Director of Planned Giving
Director of Planned Giving
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$ 125000 - 140000
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Job Description
TITLE: Director of Planned Giving
LINE OF BUSINESS/DIVISION: Operations/Development/Strategic Giving
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
REPORTS TO:Vice President Strategic Giving
NUMBER OF POSITIONS REPORTING TO THIS POSITION:0
LOCATION: Arlington VA/Washington DC preferred. Must be near a major metropolitan area or airport.
JOB HIGHLIGHTS
The Director of Planned Giving will create and execute on building a Planned Giving program for The Conservation Fund. Reporting to the Vice President this role will work in concert with the entire Strategic Giving team on identifying qualifying cultivating and stewarding planned giving prospects. The successful candidate will be a selfstarter who is growth minded and passionate about building a planned giving program for one of the top ranked conservation organizations in the country.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
To perform this job successfully you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Create manage track and implement The Conservation Funds planned giving program.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for The Conservation Funds planned giving opportunities.
- Charged with the identification qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship of a portfolio of national donors and prospects for planned philanthropic gifts.
- Build relationships with donors and prospects via personal visits video calls written content and events.
- Solicit bequest designations and charitable gift annuities to support The Conservation Funds philanthropic objectives.
- Develop stewardship plans that demonstrate targeted engagement of planned giving donors.
- Develop a strong understanding of The Conservation Funds project and program work to keep planned giving prospects and donors up to date.
- Work with Director of Operations and Vice President to define and implement short and longrange planned giving fundraising objectives of the organization.
- Lead efforts to collaborate with Major Gifts and Research colleagues within the department to maximize the potential of current donors for blended gift opportunities and identify planned giving prospects.
- Proven track record of developing relationships with financial institutions legal firms and estate planning professionals.
- Ensure that processes relationship management techniques and datainformed decisionmaking guide the work of the gift planning fundraising team in donor pipeline development according to industry best practices.
- Educate other team members on planned giving and provide gift planning guidance counsel and resources to leadership and fundraising staff across the organization with an emphasis on increasing deferred gift and complex outright planned gifts.
- Draft communication materials in coordination with team members for marketing and ecommunication content.
- Maintain knowledge of tax investment and legal aspects of planned giving in concert with Legal team and outside counsel.
- Record and update all relationship data pertaining to portfolio in Raisers Edge.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE
- Minimum of 8 years of fundraising/development experience with donors giving at $100000 and above level.
- Experience building fundraising programs maintaining longterm relationships with major individual donors.
- Experience with current and evolving trends in gift planning and advanced gift planning concepts.
- Selfstarter with demonstrated ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Organized detailoriented possessing a builders mentality and strong work ethic.
- Welldeveloped written and oral communication skills including translating complicated project information into compelling and captivating stories.
- Passion and interest in the mission of The Conservation Fund.
- Experience working with an environmental conservation organization preferred.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
WHAT WED LIKE YOU TO HAVE
- Bachelors degree.
- Raisers Edge experience and/or experience with donor CRMs.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The position does require sporadically working long hours and/or weekends.
- Overnight travel is required.
- Estimated travel Up to 40.
COMPENSATION ANDBENEFITS
The salary range for this position is $125000 $140000 and the position is eligible for opportunities to earn performancebased bonus compensation. Please note: Salary range provided is an estimate and will be evaluated on an individual basis taking into consideration the candidates knowledge skills abilities experience and education. The final salary offer will be determined accordingly.
The Fund offers a highly competitive package of benefits including:
- Employer contributions for medical vision and dental insurance plans.
- Retirement plan discretionary company contribution.
- Company contributions to HSA account.
- Companypaid paid life insurance AD&D ShortTerm and LongTerm disability insurance.
- Continuing education benefit for approved programs.
- Employee assistance program (EAP).
- Generous paid vacation sick and floating holidays.
- Voluntary Life Insurance AD&D Spouse and Child plans at group rates.
- Six weeks paid parental leave
- 14 paid holidays
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
TO APPLY
The Conservation Fund has retained the services of ThinkingAhead Executive Search. Please submit your resume and expression of interest to: Chris Spagnola at
To learn more about The Conservation Fund visit .
Frequently cited statistics show that women and people from underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they think they meet 100 of the criteria. If you meet many but not all the criteria and feel you may be a good fit for the role The Conservation Fund encourages you to apply.
The Conservation Fund a nonprofit corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer that fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race Color Religion Gender Age National Origin Veteran Status Disability Genetic Information or Testing Family and Medical Leave status Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression. The Fund prohibits retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint orally or in writing to the employer or the government or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
