Associate Director Legacy Leadership Giving
Associate Director Legacy Leadership Giving
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology research and familyfriendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140year legacy of excellence kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.
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The Associate Director Legacy and Leadership Giving is an exciting new role within the reimagined Annual Legacy & Leadership Giving Department. Reporting to the Senior Director this role offers the opportunity to join at a pivotal moment as we prepare for a new campaign at Lurie Childrens. The Associate Director will play a key role in expanding 1 legacy giving to take advantage of the silver tsunami and 2 leadership/midlevel giving $1K$49K). The Associate Director will champion legacy giving build internal gift planning competency and provide technical expertise across the Foundation. As both a supervisor of a small team and an individual contributor they will actively manage a portfolio of leadership/midlevel and legacy donors to drive immediate revenue while building a pipeline for longterm legacy contributions.
This role requires a personable resultsorientated professional with a proven ability to use metrics to inform annual plans make datadriven decisions and achieve ambitious goals. The Associate Director will bring fresh ideas and best practices to donor engagement stewardship and solicitation and is expected to maintain and grow $6 million annual revenue. A critical component will be building awareness of legacy giving and exploring a legacy challenge campaign in partnership with development colleagues along with governing and fundraising boards.
The ideal candidate will be an engaging collaborator skilled in relationshipbuilding and committed to innovation and excellence. The Lurie Childrens Foundation offers a flexible work environment where selfmotivation accountability and inclusivity are highly valued. If youre ready to make a meaningful impact and serve as a passionate ambassador for Lurie Childrens we invite you to consider joining our team.
Essential Job Functions:
Serve as the Foundations subject matter expert for planned giving including estates/wills. Charitable remainder trusts and other deferred giving vehicles in addition to gifts of assets such as DAFs IRAs stocks. Champion planned giving outright and blended gifts to colleagues across the Foundation through resources coaching and collaborative joint engagement with donors and prospects.
Play a key role in the development of annual business plan and budgets for the program.
Oversee the daily activities focused on the identification cultivation solicitation growth and stewardship of leadership and legacy donors to deepen relationships while producing shortterm revenue and longterm future income streams..
Provide leadership direction motivation and supervision to members of the Legacy and Leadership team. Establish specific objectives and performance standards for each direct report.
Serve as a subject matter expert to the Direct Response Team who are responsible for planning and executing marketing strategies that promote the planned gifts program convey the tax advantages of deferred giving and describe how planned gifts are beneficial components to financial and estate planning.
Maintain relationships with professional advisors through the Legacy Partners initiative. As needed plan Legacy Partner educational events and retain speakers.
Forge and maintain strong relationships with donors volunteers administrators physicians program directors and other staff.
Serve as a mentor to staff by helping to strengthen the skills and professional development.
The qualified candidate will be comfortable representing Lurie Childrens confidently and professionally at site visits fundraising events and industry presentations.
Participate in activities that support the development profession including speaking at conferences and helping to plan them.
The successful candidate will be creative able to think globally pay attention to the details work with volunteer partners and be able to manage many tasks simultaneously.
Perform job functions adhering to service principles with focus of innovation service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients families coworkers and others.
Required Experience:
A Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university is required.
5 7 years of experience in leadership/major giving and planned giving. Experience in healthcare and/or academia is strongly preferred.
Comprehensive understanding of tax implications and other aspects of planned giving vehicles. Technical proficiency is necessary to succeed in this position. A candidate must either already have the knowledge or have an educational or employment background that is evidence of a capacity to master technical subjects.
Strong and effective management and coaching skills are necessary as is a willingness to coordinate and collaborate with other teams to meet shared goals.
Discretion with confidential materials required.
Experience with Raisers Edge or other fundraising databases helpful.
Ability to work independently in a deadlineoriented team environment required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required. A strong command of the English language.
Participate in the life of Lurie Childrens by attending meetings special events donor cultivation and recognition programs and other gatherings where the presence of the Associate Director Leadership & Legacy is required or desired.
Proven ability to be resourceful opportunistic and entrepreneurial.
Education
Bachelors Degree (Required)Pay Range
$99840.00$164736.00 SalaryAt Lurie Childrens we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity reflecting individual contributions experience and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions.In addition to base salary Lurie Childrens offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees leadership incentivesfor select roles health and retirement benefits and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation consult your recruiter or click the followinglink to learn more about our benefits.
Benefit Statement
For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
Medical dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5 employer match
Various voluntary benefits:
Supplemental Life AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Childrens facilities
Discount purchasing program
Theres a Place for You with Us
At Lurie Childrens we embrace and celebrate diversity and equity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds skills and viewpoints recognizing that diverse identities strengthen our workplace and the care we can provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly appreciate differences and make meaningful connections that foster belonging and allyship. This is a place where you can be your best so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.
Lurie Childrens and its affiliatesare equal employment opportunity employers. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry age disability marital status pregnancy protected veteran status order of protection status protected genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
