Development Database Manager Position - Oakland, CA

Peter Campbell — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:01:09 GMT

Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations, coalitions and communities. You can learn more about our programs and organization at http://www.earthjustice.org.

Earthjustice is seeking a Development Database Manager. Based in Oakland, this position is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and successful team at a leading national environmental organization.

Reporting to the Development Operations Manager, the Development Database Manager is responsible for the maintenance and administration of the fundraising database, Blackbaud Enterprise CRM (BBEC), and serves as the professional and technical resource for staff and vendors in their regular use of the system. The Database Manager implements and maintains fundraising policies and procedures to ensure data integrity; provides training and support to end users; runs queries, manages regular data outputs, and applies data overlays; manages relations with the donor database vendor, and serves as liaison to the Information technology department.

Responsibilities will include:

Maintain the integrity and quality of development data; ensure appropriate measures exist to protect integrity and quality of data, perform ongoing data improvement and cleanup, and solve data problems identified during reporting, extraction, and analysis.
Maintain and enhance the structure of attributes, code tables, business rules and other setup functions in the database.
Serve as primary data contact for direct marketing vendors; perform regular, scheduled data exports, imports and overlays and manipulate data using SQL.
Plan, schedule and execute reports and queries to meet defined specifications on agreed upon time requirements.
Periodically eliminate obsolete query, export and report parameter settings.
Conduct all global changes and/or data imports to maintain data.
Maintain the latest software updates from external vendors, along with IT staff.
Work with database software vendor and IT staff to plan for and coordinate version upgrades, increases in database functionality, data cleaning efforts, and to complete post-conversion data hygiene efforts.
Conduct training for all new Development staff on the use of BBEC, as well as specialized training in response to changes in staff roles, practices and procedures, and database functionality. Develop and adapt curriculum as needed.
Provide support and training in use of application; troubleshoot and resolve application and database-related problems.
Review and update practices and procedures for use of BBEC to increase efficiency and enhance performance.
Review and provide feedback on improvements or changes to business processes and documentation provided by users.
Optimize use of the database, and stay current on technological trends that impact the department's operations, including enhancements to BBEC functionality.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years experience in donor database & systems management, SQL writing and broad knowledge of fundraising principles and practices, including familiarity with direct marketing strategy. Must have excellent organizational & interpersonal skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and a variety of demands. Must possess excellent analytical skills, with the ability to think creatively and strategically, exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey concepts and procedures in a training situation along with a strong ability to build solid effective working relationships with others. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in development and database management is required.

Earthjustice offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, a friendly work environment and is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Interested candidates should submit a resume along with cover letter to jobs@earthjustice.org. Please include “Database Manager” in the subject line. Applications will not be reviewed until after July 6th. Telephone calls will Not be accepted.

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Development Database Manager Position - Oakland, CA

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