Summary
Description
About the Position:
The Planned Giving Officer serves as a front line fundraiser to find and maintain donor support through planned giving vehicles such as beneficiary designations, wills, trusts, insurance policies, real estate and other charitable giving methods. This role involves cultivating donor relationships, designing strategic marketing initiatives and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to promote and grow the Legacy Circle program, a program that recognizes members that make special gifts that perpetuate their giving past a lifetime.
The new hire is expected to reside in the greater Denver metro area upon starting – this is not a remote position, however a hybrid schedule is available.
About You:
You are a strong relationship builder who uses active listening to identify the best planned giving option for a donor. You are comfortable having potentially sensitive conversations with both donors and their families. You are a clear communicator with strong follow up when communicating with legal and financial institutions. You prioritize well, handling multiple projects in an organized and timely manner and have excellent communication skills. You enjoy collaborating with others to help ensure an organization’s financial success.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A minimum of 3 – 5 years of experience in planned giving, fundraising, sales, customer success management, or a relatable field.
- Relationship building experience with a strong customer focus. This includes experience with managing a portfolio or book of clients.
- Proven track record of collaborating across teams and working closely with major gift officers, other customer relationship managers, marketing teams, or membership teams on overall donor / customer strategies.
- Knowledge of financial instruments related to estate and planned giving.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize expertly, meet deadlines, and juggle multiple projects..
- Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving skills.
- Experience with Salesforce or another Customer Relationship Management System.
- While not required, experience with Crescendo or other planned giving platforms is preferred.
- While not required, capital campaign experience is preferred.
Education Equivalency:
- A fully relatable bachelor’s degree or associate’s degree may replace some of the required years of experience.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of color, and many marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Colorado Public Radio, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.
Position Information:
Position Type: Full-time
Hiring Range: Grade 20 – $80,500 – $107,300
Structure Title: Gift Officer, Mid-Level Giving
Starting Pay: based on education and experience.
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Benefits
Benefits:
Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, dental, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as vision; a retirement plan with no waiting or vesting periods; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.
How to Apply
Application Requirements:
Click here to apply (https://secure.entertimeonline.com/ta/MOPBC0031.careers?ApplyToJob=721554370). Please upload a resume, a one page cover letter (which should address your interest in the position and what skills, competencies and experience you have that make you a strong fit). We recommend you save your cover letter and resume as the same document and just upload the one doc when applying. However, should you run into any issues, please reach out to Amanda Anderson, Senior Recruiter, at aanderson@cprmail.org.
Incomplete Applications will not be considered.
Deadline: This position was posted on March 2nd, 2025 and we sometimes keep roles open for 30 days. However, we recommend you apply as soon as possible as the posting may close before April 2nd, if we have a strong candidate pool.
