Assistant Vice President for Gift Planning
Assistant Vice President for Gift Planning
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$ 205000 - 235000
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Job Description
Job Description
The Office of Gift Planning leads a collaborative university-wide advancement program responsible for a quarter of the Universitys overall annual fundraising results. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Engagement the Assistant Vice President for Gift Planning is a senior position in University Advancement offering the opportunity to achieve results both through program leadership as well as through personal solicitation success. The position is responsible for increasing the Universitys new gifts and commitments coming from bequests life income gifts and complex outright gifts through (1) leadership of a ten-person Gift Planning team (2) building relationships throughout Advancement and the Virginia Tech Foundation that support these efforts and (3) cultivating soliciting and closing six seven and eight-figure gifts with a select portfolio of highly rated donors and prospects. The University is gearing up for significant opportunity in the years ahead as the number of prospective planned gift donors is projected to rise significantly. Gift Planning will be an essential part of this anticipated growth. This leadership role offers the chance to achieve significant professional success at a leading university in a highly regarded college-town atmosphere building on a program that has already doubled then tripled in the past six to eight years.
Required Qualifications
Masters degree or bachelors degree with experience equating to an advanced degree.
Demonstrated experience in trusts and estates law accounting wealth management or charitable gift planning preferably in a complex and collaborative setting.
Demonstrated knowledge of legal estate tax financial and gift planning concepts.
Demonstrated strong communication organizational analytical and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work within a multifaceted organization requiring collaboration teamwork and communication.
Demonstrated experience in charitable gift planning.
Demonstrated leadership and team management experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated knowledge of Virginia Tech its history its operations its current priorities and its alumni.
Demonstrated fundraising experience at a large university or other large charitable organization.
JD degree or a CPA designation.
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$205000 to $235000
Hours per week
40
Review Date
October 5 2025
Additional Information
Safe driving record.
Unable to sponsor work visas.
This position requires occasional travel and work hours that include evenings/weekends.
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
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Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full Time
