Gift Planning Officer - Georgia Region (Hybrid work location)

American Red Cross • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work. The American Red Cross is currently seeking a Gift Planning Officer to support our Georgia Region. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Gift Planning Unit at the American Red Cross seeks to secure planned gifts supporting any component of the organization’s mission and to establish the Red Cross as the charity of choice for such gifts. Reporting to the Director of Gift Planning, the Gift Planning Officer develops, designs, and implements the gift planning program within the Georgia Region of the American Red Cross focusing on new gift commitments for the organization. This role includes identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gift-planning prospects and donors in the Region. The Gift Planning Officer will be responsible for developing strategies to increase funding capacity and maximize donor relationships.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience is required and an advanced degree is preferred.
• A minimum of five years in major gift or gift planning fundraising with successful cultivating and soliciting experience is preferred.
• Experienced candidates from the financial, estate, and/or philanthropic planning, law, and trust administration fields are encouraged to apply.
• Knowledge of the technical aspects of planned giving vehicles as well as an extensive knowledge of fundraising principles and techniques in a large organization is desired.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation, negotiation, and strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Strong organizational skills and good attention to detail are essential.
• Demonstrated tact and diplomacy in difficult or sensitive situations is essential.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office is necessary.
• Operational flexibility to meet sudden and unpredictable business needs and a moderate amount (10-25%) of business travel are required.
• Must have your own transportation.
• A valid driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience promoting and managing such programs is highly desirable.
• Training in PG Calc or Crescendo planned giving software is desirable.
• Familiarity with the state of Georgia is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Red Cross corporate culture is preferred.
• Significant gift-planning experience in the state of Georgia is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the gift planning strategy for a portfolio of prospects throughout the Region to support Red Cross programs and services.
• Develop, lead, and implement strategies to substantially grow membership of the Legacy Society.
• Maintains and enhances a stewardship program for all planned giving donors.
• Raises and enhances the profile of the Legacy Society.
• Deliver training as appropriate on gift planning to advance knowledge and foster opportunities in gift conversations and strategy development.
• Remain current in gift planning trends and fundraising techniques by attending meetings and conferences and participating in training programs.
• Provides technical assistance to the Region’s development team to increase its fundraising capacity to solicit planned and current gifts.
• Cooperates with various local financial planning and estate planning associations to plan meetings that maximize the Red Cross position as the charity of choice for bequests, trusts, retirement funds, life insurance policies, and life income arrangements.
• Supports the reporting by the Regions of all estate documents to the Office of General Counsel.
• Communicates with the Director of Gift Planning on a regular basis about donor and gift activity.
• Utilizes development prospect management system to facilitate regular reporting of donor and gift activity and to manage achievements of fundraising and personal goals.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level