Director of Development, Gift Planning

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Sep 19

Written By Yolanda F. Johnson

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Anticipated Start Date: N/A

Description

The University of Denver is seeking a driven, knowledgeable and passionate fundraiser to join our Advancement team as the Director of Development, Gift Planning. This is a unique opportunity for a talented fundraising professional to join a dynamic, growing and purposeful enterprise united around a compelling mission charted by Chancellor Jeremy Haefner and Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement Val Otten.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director of Gift Planning, the Director of Development is a key fundraising professional for the University of Denver.

This position is responsible for cultivating and soliciting a full range of planned gifts from DU alumni and friends in Colorado and nationally. Such gifts include outright gifts of appreciated assets, life income gifts such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts, and testamentary gift plans such as bequests and life insurance gifts.

Responsibilities

The Director will manage a portfolio of gift planning donors and prospects while partnering with a campus-wide network of academic leaders, fundraising professionals, and other key partners to advance the University’s top priorities. The Director of Development will develop and mature their assigned portfolio of planned gift donors.

This will include managing top prospects in pursuit of individual fundraising goals set annually in collaboration with the Executive Director and the Associate Vice Chancellor for University Development.

The Director will serve as a close partner and key resource for other advancement professionals to solicit and close planned gifts. The campus-wide Advancement team is highly collaborative, and the Director is expected to build and foster extensive value-added relationships with their campus partners.

Requirements

Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience (Veterans with equivalent combination of military certification/education and experience may substitute for the degree qualification).
5 years of paid fundraising experience, working within the full spectrum of development, including cultivation, gift solicitations, stewardship, and donor recognition.
Experience securing gifts with complex assets.

Salary Range and Employee Benefits

The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000.

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About the Organization

For the University of Denver to achieve a highly engaged global network, it is imperative that we strategically recruit, activate, and partner with network leaders and volunteers in our communities. Moving away from a heavily staff-led model, we are embarking on a new volunteer and regional network configuration that will support and empower leaders within regional and affinity networks to partner with university staff to build life-long engagement and philanthropy in our DU communities.

This effort will continue to strengthen DU’s global network of supporters and ambassadors by engaging and training network leaders and volunteers across the United States and in select international markets to own and lead networks while aligning focus and priorities towards the University’s upcoming campaign. These efforts take place in coordination with a centrally-based team focused on affinity networks and overall volunteer engagement.

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