PERSON SPECIFICATION How to be Criteria Essential Desirable assessed Qualifications, Skill level equivalent to achievement Experience of having worked in a Application knowledge and of HNC, A-Level, NVQ3. fundraising environment with and experience philanthropic donors. interview. Experience of having worked in a diverse, busy environment. Able to apply an awareness of principles and trends in Demonstrable experience of Development and Alumni Relations working with large and complex and an awareness of how this affects relational databases in a sales, activities in the University. fundraising, or marketing focused team. Experience of working with fundraising or CRM databases. Proven experience of writing reports and queries to update, import and Proven project and/or people extract information from databases. management skills. Experience of using software to Competent SQL writer and proven present and interpret information in experience of working with large reports, graphs and charts and to data sets and relational databases. perform statistical calculations. Experience of managing system Experience of data handling, changes and live implementation security and data protection when within large and complex databases, transmitting information across including managing user acceptance networks. testing. Able to identify development Undertaken research to provide requirements, lead and deliver reports or information to colleagues. system changes and enhancements. Able to apply a comprehensive Experience of using analytics understanding of relevant University software, tools and techniques to systems and procedures and an analyse data sets and present data. awareness of activities in Development & Alumni Relations. Experience of using data to develop reports and provide information. Experience of creating, developing and running regular KPIs and executive/management dashboards. Planning and Highly developed organisational and Able to seek opportunities to Application organising administrative skills. Accuracy and progress a broad range of activities and attention to detail. within professional guidelines and in interview. support of University policy. Able to operate independently when required. Experience of project management. Excellent at working to tight deadlines. Able to plan and prioritise a range of one’s own, and the team’s, standard and non-standard work activities. Ability to recognise the impact of own activities on the workload of others. Problem solving Able to identify and solve problems Able to develop understanding of Application and initiative by applying initiative to tackle some long-standing and complex and situations in new ways and by problems and to apply professional interview. developing improved work methods. knowledge and experience to solve them. Able to bring fresh ideas to help solve problems and think laterally to Experience of using analytical skills address research requests and to understand problems and address data management and recommend solutions. retrieval problems. Numerical reasoning.
PERSON SPECIFICATION Criteria Essential Desirable How to be assessed Qualifications, knowledge and experience Skill level equivalent to achievement of HNC, A-Level, NVQ3. Experience of having worked in a diverse, busy environment. Demonstrable experience of working with large and complex relational databases in a sales, fundraising, or marketing focused team. Proven experience of writing reports and queries to update, import and extract information from databases. Experience of using software to present and interpret information in reports, graphs and charts and to perform statistical calculations. Experience of data handling, security and data protection when transmitting information across networks. Able to identify development requirements, lead and deliver system changes and enhancements. Experience of using analytics software, tools and techniques to analyse data sets and present data. Experience of using data to develop reports and provide information. Experience of having worked in a fundraising environment with philanthropic donors. Able to apply an awareness of principles and trends in Development and Alumni Relations and an awareness of how this affects activities in the University. Experience of working with fundraising or CRM databases. Proven project and/or people management skills. Competent SQL writer and proven experience of working with large data sets and relational databases. Experience of managing system changes and live implementation within large and complex databases, including managing user acceptance testing. Undertaken research to provide reports or information to colleagues. Able to apply a comprehensive understanding of relevant University systems and procedures and an awareness of activities in Development & Alumni Relations. Experience of creating, developing and running regular KPIs and executive/management dashboards. Application and interview. Planning and organising Highly developed organisational and administrative skills. Accuracy and attention to detail. Able to operate independently when required. Excellent at working to tight deadlines. Able to plan and prioritise a range of one’s own, and the team’s, standard and non-standard work activities. Ability to recognise the impact of own activities on the workload of others. Able to seek opportunities to progress a broad range of activities within professional guidelines and in support of University policy. Experience of project management. Application and interview. Problem solving and initiative Able to identify and solve problems by applying initiative to tackle some situations in new ways and by developing improved work methods. Able to bring fresh ideas to help solve problems and think laterally to address research requests and address data management and retrieval problems. Able to develop understanding of long-standing and complex problems and to apply professional knowledge and experience to solve them. Experience of using analytical skills to understand problems and recommend solutions. Numerical reasoning. Application and interview.
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