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Job Description
Grow your career at Virginia Tech’s award-winning Advancement program by joining one of the university’s most seasoned fundraising teams. The Gift Planning team at Virginia Tech offers the opportunity to work on some of the university’s largest and most complex gifts, and to partner with three professionals having over 50 years of combined charitable gift planning experience.
Reporting to the Director of Gift Planning, the Assistant Director of Gift Planning will work with the university’s alumni, friends and their advisors in order to educate, solicit, and complete deferred gifts and complex outright on behalf of all areas of the university. The Assistant Director, working closely with college and university programs development officers and senior administration, will be responsible for managing a portfolio of prospects and securing major outright and deferred gifts of $100,000+ from private sources in support of endowment, capital projects, and current operations. He/She will fulfill these duties under the direction of and in close cooperation with the university’s central development office.
Required Qualifications
Master's degree or Bachelor’s degree with significant relevant experience
Demonstrated experience in fundraising, sales/marketing, advertising, public relations, communications, law, accounting, financial services, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in fundraising or sales.
Demonstrated experience working in higher education or for a non-profit organization
Demonstrated experience working with charitable gift planning
Demonstrated experience working with estate planning, tax, law, accounting, wealth management, or financial services
Pay Band
N/A
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
Commensurate with Experience
Review Date
1/31/2023
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.
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