Director, Gift Planning

Company: American Red Cross
Location: Las Cruces
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home.By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!Job Description: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.Where Your Career is a Force for Good!We are currently seeking a (Remote) Full-Time -Director, Gift Planning. This position can work from any location in the United States. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:Oversee the development, planning, design, and implementation of planned giving programs. Cultivate and solicit new opportunities and development strategies for planned giving donors. Manage staff and establish objectives and resource planning. Provide support, development, and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD:1. Oversee the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of planned gifts.2. Increase the organization's fundraising capacity by developing relationships with organizations in the fields of life insurance, accounting, banking/trusts, law and estate planning.3. Create and implement planned gift goals, objectives and action plans to support revenue objectives with organizational goals.4. Lead the solicitation of high-level donors.5. Manage the organization's gift planning efforts. Provide overall direction and management to management- and professional-level staff.6. Conduct strategic planning. Interface with executive leadershipWHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:Education: Bachelor's degree required. Experience: Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.* Combination of candidate's education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to the description's minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).Management Experience: 5 years of management experience.Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of applicable principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Basic proficiency in the use of a Personal Computer, word-processing, spreadsheet applications, and database applications when applicable. Ability to work on a team.Travel: May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout the chapter jurisdiction, the state, and the Red Cross system.WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE:Strong working knowledge of the American Red Cross. Significant experience in Gift planning. Proven leadership skills. SALARY INFORMATION: The salary range for this position is $120,000 -$138,000 + incentives Note that the American Red Cross sets salary ranges aligned to a specific geographic location in which the work is performed. The stated salary range in this posting is an average. The specific salary information will be shared at the time of phone screening based upon your location and qualifications.BENEFITS FOR YOU:As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
  • Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
  • PTO: Starting at 15 days a year based on type of job 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 recognitionApply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make your career a force for good!The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners - the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance - launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce.American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here:

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