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The Major Gifts Officer will manage a portfolio of major donors, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships that generate more than $3 million annually. Responsibilities include donor strategy, prospect research, fundraising planning, gift proposals, reporting, event coordination, and advising senior leadership. The role requires collaboration with scholars and staff to connect donor interests with AEI research and funding opportunities. Travel of 40% or more is expected, including donor meetings and events.

Supports individual-giving fundraising through Salesforce database management, donor and prospect research, gift and pledge processing, donor communications, proposal development, reporting, moves-management activities, and fundraising events. The role maintains accurate constituent records, assists with donor cultivation and engagement, and contributes to strategic fundraising projects and operations. This is a full-time, in-office position requiring occasional travel for donor trips and engagement opportunities.

Conducts data collection, cleaning, management, statistical and computational analysis for education policy research. Responsibilities include building reproducible ETL pipelines, creating visualizations and research materials, applying machine learning and natural language processing, validating model outputs, managing restricted-use data, reviewing analyses, and coordinating with external collaborators. Senior responsibilities include overseeing analytical projects, documenting methodologies, managing compute and API costs, and serving as a technical contact.

Provides in-person technical support to staff by resolving hardware, software, network, VPN, and user access issues. Installs, configures, repairs, and maintains computers, peripherals, operating systems, and applications. Sets up workstations, manages hardware inventory, documents tickets, performs basic Active Directory and Microsoft 365 administration, and escalates complex issues. The role requires strong communication, organization, prioritization, and the ability to lift up to 30 pounds.

Manages HR programs and operational initiatives, including employee relations, performance management, compliance, internships, accommodations, and cross-functional process improvements. Advises managers on workplace matters, oversees budgets and HR documentation, supports organizational effectiveness, and partners with legal counsel and departments on risk and policy initiatives. Supervises and develops HR team members while improving HR processes, employee experience, and departmental execution.

Produces AEI’s flagship video podcast end to end, including guest scheduling, filming, audio and video editing, publishing, and distribution. Manages studio logistics, equipment, and production software while supporting other podcasts. Creates short-form social video, executes promotional campaigns, adapts content for different platforms, tracks performance, and collaborates with scholars and media teams to meet deadlines.

Develop and maintain large housing datasets and infrastructure for US housing policy research. Responsibilities include data acquisition, cleaning, analysis, modeling, automation, visualization, dashboard development, web scraping, API use, quality control, and publication. Senior responsibilities add predictive modeling, machine learning, workflow supervision, project management, and establishing data-management best practices.

Design and produce publications, reports, marketing collateral, event materials, digital assets, and data visualizations. Manage projects from concept through final production, including scheduling, proofing, print preparation, vendor coordination, quality assurance, and invoicing. Develop branded templates, style guides, and design systems while collaborating with editors, scholars, and stakeholders. Translate complex public policy research into clear visual communications and improve creative production workflows.

Coordinates higher education outreach, campus visits, scholar events, student recruitment, newsletters, social media, online programming, conferences, and AEI’s Summer Honors Program. Responsibilities include supporting event planning and execution, maintaining student and partner databases, tracking departmental expenses, producing communications, and engaging students with AEI scholarship. The role requires seasonal travel, primarily during the academic year.

Supports HR operations, onboarding and offboarding, HRIS data integrity, benefits administration, compliance documentation, employee communications, learning programs, engagement surveys, and HR-sponsored events. Maintains organizational records, resource libraries, workflows, and reporting tools while responding to routine benefits questions and handling confidential employee information. Coordinates cross-functional process improvements and administrative activities across the HR and Talent Development department.