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Director of Major and Legacy Gifts

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Jacksonville, FL, USA
Full-time

At United Way of Northeast Florida, we envision a community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential. Our mission is to solve our community’s toughest challenges by connecting people, resources and ideas.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Fundraising:

  • Responsible for annual revenue goals for the major donor and planned giving programs.
  • Directs efforts to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward potential major donors, and planned givers.
  • Designs and coordinates targeted fundraising activities and events for prospective and current major donors, and for cultivation and recognition of current major donors and committed planned giving donors.
  • Responsible for oversight of the United Way’s planned giving program, including: staffing of the Legacy Committee, promotion of planned giving opportunities, and solicitation and cultivation of prospective and current planned giving donors.

Management:

  • Responsible for the success of growth and performance to reach quarterly and annual revenue goals, to ensure that the major and planned giving programs are highly efficient, effective, ethical and well leveraged
  • Tracks and reports progress using specific metrics based from moves management system
  • Works with the Vice President of Major Gifts on annual planning, budgeting and goal setting for major and planned gift related activities
  • Assists in the recruitment of leadership volunteer solicitors and develops their fundraising capacities
  • Adheres to moves management system in CRM and enters information in a timely matter
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Skills/Experience: 
  • Minimum of five years’ experience in nonprofit major gifts and planned giving fundraising, or with proven major gift experience, capacity to learn and implement a complex planned giving program
  • Proven experience cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors resulting in $50,000 plus gifts
  • Strong interpersonal written communication and presentation skills
  • Proven experience with the development and implementation of administrative functions
  • Ability to handle calmly and efficiently situations ranging from routine to highly complex
  • Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work successfully in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of attention to detail and minimum supervision
  • Ability to work independently as well as on a team
Compensation/Benefits: 

Salary: $61,000 to $70,000 per year

Organization Info

United Way Worldwide

Overview
Headquarters: 
Alexandria, VA, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1934
About Us
Mission: 

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By mobilizing the best resources. And by inspiring individuals to join the fight against their community's most daunting social crises.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Sep 8 2018
Active Until: 
Oct 9 2018
Hiring Organization: 
United Way Worldwide
industry: 
Nonprofit