"Director of Planned Giving - University Advancement"

Position Summary

The Director of Planned Giving reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Planned Giving and is responsible for qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding high level prospects capable of making major planned gifts to Washington University. This position is within the Office of Planned Giving and is part of the Development Vertical. Travel is required.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for university planned and deferred gift activity including qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a portfolio of 60 donors and prospects in an assigned geographic territory. In addition to planned giving activities, assists in major and principal gift solicitations. Specific gift production and donor contact goals will be established on an annual basis.
• The Director of Planned Giving will work closely with all levels of development officers in a territory to ensure short and long-term fundraising success and will coordinate with the territory Executive Director in reaching the planned giving total for the territory. Serve as a resource for all planned giving activities and presentations. The position will also work closely with subject matter experts in the Philanthropic Strategy Vertical to meet the fundraising priorities of the Danforth Campus schools, Medicine, programs, university priorities, university initiatives and Principal Gifts team to identify, cultivate, solicit, close, and steward principal gift prospects.
• The Director of Planned Giving will help to create and foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork that celebrates outcomes, builds individual and team capacity, and ensures that WashU UA is a preferred workplace.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions
* Normal office environment
* Frequent travel.
* Ability to travel within the United States.

Physical Effort
* Typically sitting at desk or table

Equipment
* Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree

Certifications/Professional Licenses: No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience: Relevant Experience (7 Years)

More About This Job

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience soliciting gifts of $250,000 or more.

This position is located in St. Louis, MO and the targeted hiring range for this position is $84,200 - $115,000.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Master's degree

Certifications/Professional Licenses: No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience: No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills: Analytical Thinking, Communication, Complex Systems, Computer Technology, Confidentiality, Database Technologies, Detail-Oriented, Donor Management, Give Feedback, Major Gift Solicitation, Microsoft Office, Multicultural Environments, Organizational Change Management, Organizing, People Oriented, Project Administration, Prospect Management, Receptive to Feedback, Relationship Building, Salesforce (Software), Working Independently

Grade

G15

Salary Range

$84,200.00 - $148,500.00 / Annually