The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in fundraising best practices, with a track record of fostering successful long-term relationships with individual donors and development colleagues.
They will be a hard-worker who is motivated by the NPR mission to achieve significant fundraising goals and thrive in a fast-paced, creative, results-oriented culture.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Manage a planned giving donor and prospect portfolio
- Collaborate with Giving Officers, Member stations, and other constituents to identify planned giving prospects and maximize all gift requests
- Outline strategies for the planned giving portfolio and create a pipeline to track activity and progress
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward this portfolio, using moves management tools and fundraising best practices to ensure prospects and donors are moving through the appropriate prospect cycle
- Determine strategies for elevating NPR’s planned giving program including branding, marketing and communications
- Create and manage new initiatives to increase planned giving for NPR and across the public radio system
- Assist in the creation or preparation of planned giving materials and briefing documents for NPR senior leadership as needed (i.e. CEO, CDO, VP of Programming, etc.)
- Work to build a more robust pipeline of NPR planned giving donors, prospects, champions, and volunteers
- Communicate frequently with the Executive Director to share activity and progress
- Partner with the NPR Foundation Board, specifically the Planned Giving Committee and Planned Giving Committee Chair, to broadly educate volunteers and NPR’s closest advocates about planned giving
- Provide planned giving counsel, advice, and guidance to Member station development teams (to the extent possible or appropriate) and to NPR Giving Officers to ensure proper identification, solicitation and stewardship of planned giving prospects and/or donors
- Partner with the Development Writing Hub as necessary to create planned giving materials and coordinate planned giving communications
- Maintain and update donor information promptly in the donor database to ensure accuracy
- Exemplify fundraising best practices and a high-level of ethics in all activities
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree required
Skills/Experience:
- 5-7 years of nonprofit experience required, 3-5 years of planned giving experience preferred
- Proven track record identifying, cultivating, closing and stewarding planned and non-cash gifts
- Thorough knowledge of planned giving vehicles, non-cash gifts, and tax codes related to gift and estate planning
- Proven skills in managing relationships with high-net worth individuals or funders
- Experience in significant and/or successful fundraising campaigns
- Advanced interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to work closely and professionally with a wide range of constituents, including staff, board members, Member stations, external partners and donors/prospects
- An entrepreneurial spirit and strong appetite to work in a developing philanthropic environment with lots of potential
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, to set and adjust priorities, and work under pressure while maintaining composure and a sense of humor
- Ability to navigate and negotiate the political and institutional landscape around nonprofit journalism
- Ability to understand and speak to federal legislation that influences public broadcasting, specifically public radio
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet concurrent deadlines, organize time and priorities, and to do so in collaboration with diverse stakeholders
- Strong commitment to NPR’s code of ethics, standards, and reputation as a nonpartisan public news organization
- An understanding of complex fundraising organizations or federated nonprofit models is preferred
- DC based or willingness to relocate to the DC metro area
- Some travel will be required (15 - 25%)
Compensation/Benefits:
NPR offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness benefits, retirement, and work/life balance programs, as well as opportunities for career growth and development.
Additional Information:
NPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 24 2017
Active Until:
Sep 24 2017
Hiring Organization:
National Public Radio, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit