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Endowment Integrity Analyst / Development Analyst
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Position Number: 3835601
Location: East Lansing, MI
Position Type: Development and Fund Raising

CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION

Title: Development Analyst
Level: APA 11
Working Title: Endowment Integrity Specialist

Position Description
 Serves as an expert to University Development staff on the creation, review and evaluation of documentation for new and revised endowments, including the review of donor intent and the legal, financial and administrative obligations incumbent upon the university. With support from the Office of the General Counsel, reviews and provides guidance to development directors on specific language to address complicated and unusual circumstances. Maintains endowment tracking database and maintains agreement storage across multiple platforms.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

Creates documents in compliance with approved legal language and boilerplates; prioritizes, gathers, screens, and relays sensitive information received from university donors, executives, trustees, faculty, and staff; develops and maintains positive relationships with various offices on- and off-campus.

Establishes and maintains operating practices relevant to endowment tracking, maintaining donor confidentiality and discretion when communicating sensitive information; interprets University and unit policy, protocol, and administrative procedures in response to inquiries and initiates necessary action.

Assembles and analyzes reports, gathering pertinent information for endowment processing and tracking; compiles and analyzes information in order to produce and assist with departmental reports; compiles and analyzes data and reports and provides administrative support for projects; monitors the integrity of the endowment data stored within University Advancement database.

Conducts training to support and administrative professional staff on the policy, procedures, and protocol for endowment processing; serve as backup to other support staff when needed.

Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements
 Knowledge equivalent to that which normally be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in a business related field; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in professional fund raising or professional fundraising related office or unit; public relations, marketing, higher education fund raising or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications
 One to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in office management including developing reports utilizing work processing, database, and spreadsheet software; one to three years of experience providing executive level support including, but not limited to, confidential office protocol.

Strong technical abilities; excellent grammatical skills; exceptional interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills; ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain strict confidentiality, multi-task, and balance and prioritize multiple projects; experience in Advance, Access and SharePoint.

How to Apply

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Pat Karam, Director of Recruitment at karampat@msu.edu.

Candidates must submit an application, resume and cover letter through the Michigan State University Human Resources web-based system, the URL for this website is careers.msu.edu. Please indicate the position number 840011 when submitting your application.

MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

MSU is committed to achieving excellence through a diverse workforce and inclusive culture that encourages all people to reach their full potential. The University actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans, and persons with disabilities.