Executive Director of Gift Planning

6 days ago

Ithaca, New York, United States Ithaca College Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director of Gift Planning to join our team at Ithaca College. This is a key leadership role that will be responsible for building, implementing, and managing the Office of Gift Planning to serve the college's funding priorities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, manage, and implement activities related to the solicitation and stewardship of planned gifts for Ithaca College.
  • Develop and manage a portfolio of gift planning donors and prospects and effectively solicit outright and planned gifts.
  • Provide effective stewardship for existing planned gift donors by assisting fellow development officers with recommending and developing personal stewardship plans in conjunction with the Office of Donor Relations.
  • Respond to inquiries and contact donors, donor attorneys, trust officers, and financial and tax advisors to provide complete and accurate information about planned giving opportunities and serve as primary liaison with donor families and attorneys' in the settlement of probated estates and other realized planned gifts.
  • Work with the Director of Principal Gifts, and major and leadership giving officers to integrate planned gift asks to enhance planned giving, complex, or blended gift asks.
  • Develop an annual marketing strategy for gift planning vehicles and work with colleagues in the Philanthropy & Engagement Division to develop support materials for marketing of planned gifts, support materials, and stewardship events.
  • Develop, demonstrate, and promote multicultural awareness and contribute to cultivating an inclusive, diverse, and respectful college community. Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion as a college priority, communicate to employees an expectation of behavior that is civil and inclusive when interacting with all staff, faculty, students, and visitors, and promote a flexible, collaborative, and inclusive work and living environment.
  • Work with the AVP of Philanthropy to provide education and training in gift planning techniques to other frontline fundraisers, and to external audiences.
  • Work with Donor Relations to welcome and steward planned gift donors via the Founder's Circle.
  • Develop a network of legal and financial professionals to support the college's planned giving efforts.
  • Work with donor relations to create endowment and gift agreements related to planned gifts.
  • Oversee an Administrative Assistant and ensure accurate data entry and data integrity, as well as other record keeping, reporting, and donor communications involving the gift planning program. Prepare and conduct performance reviews, and identify goals and objectives, and development opportunities.Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate with a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years' experience working in a higher education environment in a fundraising capacity. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of gift planning vehicles such as charitable trusts, gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable bequests, annual support strategies, and other non-traditional gifts. The candidate should also have demonstrated experience working with diverse groups of donors/prospects and their families and advisors, as well as the ability to cultivate an inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment.

The successful candidate will be able to treat all people equitably and with a sensitivity and awareness to cultural difference, and demonstrate the ability to hold others accountable for behavior that is supportive of a community that is diverse and inclusive. Strong organizational and analytic skills, excellent interpersonal, relationship building, written/verbal communication, and listening skills, as well as the ability to use data to make and implement strategic decisions, are required.

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