Description: The Director of Gift Planning plays a pivotal role in the university's advancement efforts by creating and overseeing the strategic development, marketing, and stewardship of planned giving program to support the mission of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
This position requires a deep understanding of charitable gift planning vehicles, excellent marketing skills to promote planned giving opportunities, and strong administrative abilities to ensure compliance and efficient management of gift planning initiatives.
It is important that the Director maintains a thorough understanding of relevant tax, probate, trust and financial/estate planning information and assists with gifts of real property and assists with estate administration services as well.
The Director of Gift Planning will maintain and effectively market a legacy giving society, analyze current and future opportunities, manage a portfolio of planned giving donors and high potential prospects and, create detailed stewardship plans and outreach strategies to meet ambitious goals for long-term revenue growth.
The Director of Gift Planning serves as the senior development professional in lifetime testamentary gifts, and is responsible for providing leadership for the implementation and administration of the campus-wide gift planning program, in accordance with industry best practices.
The Director works with a team of professional and administrative staff, chief development officers, and major gifts officers in all university colleges, programs, and university-affiliated foundations in the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of planned giving donors.
This position also manages key internal and external relationships to promote the marketing, acceptance, risk management, and administration of deferred and complex outright gifts. Primary Function of Organizational Unit: The Division of University Advancement is one of seven administrative divisions at North Carolina A&T State University. Our mission is to support the university through the enhancement and management of private resources by expanding opportunities for engagement, increasing the division's resources, strengthening the university's brand, and improving communications.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is one of America's highly-respected universities, focused on interdisciplinary research, creative scholarship, exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, and community service and engagement.
North Carolina A&T State University is one of seventeen institutions of The University of North Carolina System and is a Land-Grant and About North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is one of the nation's most highly respected doctoral research, land-grant institutions. With an enrollment of almost 11,000 students, we are committed to fulfilling our mission through exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, scholarly and creative research, and effective public service. As a member of the A&T family you will be an integral part of its history and future – joining more than 1,800 current faculty and staff. You will be expected to be a leader and mentor. You will influence the minds that will affect our world. As a change agent, you will use your intellect and influence to make a positive impact on the greater A&T community. A&T will be more than your job, it will become your passion—and that commitment to yourself and others will last a lifetime. Because that's what Aggies Do!
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