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Senior Associate Director, Gift Planning
Northeastern University
Northeastern University seeks a strategic, collaborative, and experienced gift planning professional to join its development team as Senior Associate Director, Gift Planning (SRAD). The Senior Associate Director will be a key contributor to the gift planning team during an exciting time of growth, including the University’s recently announced comprehensive campaign.
This is an exceptional opportunity to generate support for an institution that is having a transformative impact on students and faculty and advancing innovative pathways in education and research.

The Opportunity
Working in a fast-paced environment, the SRAD will ensure that the present and future network of support for the University expands by focusing on increasing revocable and irrevocable deferred gift revenue and helping the Office of Gift Planning meet University campaign and other strategic fundraising goals. They will collaborate with major gift counterparts in developing donor strategy and presenting planned gift options to prospects, respond to planned giving inquiries and prepare qualified gift proposals, and provide training and education in gift planning and its impact and importance to advancement colleagues and volunteers.
Reporting to the Director of Gift Planning, Carolyn Stiles, the SRAD will build and manage a portfolio of alumni, parents, and friends, with a focus on bequests, life-income gifts, complex gift transactions, and outright major and principal gifts as appropriate.
The SRAD will collaborate closely with all levels of development to employ planned gift strategies that maximize the donors’ potential and conduct joint visits with development colleagues. They will be expected to utilize analytics and other information to initiate planned giving prospect review and strategy development and to stay knowledgeable on current and pending legislative tax and technical developments related to planned giving.
The expected hiring range for this position is $97,550 – $141,443.75.