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The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded in 1812 for “the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences”. Since then, it has sponsored global expeditions, conducted pioneering environmental and systematics research, and amassed remarkable collections containing more than 18 million specimens from around the world and a peerless library and archive. Since 2011 its academic enterprise has been further strengthened through its affiliation with nearby Drexel University – a leading private non-profit research institution that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship and provides a unique cooperative education program for its undergraduate and graduate degree students.
Today the Academy is one of the most important natural science institutions in the world. However, the world is changing fast and the Academy – directed by its Strategic Plan 2019-24 – is changing with it. Over the next five years the Academy will become a “force for nature” and advance its mission: “to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it”. In so doing the Academy will build on its fundamental belief that diversity and inclusion generates better ideas, inspires creativity, and is essential to building a positive workplace so that in time it can become an institution that is of, by and for all Philadelphians.
Job Summary
The Database Manager is a member of the Academy’s fast moving Institutional Advancement team. This job oversees the development donor database, gift processing, and reconciliation with the Drexel and Academy finance operations. The incumbent will prepare reports, enter daily contributions and membership gifts, and create queries and other specialized data and reporting functions as required. This role requires an advanced knowledge of all gift receipt, processing, acknowledgement, and reporting functions, as well as oversight of data management and ensuring the integrity and security of development-related data.
Additionally, this role will be instrumental in the rollout of Altru, a new donor database that the Academy will be transitioning to in the coming year. Experience with the deployment and implementation of new IT/database systems is strongly preferred.