Director of Gift and Estate Planning

Reporting to the Senior Director of Gift & Estate Planning in the Division of Development & Alumni Relations, the Director of Gift & Estate Planning is critical to University of Georgia’s efforts to identify and cultivate private support across all schools, colleges, and units on campus. The position is responsible for independently managing a portfolio of donors and prospects capable of making significant planned gifts. This position contributes directly to university-wide fundraising goals and is one of the key efforts to raise private funds that support student career preparation, scholarships, faculty support, research, innovation, public service and outreach, facility renovations as well as unrestricted money.

This position focuses on managing a pipeline of deferred major gifts by establishing annual goals for individual donor prospects and advising development partners within schools, colleges, and units on planned giving strategy. The position works collaboratively with UGA Foundation trustees and other key volunteers as needed on university-wide and unit-based planned giving efforts.

The Director of Gift & Estate Planning also serves as the liaison and subject-matter expert to other development officers across campus and therefore is critical to the central development team’s ability to support cross-campus collaboration and strategy development for prospects and donors capable of major gifts ($50k+).