The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action.
Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. Audubon is a nonprofit conservation organization.
Position Overview
The Senior Director, Gift Planning collaborates closely with members of Development, Executive, and Senior Leadership Teams and represents Audubon’s hemispheric fundraising interests as a senior fundraiser focused on deferred and blended gifts. This position will report to the Vice President of Gift Planning.
This newly created position will be responsible for charting a path of ambitious growth in gift planning to support Audubon’s hemispheric conservation vision, as well as collaborate with the Leadership Giving team to secure bequest intentions and non-cash asset gifts from high-net-worth individuals. They will also provide fundraising leadership for Audubon, supporting a team of gift officers and natural partners in their own fundraising work to help maximize Audubon’s philanthropic potential.
The Senior Director will manage a portfolio of planned and major gift donors and prospects; support an existing team of frontline fundraisers; and partner closely with Audubon’s State and Center Directors as well as Strategic Leads to grow an already successful fundraising operation. They will work closely with the VP of Gift Planning to deliver consistent growth in planned gift intentions, outright major gifts from donors in the gift planning pipeline, and conversations around gifts funded from non-cash assets.
Key metrics for results will include the number of new planned gifts committed annually to Audubon’s Grinnell Legacy Society, donor engagement activities (number of personal meetings), and current-year gifts secured. The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial and have demonstrated experience in creating and managing planned and blended gifts, including non-cash assets, either as an experienced fundraising professional or wealth/planning advisor. The Senior Director will excel at building and stewarding successful relationships with major donors and increasing fundraising revenue year-to-year, and will have a high EQ for managing up, down, and laterally in all levels of the organization.
This is a non-supervisory position, but with expectation to collaborate with and coach colleagues in pursuing deferred and blended gifts from Audubon’s donors.
This role is hybrid with priority for the New York City area. This position requires up to 30 percent travel with occasional evening and weekend travel.
Compensation:
$160,000 - $180,000 / year
