Director of Gift Planning / Development Officer II/S

Job description

Working/Functional Title Director of Gift Planning: Position Summary: Michigan State University is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, and results-oriented individual with a deep understanding of gift planning to join its dynamic fundraising team as the Director of the Office of Gift Planning. This position will play a leadership role in increasing the number of donors with sophisticated gift plans and the level of their charitable commitments in concert and coordination with development/advancement colleagues and university leadership. The Director of Gift Planning will exercise functional and administrative supervision over gift planning fundraising staff as assigned. The Director of Gift Planning will be an accomplished, responsive, and collaborative member of MSU University Advancement Team. The Director will be responsible for executing an aggressive schedule of donor activity to ensure a continuous pipeline of private future and current support for Michigan State University. The successful candidate will model and disseminate effective donor-centric fundraising techniques and will play a central role coordinating and coaching unit fundraisers and donors - and donors’ attorney...