Database Manager

About Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC)

TLC is an accredited and highly-respected land trust based in the rapidly growing Triangle region of North Carolina. Since 1983, TLC has conserved over 26,000 acres of land to safeguard drinking water, support family farms and the local food economy, protect important natural habitat, and connect people with nature. TLC operates a hybrid workplace and is headquartered in vibrant downtown Durham. This is an exciting time to work at TLC as we are seeing a dramatic increase in the use of our public nature preserves and growth in community support for our mission. Since 2018, TLC has doubled the pace of conservation in the Triangle and is conserving over 1,200 acres annually in addition to monitoring and stewarding TLC-conserved lands in perpetuity, hosting numerous public events and education programs, providing volunteer opportunities, and cultivating future conservation leaders. Learn more at triangleland.org

Position Summary

The Database Manager reports to the Associate Director of Philanthropy and is an essential member of the highly collaborative Advancement division. This mid-level position is responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing TLC's Blackbaud Raiser's Edge CRM to ensure data integrity, timeliness, and usability to support fundraising efforts and broader organization. They will work closely with the Philanthropy and Finance teams to complete timely gift entry and acknowledgement processes, generate reports and dashboards, manage user accounts and permissions, and support staff in using the database effectively. Over time, this position may include training and supervising other staff on database practices.

Key Responsibilities

Data Management & Gift Processing

• Lead and complete gift entry (checks, stocks, ACH, online) and acknowledgement processes, ensuring timely and accurate tracking of donations.
• Monitor data quality, troubleshoot / correct errors, and implement improvements, balancing a high volume of work with attention to detail.
• Support staff in managing multiple processes independently, applying experience with gift entry and Blackbaud where applicable.
• Liaise with the Finance team on the monthly reconciliation of pledges, payments and recording of other revenue items to ensure that both philanthropy and accounting systems are aligned.

Reporting & Analytics

Database Administration & Maintenance

Skills and Qualifications

Work Schedule and Benefits

This is a full-time (40 hours / week), hybrid, permanent, exempt position. The work schedule for this position is Monday-Friday. After onboarding, a typical week involves two days in person in a TLC office (Duke Street, Brumley or Williamson). In addition to salary, employees receive ten paid holidays and accrue paid time off, along with 100% employer-paid group medical, vision and dental insurance, a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account, short-term and long-term disability insurance, term life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. TLC also offers a voluntary 403(b) retirement plan and an employer-paid Simplified Employee Plan beginning after 12 months of employment. Beyond standard benefits, employees receive funding to participate in diversity, equity, and inclusion training and opportunities for individual professional development on an ongoing basis.

Equal Opportunity

TLC is an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains, and promotes individuals without regard to color, race, religious belief, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, or age.  People of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

We strive to ensure our hiring process, including the submission of the application, meets your needs. To submit an application to this post, you will need to upload a resume and answer a few questions (using open text and multiple choice answers). If there are accommodations that would help you in submitting the application, please email hrATtriangleland.org . For accommodations needed during the interview process, we have a section to indicate this in the application (no need to email).