Executive Director, Gift Planning

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Athens, OH 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $81K - $138K 💻 Development & Advancement 🗓️ March 25th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Ohio University is hiring an Executive Director, Gift Planning to lead and manage the university's gift planning program. The role involves cultivating and soliciting deferred and complex gifts, managing a portfolio of donors, collaborating across Advancement to integrate gift planning into fundraising strategies, driving marketing efforts to expand the donor pipeline, and overseeing stewardship and special projects to enhance the Office of Gift Planning's impact.

Highlights

Solicits and manages planned gifts including bequests and trusts.
Cultivates relationships with alumni, donors, foundations, and corporations.
Manages and develops strategies for a portfolio of prospects.
Leads a medium-sized team with supervisory responsibilities over at least 2 FTE employees.
Requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of related professional experience with 3 or more years in supervision.
Preferred 1 to 3 years of gift planning experience.
Responsible for budget and resource management of the team or department.
Target hiring salary range is $80,593 to $108,801, with a broader pay range up to $138,208.
Full-time administrative position within University Advancement, focused on Planned Giving.
Role includes occasional travel, and may require after-hours and weekend work.