Job Roles: Help Us Fill out our List!

Crystal Bruce · November 2020

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 · November 2020

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 · December 2020

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 · December 2020

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

Sunshine Reinken Watson · December 2020

Donor Database Manager

Technological Fundraiser (stealing from Bill Connors‍)

Ann Fleming · December 2020

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 · December 2020

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 · December 2020

Network/Database Administrator

Lisa Richardson · December 2020

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 · December 2020

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 · December 2020

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 · February 2021

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 · February 2021

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 · February 2021

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 · March 2021

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 · March 2021

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 · March 2021

db clean-up

Amy Dana · March 2021

Herder of cats

Vicky Lopuchowycz · March 2021

Registrar

Marie Stark · March 2021

Data Analyst

Patti Hommes · March 2021

Amy Dana:

Herder of cats

YES!!!!

Nicole Holt · March 2021

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.