Overview
Job Title: Associate Director, Planned Giving
Position Classification: Associate Director II
Salary Band: B
Reports to: Senior Director, Planned Giving & Development Operations
Location: Remote
About American Rivers
American Rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all rivers, from remote mountain streams to urban waterways. Healthy rivers provide people and nature with clean, abundant water and natural habitat. For 50 years, American Rivers staff, supporters, and partners have shared a common belief: Life Depends on Rivers℠. The organization values diverse perspectives, experiences, and competencies to protect wild rivers, restore damaged rivers, and conserve clean water for people and nature.
Responsibilities
- Develop, execute, and analyze a multi-channel marketing strategy to generate planned gift leads. Ensure the American Rivers planned giving website is regularly updated and linked throughout the main website where appropriate.
- Prompty fulfill requests for information, respond to inquiries, and maintain a portfolio of planned gift prospects.
- Collaborate with the Senior Director and Development colleagues to integrate planned giving goals in appropriate fundraising activities (major gifts, midlevel giving, membership), and with Communications and Marketing on outgoing materials. Develop and implement strategies for qualification, cultivation, and solicitation of planned gift prospects.
- Develop and implement engagement and stewardship strategies for planned gift donors through the River Legacy Society.
- Increase the value of the planned gift pipeline by expanding the River Legacy Society with new documented planned gift commitments.
- Work with development operations, general counsel, and finance teams to ensure that all planned gifts are reviewed, processed, and acknowledged.
- Maintain regular communication with estate representatives to ensure gifts are closed accurately and efficiently, and track financial reports of open estates for annual valuation.
- Maintain and continually update all planned giving files and constituent records.
- Provide regular updates and reports on planned giving program status and progress.
- Develop the annual program budget; request and approve expenditures, requisitions, and invoices within budget and internal thresholds.
- Participate in annual and strategic development planning to enhance fundraising efforts and donor engagement.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and ethical standards.
- Performs related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a related field with a minimum of 3 years of relevant fundraising experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects effectively, efficiently, and accurately; and prioritize competing tasks and deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Experience with donor databases and knowledge of or willingness to learn specialized software.
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels and with constituents across the organization and beyond, with a collaborative approach.
- Ability to make informed, ethical, strategic decisions with a positive impact.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Sign, and other paperless management tools.
- Openness to new ideas and their implementation; ability to adapt to changing situations.
- Commitment to American Rivers’ core values.
- Candidates who are unsure if they meet all minimum qualifications or who have transferable skills are encouraged to apply.
Location: TBD
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $68,719 – $84,012 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.
American Rivers offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package to full-time, regular employees, including:
- Health and wellness: Medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance.
- Financial security: After one year of service, American Rivers begins contributing a 3% employer contribution. There is no vesting schedule for employer contributions; employees are 100% vested upon participation.
- Time off: Four weeks of paid leave, eleven paid holidays, three floating holidays, and sick leave.
American Rivers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States.
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