Director of Planned Giving

7 days ago


Newport, Kentucky, United States Northern Kentucky University Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Director/Sr. Director, Gift Planning. This role will be responsible for coordinating and executing all planned giving activities, including marketing, developing and closing planned gifts, stewarding planned giving donors and senior volunteer leadership, supporting development staff, and implementing and maintaining a cohesive communication and education campaign for planned gifts.

Key Responsibilities
  • Plan and direct the institution's program for generating support through wills, bequests, trusts, pooled income funds, deferred gifts, and annuities.
  • Identify, cultivate, and solicit prospective individual donors.
  • Provide technical expertise in planned giving to donors and staff regarding the tax and financial aspects and consequences of various planned giving programs.
  • Manage and participate in the process of identifying, cultivating, and structuring planned gift arrangements, and facilitate and ensure closing and stewardship of individual planned gifts.
  • Ensure professional follow-up on all inquiries regarding planned gifts or requests for planned giving support.
  • Develop, manage, and implement training and consulting to all relevant parties less sophisticated in certain gift types and vehicles to maximize their ability to identify, cultivate, structure gift arrangements, close, and steward individual planned gifts.
  • Direct and oversee implementation and maintenance of a cohesive communication and public education campaign.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree and 7 years of related experience required. Master's degree or JD preferred.
  • Intellectually curious, possess a positive growth mindset, and a keen understanding of and passion for the value of higher education.
  • Solid knowledge base and grasp of complex and deferred giving vehicles including their tax consequences for both donors and the institution.
  • Ability to balance leadership of self as a business unit expert against expectations as an individual fundraising contributor.
  • Previous education or professional work in the financial, legal, or tax industry is a plus.
About Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) seeks excellence by enriching its educational environment and culture through the diversity of its administration, faculty, and staff and by embracing inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of its work.

NKU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution.



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