Greenwich Country Day School is an independent, co-educational day school with a current enrollment of  1,300 students in grades Nursery-12 and a faculty and staff of over 300. The Old Church Road campus is home to grades N-8, and the high school is located less than two miles away on Stanwich Road. Founded in 1926, GCDS is a family school where creative teaching is encouraged and used to foster a love of learning and motivate children toward academic excellence. The school’s emphasis on developing the whole child results in attention to the development of character, values, creativity, and sportsmanship, along with strong academic skills. 

GCDS is fortunate to have built a large endowment, which helps to fund competitive salaries and benefits;  including housing support for academic faculty, a robust professional development program, and reimbursement for graduate school tuition. GCDS offers a substantial need-based financial aid program to support students from a range of socio-economic backgrounds. Diversity is a core value at GCDS and we seek candidates who demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion.

Greenwich Country Day School seeks an Advancement Database Manager to be an integral part of the Advancement team. The Advancement DBM has primary responsibility for administration of the school’s Raiser’s Edge database, including maintaining data quality and integrity, developing constituent and financial data, and implementing necessary maintenance upgrades for Blackbaud software applications. The Database Manager will collaborate with Advancement staff to maximize utilization of RE and uphold and suggest best practices in RE policies and procedures.

Responsibilities Include:

• Manage all aspects of Raiser’s Edge database, Financial Edge, and Blackbaud Net Community information systems, maintaining accuracy and integrity and performing continuous updates and corrections as needed
• Generate monthly financial reports from RE and reconcile with Business Office to ensure accurate and timely recording of fundraising income and expenses
• Collaborate with Business Office to create new funds or gift coding
• ENsure the accuracy of constituent data and information into the database including assessment and creation of RE constituent coding, hierarchy, and gift code tables
• Perform database maintenance including, but not limited to, de-duping and system upgrades
• Troubleshoot and resolve BlackBaud and other application-related software issues for team members
• Directly manage the Database Gift Coordinator by overseeing and assisting gift entry, reviewing daily transactions, and ensuring appropriate acknowledgments
• Supervise Gift Coordinator with check, credit card, stock and online donation process through Online Express, and assist in reconciliation of gifts, as necessary
• Facilitate and accurately record the gift acknowledgment process
• Assist in creating, updating, and managing Blackbaud Net Community websites
• Maintain donor stewardship and process online donations through Online Express
• Develop and maintain system documentation, policies, and procedures, assure quality of data
• Act as primary technical contact with BlackBaud
• Provide initial training for new members of the Advancement team, refresher/advanced training for existing team members, and get staff up to speed with basic customized queries/reports to help with their fundraising efforts
• Provide ongoing end-user training and support
• Manage data transfer between InResonance and Raiser’s Edge platforms
• Provide data for reporting on prospects, donors, alumni, giving and events as well as status of appeals, campaigns, annual fund, and alumni relations management
• Create all queries, reports, and lists needed to support Advancement activities
• Occasional evening and/or weekend availability for ‘day of’ special event support
• Other duties as assigned 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 5 years experience administering relational database management systems (RDBMS) and other information systems in an educational or non-profit environment 
• Skill in strategic database segmentation
• Familiarity with Crystal Reports in Prospect/Events/Tribute modules in Raiser’s Edge
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Google Suite, Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Extraordinary attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to connect with all members of the community and ability to creatively solve problems by working collaboratively with stakeholders
• Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in all aspects of work
• Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality and the integrity of all aspects of information disseminated within or external to the school community
• Commitment to being part of a diverse, equitable and inclusive school community
• Cultural competency skills to successfully collaborate across difference

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in an independent school setting
• Experience in alumni relations, annual giving, capital campaigns, special events and/or constituent relations preferred

Interested candidates are invited to use the link provided to submit a cover letter and resume to:

Susan Fahey Khanna, Director of Human Resources