Job Roles: Help Us Fill out our List!

Crystal Bruce

Hi!


Shout out to Jayme Klein‍ for suggesting we add "Prospect Researcher" to our job roles list. Here's what we have so far:

Job Role(s)

Select all that apply
 Accountant
 CFO
 Constituent Management
 Consultant
 Database Administrator
 Developer
 Employee Giving Management
 Events Management
 Executive Management
 Finance Manager
 Fundraising
 Fundraising - Annual/Regular Giving
 Fundraising - Grants
 Fundraising - Major Gifts
 Fundraising - Planned Giving
 Gift Management
 Grants Management
 Group Sales Manager
 Information Technology Manager
 Marketing / Communications
 Membership Management
 Program Officer
 Prospect Researcher
 Retail / Gift Shop
 Ticket Sales
 Visitor Services Manager
 Volunteer Management
 Other (please specify)


What job roles are we missing? We can add them! Let us know.

JoAnn Strommen

Data/Gift entry?  Just a thought. I know I had that as 'other' in previous position. And some org are large enough to have positions just focused on that role.

Matt Connell

I don't see anything that is Campaign specific. I'd also add Development Operations, it's more of a catch all than some of the specific and focused ones here.

 

Aldera Chisholm

I'm a Manager of Data and Analytics - not sure if that's a common one though!

Sunshine Reinken Watson

Donor Database Manager

Technological Fundraiser (stealing from Bill Connors‍)

 

Ann Fleming

Definitely a data/gift manager position as well as Advancement Services Management for those of us that manage more than just the database.

Bill Connors

Thanks, Sunshine Watson‍.  Crystal Bruce‍, Sunshine is right:  at the 2019 bbcon I recommended, and have made this change myself, that we use the term Database Manager rather than Database Administrator in an effort to raise the level of respect and authority for the position and to better communicate what the job entails when done correctly.

Annette Rurka

Network/Database Administrator

Lisa Richardson

My title is Development Director of Operations and I am the data RE admin   I also assist the the whole development team to ensure they have what they need to do their job as well and are following the IRS regulations as it pertains to gifts.  I also do event management logistics as needed

Dawn Alonso

Bookkeeper 

Student Accounts Manager


In quite a few smaller schools, people are wearing more than one hat.  Officially I am the Bookkeeper, but general reference purposes I am the Student Accounts Manager.

JoAnn Strommen

Maybe we need to clarify the difference between "job roles" and "job title."  Most titles do not define job role. I had impression original post was asking about job roles, not job titles.

Faith Murray

I do think that Data Analyst is a role not included here. Someone has to pull the mailing lists, assign demographics, coordinate equal test segments, identify donor profiling, calculate and assign RFM's, and analyze all of the returning variables to determine appeal performance and advise marketing strategy. None of these activities are well captured in the above labels.


Constituent Management and Gift Management should cover the gift entry and data entry. And I agree with JoAnn, these basically reflect roles, not titles - so a person would likely identify with more than one role in the course of their job.

Jose Orara

Information Services associate/manager.


They're not quite IT, but specialize in developing and organizing queries, and studying data from current events. They also organize and develop reports on the giving history of donors and performance records for events.

Patti Hommes

Most, if not all of us, regardless or our title, have multiples of the rolls included in Crystal Bruce‍'s list. My title is Development Manager (which I dislike, because my job is so much more than that) and includes 10 or more of the roles listed above, as well as Stewardship Management, Website Management, etc. I echo what Bill Connors‍ and Sunshine Watson‍ said!

Shirley Dempsey

When we are asked to choose our role, we should be allowed to select multiple answers. As many have replied, we wear many hats and nothing encompasses all that we do. I would say one role that's missing here is stewardship.

Tracy Spence

My actual title is Project Specialist (was Fiscal Support Analyst) but I do all the journal entries and quarterly reports for board meetings. So my title and actual job really don't match.

Susan Chomsky

db clean-up

Amy Dana

Herder of cats

Vicky Lopuchowycz

Registrar

Marie Stark

Data Analyst

Patti Hommes

Amy Dana:

Herder of cats

YES!!!!

Nicole Holt

I'm a " Development Data Manger," but I've seen "Philanthropy Systems Manager" at another nonprofit that I think that title is more apt--it's not just the data, but the whole structure behind and ahead of the data.

Julie Baker

Jack or Jill of all trades?

Jayme Taylor

Development Associate is my title!

JoAnn Strommen

And master of all!!!!!

Nathaniel Wagner

Park Supervisor

Sue Lockett

Operations & Systems Coordinator

Controller

Director of Development

Angie Stumpo

Director of Development or Development Associate

Carlene Johnson

I agree that being able to select multiple roles is really important since we all have a variety of hats we wear.

Stephanie Boyce

Business Analyst

Shimmy Ohana

Social Media Management and I think you are missing Office Admin