Senior Officer, Planned Giving East Coast (P4)

Save the Children

For over 100 years Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment protected from harm. We work in some of the worlds hardest-to-reach places over 100 countries including the U.S. No matter what your role is when you join Save the Children youre creating positive irreversible change for children and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Senior Officer Planned Giving- East Coast you will play a key role in advancing Save the Childrens mission by cultivating soliciting and stewarding donors who make legacy gifts through their estate plans and other planned giving vehicles. You will manage a portfolio of high-value prospects and donors develop personalized strategies to deepen engagement and work collaboratively across the Philanthropy team to integrate planned giving into overall fundraising efforts. This position requires a donor-centric approach technical knowledge of planned giving instruments and the ability to build strong relationships with donors advisors and internal stakeholders.

Location

Hybrid Washington DC or Fairfield CT office locations

Other open to other East coast city locations

What Youll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Donor portfolio management: (50%)

• Manage and grow a portfolio of planned giving donors and prospects focusing on cultivation solicitation and stewardship.
• Conduct personalized outreach through calls letters emails and visits to engage prospects and secure planned gifts.

Donor prospect development: (40%)

• Respondtodonorinquiriesandleadsacquiredthroughour robust digitalanddirectmail questions and concerns ina timelyand professional manner.

• Serve as an internal resource to and collaborate with major donor and mid-level giving teams to integrate planned giving into giving culture and as blended gifts

Strategy Tracking and analysis: (10%)

• Develop and implement creative strategies and engagement to grow the planned giving program.
• Track all moves management efforts and maintainaccurateandup-to-datedonorrecordsinthefundraisingdatabase.
• Performotherdutiesasrelatedorassignedincludingspecialprojectsandmentoring junior staff.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelors degree or equivalent experience with at least 7 years of relevant fundraising experience and 3 years focused on planned giving.
• Experience working with high level donors and external partners (attorneys financial planners trustees executors and vendors).
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills with the ability to build trust and rapport with donors and advisors.
• Ability to maintain an awareness of current planned giving practices and changes to laws and regulations.
• Strong knowledge of planned giving vehicles (bequests beneficiary designations charitable gift annuities trusts life insurance).
• Abilitytoworkindependentlyandcollaboratively.
• Exceptionalstrategicthinking andproblem-solvingskills.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Current drivers license and ability to travel on occasion for donor visits.

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro DC and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $119425 - $133475 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $107525 - $120175 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $96050 - $107350 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on but not limited to relevant experience base salary of internal peers business sector and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules generous PTO 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver parental/adoption critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1 safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days) mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments short-term counseling referrals and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees ensuring all are given training support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty both agency and individual is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC