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Manage a portfolio of alumni prospects to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors. Create and execute targeted fundraising strategies, track prospect activity in the CRM, partner with Advancement colleagues, and meet yearly visit, solicitation, proposal, and revenue goals.

Provide administrative and project support to the Major Gifts team, including event planning and staffing, prospect research and briefings, data entry and prospect record maintenance, internal communications, vendor coordination, and assistance with fundraising strategy, cultivation, and stewardship activities.

Lead prospect management operations and analytics for major gift fundraising: build reports, ensure data quality, optimize portfolios and pipelines, train staff, and provide strategic insights to fundraising leaders.

Lead STAGE's administrative and operational functions, manage projects, partnerships, grants, budgets, and events; develop processes, metrics, and communications; supervise staff and coordinate cross-disciplinary collaborations to advance the Center's initiatives.

Provide high-level administrative and analytical support to academic pediatrics leadership: manage calendars, meetings, travel, expenses, onboarding, credentialing, and special projects. Track deliverables, prepare reports and correspondence, triage communications, and improve operational processes to enhance section efficiency while maintaining confidentiality.

Manage and coordinate Public Thinking’s programmatic, public-facing, administrative, operational, and financial activities. Plan and execute events and marketing, manage logistics, partnerships, course listings and enrollment tracking, support curriculum delivery and evaluations, and assist with budgeting and cross-unit coordination to advance outreach and student engagement.

Lead day-to-day operations for OSRF and 20+ core research facilities, managing budgets, metrics, IT, staffing, space and equipment planning, process improvement, external partnerships, and reporting. Drive projects including new facility development, automation/AI adoption, and performance dashboards while serving as liaison to Cancer Center leadership.

Provide pre-award and limited post-award support for faculty research grants: identify funding, prepare and submit proposals, draft budgets, ensure compliance, coordinate multi-investigator awards, prepare reports and summaries, support audits and site visits, and perform data entry and fiscal reporting with moderate guidance.

Provide confidential, high‑level administrative support to the Department Chair: manage complex calendars and communications, coordinate travel, events, faculty recruitment activities, prepare reports and presentations, liaise with internal/external stakeholders, support special projects, and maintain office operations and records.

Provides pre- and post-award grant and contract administration support: prepares and reviews proposals and budgets, develops NIH progress reports, monitors compliance, processes accounts/payments, and coordinates with investigators and campus offices.