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Employer Name: Yale University

1. Coordinates with other departments at Yale to develop or enhance proposals and briefings summarizing Yale activities, and to plan events. 2. Develops and maintains a log of Yale academic and programming activities having development potential for prospects and donors. 3. Coordinates and staffs events. Helps secure hosts and locations for events. Works with Special Events team to secure campus locations. Produces invitation and confirmation cards. Compiles and maintains invitation lists, extend invitations, confirms attendance, ensures attendance accuracy, prepares biography for guest speakers, prepares Event Flow documents, staffs selected events, and contacts vendors. 4. Conducts research on individuals, corporations, foundations, governments and institutions using office files, databases and internet search engines and resources, including sources in other languages when relevant for international development. 5. Drafts a wide variety of written materials including detailed biographical and business briefings, correspondence, proposals, endowed gift agreements and stewardship reports. 6. Designs, develops and produces ad hoc reports and analyses by report generation and manipulation of information systems, including our primary Alumni database. 7. Researches and investigates gift commitments using office files and databases. Ensures the accuracy of gift acknowledgments and all information relayed to prospects. 8. Builds strong relationships with staff and serves as a key contact on questions relating to various departmental needs. 9. Interacts with donors at the request of director and/or gift officers in response to inquiries. 10. Assists with the assignment of tasks to student workers. 11. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Skill/ability 1: Exceptional communication skills with special emphasis on advanced writing ability and editing. Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively by phone and in writing with donors, volunteers and Yale colleagues. Applicants must be prepared to provide a writing sample upon request at any point during the hiring process. Required Skill/ability 2: Demonstrated organizational and research abilities with strong attention to detail, including analyzing large volumes of information from disparate sources and synthesizing it in a cogent and concise form. Required Skill/ability 3: Advanced proficiency with MS Word and Excel and the ability to conduct data analysis and work with financial information. Proven experience with database software and reporting. Knowledge of PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat. Ability and willingness to develop proficiency with new technologies including planned giving software. Required Skill/ability 4: Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines in a time-constrained environment. Ability to initiate and complete tasks with minimal supervision. Professionalism, maturity, and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality. Required Skill/ability 5: Commitment to an inclusive workplace. Ability to engage with diverse audiences (age, gender, nationality, race/ethnicity, profession, sexual orientation, etc.). Preferred Education: Proven experience in a university setting or with development work; familiarity with Yale and planned giving. Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title: Development Coordinator 2 University Job Title: Program Coordinator, Planned Giving Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Proven experience in a university setting or with development work; familiarity with Yale and planned giving. Eight years of related experience, six of them in the same job family at the next lower level and a high school level education; or six years of related experience and an Associate's Degree; or two years of related work experience and a Bachelor's Degree; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.