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Washington University in St Louis

Senior Director of Planned Giving - University Advancement

Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146


Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position SummaryThe Senior Director of Planned Giving (SDPG) is responsible for assisting with the coordination and advancement of the university’s planned gifts program and reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Planned Giving. This senior level position is within the Office of Planned Giving and is part of the Development Vertical. The SDPG is an important leader in major planned giving markets and must be a highly experienced professional with excellent interpersonal skills and gift planning experience. The SDPG will interact with some of the university’s most important constituencies. 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 40 donors and prospects in an assigned geographic region. In addition to planned giving activities, may assist in major and principal gift solicitations as warranted. Specific gift production and donor contact goals will be established on an annual basis.

This position will be the liaison to the Principal Gifts Team. Assisting the team with planned giving strategies for top-level prospects and donors. Also responsible for assisting the principal gifts team and other gift officers with qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of principal gift prospects.

The Senior 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.

Serve as a senior leader/mentor within the Office of Planned Giving via management of assigned projects. These activities would include UA wide planned giving projects and initiatives. Assist the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Planned Giving, with strategic planning, projections and summaries and reports.

The SDPG 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

Ability to travel to various on- and off-campus locations

Physical Effort

Typically sitting at a desk or table

Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement

Occasional lifting (25 – 50 lbs.)

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 QualificationsEducation:

Bachelor's degree

Certifications:

No specific certification is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Relevant Experience (6 Years)

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

Ability and flexibility to work outside of the normal workday/office hours including evenings and weekends.

Experience within a complex university, national coordinating organization, or organization with sub-units and complex reporting relationships.

Planned giving specific experience.

Experience should include significant personal involvement with planned gift solicitation.

Demonstrated expertise with personal solicitations and the capital gift process.

Familiarity with modern university capital gift techniques (moves management, tracking systems, gift tables, solicitation timing and status mechanisms, capital and inclination ratings, prospect management grids, etc.)

Experience providing “in-house” development advice and/or counsel to related units within a complex organization.

Ability to work effectively with diverse constituents (board members, chancellor, vice chancellors, deans, school, or unit directors, etc.)

Outstanding ability helping to plan, coordinate and manage capital development projects and campaigns.

GradeG16

Salary Range$96,000.00 - $169,300.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

EEO/AA StatementWashington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity and especially encourages applications by those from underrepresented groups. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Diversity StatementWashington University is dedicated to building a diverse community of individuals who are committed to contributing to an inclusive environment – fostering respect for all and welcoming individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Individuals with a commitment to these values are encouraged to apply.

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