identification and solution skills.
7. Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines and extreme stress with
unfailing level of accuracy.
8. Ability to work independently.



Ronald McDonalds House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
Oak Brook Il. 60523

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