New York, New York
Posted: 18-Jun-25
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $25.00 - $30.00
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Job Overview:
We're searching for an organized and detail-oriented Advancement & Data Coordinator to join our team as a 6-month leave replacement. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in supporting our events while also maintaining and analyzing vital school data, including enrollment trends and student trajectory trends.
We're looking for someone with a Bachelor's degree and experience working with databases and analyzing data. If you're a proactive problem-solver with strong communication skills and a commitment to DEI initiatives, we encourage you to apply and help us advance our school's mission.
Essential Functions:
- Support all aspects of advancement, including but not limited to the annual fund, capital campaign, parents’ association and alumni program
- Support entering all donations and producing acknowledgement letters for all constituencies and funds
- Assist with all Advancement events, including creating and managing event registration forms, set up, attending and post-event activities.
- Manage all acknowledgement communications, including utilizing Veracross to streamline the process, crafting all acknowledgement letters and emails, and seeking opportunities to improve the process and personalize correspondence to major donors
- Support to engage various constituencies within the community, including parents, alumni, past parents, grandparents and Board of Trustees
- Support the members of the Advancement Team with additional tasks as needed
- Collect, organize and clean student enrollment data spanning the last 15 years from various sources, including written records, the school database, and Excel sheets.
- Analyze enrollment data, focusing on entry grades and student trajectory to identify overall trends and assess the ratio of applicants to acceptances at each grade level.
- Update, clean and maintain the school's alumni databases
- Generate a comprehensive list of referring professionals, such as psychologists, consultants, and doctors.
- Attend full faculty and staff meetings.
- Willing to commit to anti-bias and anti-racism work and to promoting inclusion, belonging and equity through their work in the classroom and school community.
- Ensure a commitment to the school’s DEI mission and goals by participating in continuous professional development for learning differences, anti-racism and anti-bias of all kinds.
- Be an active member of the Gaynor community
- Other duties and responsibilities as deemed appropriate
Please apply online at Employment Opportunities.
THE GAYNOR DIFFERENCE: UNLOCKING EACH STUDENT’S POTENTIAL
A pioneer in special education founded in 1962, Stephen Gaynor School is an independent Pre-K, Lower, and Middle School for bright children with language-based learning differences.
At Stephen Gaynor School, students with learning differences develop essential academic and critical thinking skills through individualized and evidence-based approaches, empowering them to reach their full potential. Students learn to advocate for themselves and others while actively building an inclusive community, a sense of belonging, and a belief in their own possibilities.
Nearly 400 students ages three to 14 attend our school with a range of learning differences, from Attention Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to speech, language, and reading delays such as dyslexia. With more than 60 years of experience in special education and a dedication to continuous improvement, Gaynor has the expertise to help children break down barriers to learning, build self-esteem, and realize academic success.
Our expert staff provides an unparalleled level of personal attention in a nurturing environment, allowing students to be academically challenged yet supported every step of the way.
Children leave Stephen Gaynor School full of smiles and self-confidence, well-prepared for the next step on their educational journey.
Our Diversity Mission: Stephen Gaynor School is dedicated to promoting and advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion within our school community. We recognize, value, and celebrate many types of diversity, including neurodiversity, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, ability, religion, sexual orientation, family composition, language, and gender identity/expression.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor degree
- Experience working with databases and analyzing data
- Ability to handle multiple projects, balance priorities and meet deadlines
- Organized, cooperative and independent worker, with a willingness to learn
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Highly organized and able to prioritize tasks
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proficiently uses Google Workspace (Drive, Docs & Sheets) and Microsoft Office
Stephen Gaynor School offers a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive professional development program. Applicants are required to submit a resume, cover letter and contact details for at least two individuals who can supply reference letters upon appointment.