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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Development

Job Summary:

Primary Function:
*Work in partnership with internal and external business areas to meet their business needs by designing and developing complex information products.
*Work with the Analytics team to ensure accurate and up-to-date departmental data.

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Vanderbilt university Medical Center Development

Position Description

Functional Title: Associate Application Developer

Job Code: 5816, Assoc Application Developer

Reports to: Director of Analytics

Purpose:

Through the exceptional capabilities and caring spirit of its people, Vanderbilt University Medical Center leads in the delivery of exemplary health care, improving the lives of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally. We combine transformative educational programs, compelling scientific discoveries, and distinctive personalized care to achieve this goal.

To consistently achieve excellence in medical science and health care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Development builds relationships and encourages philanthropic contributions to directly impact today's work and to secure a strong future of service. Enthusiastic and timely support from our philanthropic partners enables the Medical Center as a nonprofit academic medical institution to excel in conducting groundbreaking research, training future leaders and providing compassionate care to patients.

Primary Function:

• Work in partnership with internal and external business areas to meet their business needs by designing and developing complex information products.

• Work with the Analytics team to ensure accurate and up-to-date departmental data.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act in a consultative capacity to identify and meet stakeholder needs.

• Responsible for technical and analytic support for various data projects, reports, and interfaces related to the development database system, Advance.

• Gain efficiency with department reporting tools and support area as needed.

• To uphold departmental and institutional policies regarding confidential information.

• Work independently on projects as assigned by the Development Services leaders.

• Execute manual and/or programmatic updates to the internal database system. This will include but is not limited to:

  • Proactively run reports to check for data integrity exceptions.

  • Support and help maintain prospect assignments and changes in Advance.

  • Facilitate bulk donor loading related to third-party events.

  • Implement applicable procedures and processes.

  • Proactively meet data maintenance needs as defined by department.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) (Required)

• 1 year relevant industry (Required)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and analytical abilities are essential.

• Demonstrated efficiency in manipulating, sorting, cleaning and assessing the quality of medium-to-large data sets.

• S/he must be able to take initiative, organize multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and adapt to ever-changing priorities.

• All candidates must have a professional attitude and appearance and exhibit considerable tact, persuasion, and judgment in their interactions with others.

• Experience creating and developing reports and ability to create progressively complex reports with guidance from senior staff.

• Experience using and updating a CRM database (Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, etc.)

• Experience using SAP Business Objects and/or similar reporting tools such as Crystal Reports or Tableau, including a working knowledge of SQL DML statements.

• Experience developing reports in Microsoft Access and/or using an ODBC connection.

• Demonstrated success in working independently, prioritizing work and independently managing multiple, diverse and competing priorities under tight deadlines.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively :- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

Less than 1 year

Education:

Bachelor's

Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled