[Hiring] Planned Giving Officer @Compassion International

Role Description

This experienced relationship manager develops, builds, and manages a highly-valuable portfolio of prospective and current donors with a primary focus on planned and legacy giving strategies in order to support Compassion’s long-term ministry sustainability. The manager designs and executes customized engagement strategies that inspire donors toward lifetime and estate-based generosity, aligning their values with Compassion’s mission.

At this career level, the incumbent leads complex, long-term revenue strategies and donor journeys, often spanning multiple years, and may coach and oversee the work of other relationship managers.

This Planned Giving Officer will support a portfolio based in the Western region of the United States (Texas to North Dakota and West). Preference will be given to candidates who reside in states within that region.

What will you do?

• Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Act as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children.
• Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.
• Serve as a leading relationship manager in a professional fundraising environment with emphasis on identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of planned and legacy gifts.
• Design and implement personalized legacy giving strategies that align donors’ philanthropic, financial, and estate planning goals with Compassion’s ministry objectives.
• Creatively craft and execute multi-year cultivation strategies and legacy giving campaigns targeted to high-value donors.
• Advocate on behalf of Compassion's ministry of Christian child development to current and prospective major and planned giving donors.
• Develop and manage a long-term pipeline of planned giving prospects.
• Collaborate with donors and their professional advisors to structure mutually beneficial gifts.
• Serve as key participant and may lead Compassion tours, project visits, and events.
• Represent Compassion in both small and large group speaking engagements.
• Regularly coach and provide expertise to other relationship managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Seven years of relevant experience in fundraising, planned giving, charitable gift planning, estate planning, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in cultivating and securing planned or deferred gifts.
• Certification from a nationally or internationally recognized organization in a related field (e.g., CFRE, CAP®, or similar) is preferred.
• Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above.

Requirements

• Travel may be required up to 50% of normal schedule.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary.
• Excellent healthcare coverage.
• Free short-term professional counseling.
• Spiritual growth opportunities including regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotional.