Principal Gifts Manager

Position Summary
The Principal Gifts Manager will serve as a senior leader and strategic partner responsible for raising major and planned gifts. The Principal Gifts Manager will lead WUNCs major gifts planned giving programs capital campaigns and supervise WUNCs Grants and Major Gifts Officer. They will assure that new major gift funds are raised annually by developing and implementing cultivation and stewardship plans to meet WUNCs fundraising goals.

Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
The Principal Gifts Manager will be a polished fundraising executive who knows and understands the nature and purpose of public radio. Leading candidates will have: * Mastery of the basic principles and techniques of successful fundraising as they pertain to the identification cultivation closure and stewardship of individual prospects * Seven years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising with preference given for fundraising management experience

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
* Familiarity with public broadcasting * Supervisory experience and/or experience mentoring development colleagues in knowledge and understanding of fundraising and the skill to motivate and engender the confidence of co-workers and volunteers * An employment history highlighted by increasing levels of responsibility * A strong drive to be successful * Integrity and sincerity * Exceptional written and oral communication skills