Performs work of considerable difficulty requiring independent actions and authority to organize and direct a research unit and render decisions on setting priorities, monitoring fiscal and budgetary matters, supervision of staff, and other administrative areas. Analyzes and evaluates financial, statistical and narrative documents to compile research data and determines a targeted prospect's available resources and interests. Identifies new sources of reference data using current research data and staff recommendations. Develops and presents fund raising donor strategies to upper management and participates in agency-wide development planning. May perform other development or fund raising activities in support of the overall agency program.
Positions typically supervise paraprofessional and program support staff.
May direct the activities of students, volunteers and other temporary staff in data analysis, evaluation, collection, and manual or automated records management systems. Supervisors review plans and summary reports. Work affects the accuracy of research used to design strategies for soliciting gifts for an agency which in turn affects the financial status of the agency. Ineffective decisions could affect the accuracy and reliability of biographical profiles, the image of the agency, or donation of gifts. Who's Who and other bibliographies.