Legacy Society Manager

Legacy Society Manager

Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation has grown into America's largest and most trusted grassroots conservation organization with 52 state / territorial affiliates and more than six million members and supporters, including hunters, anglers, gardeners, birders, hikers, campers, paddlers, and outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and stripes. The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in our rapidly changing world. We advance this mission through programming focused on conserving wildlife, restoring habitats and waterways, expanding outdoor opportunities, connecting children with nature, advancing environmental justice, and addressing the causes and consequences of climate change.

To advance our mission, we are seeking a full-time Legacy Society Manager to join the Federation's Philanthropy team. The Legacy Society Manager for the Gift Planning team will serve as team lead and primary contact to a special group of donors who have committed to helping wildlife, people and the planet through their estate plans. The manager will provide compassionate stewardship in recognition of their commitment to the National Wildlife Federation. They will assist in leading the creative direction as it relates to Legacy Society communications working in close collaboration with the Sr. Director, Gift Planning. They will also be an integral part of a cross-functional team with Philanthropy team members to help build dynamic engagement pathways to create a meaningful and seamless donor experience when engaged with NWF.

Principal Duties (major areas of responsibility) :

• Engage donors and recognize their contributions through handwritten correspondence, calls, and emails while managing the stewardship of Legacy Society members and prospects in a concentrated effort to deepen their engagement with the Federation and grow their philanthropic investments in its important work.
• Foster and collaborate to create engaging and meaningful experiences for Legacy Society members through virtual meetings, phone calls, events and other engagement efforts.
• Ensure healthy donor mobility across our teams and lines of business, including but not limited to creating and generating segmentations within, enhancing moves management or prospecting, finding opportunities for stewardship engagement, utilizing prospective dashboards, and more.
• Identify prospective Legacy Society prospects / donors, alongside membership, through additive stewardship efforts while leveraging research, personal interactions, and other engagement and insights to qualify donors for additional stewardship and cultivation opportunities.
• Collaborate and execute on a choregraphed donor visit system including identifying engaged Legacy Society members for both the individual giving and donor relations teams.
• Help implement an enhanced donor experience alongside donor relations and program staff that offers engaging events, forums for conversation, and thoughtful donor stewardship plans, which include delivery of various stewardship touchpoints, that both recognize and meet individuals where they are.
• Collaborate with the individual giving and donor relations teams to develop consistent messaging to influence and serve as a framework for stewardship practices.
• Collaborate with key staff to ensure equity and justice practices, values, and approaches are integrated into our narratives and represented as a piece of all that we do.
• Maintain constituent profiles and accurately enter demographic information, contact reports, and various moves management processes relating to donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship while performing CRM-related functions with consistency.
• Develop and maintain standardized reports and analysis on activities, prospective pipelines, and progress to inform leadership's efforts to monitor and evaluate portfolio management, strategy implementation, revenue generation, engagement targets, and resource deployment.
• As needed, provide direct support to Federation senior staff and volunteer leadership in the development and implementation of strategies to cultivate, engage, solicit, and steward prospective funders and existing donors.
• Collaborate with various business units, program leads, and agency partners regularly, helping to ensure our teams are communicating and collaborating effectively.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Travel Requirements :

This position may also involve occasional domestic travel (up to 10 percent).

Location and Work Mode :

This position will be based in Reston, Virginia. The National Wildlife Federation is committed to a flexible and empowered work environment with an authentic community of care for all staff. In this position, the employee may work hybrid to be decided jointly with their supervisor in the final stages of the interview process.

Physical Requirements of the Job :

Remaining in a normal seated or standing position for extended periods; reaching and grasping by extending hand(s) or arm(s); dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, for example, using a keyboard; communication skills using the spoken word; ability to see and hear within normal parameters; ability to move about the workspace. The position requires mobility, including moving materials weighing up to several pounds (such as a laptop computer or tablet).

Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this position with reasonable accommodation. Requests for reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis.

Please Note :

This job description sets forth the job's principal duties, responsibilities, and requirements; it should not be construed as an exhaustive statement, however. Unless they begin with the word "may," the Essential Duties and Responsibilities described above are "essential functions" of the job, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Compensation and Benefits :

The salary range for this position is $65,000 - $75,000, commensurate with experience.

We are proud of our designation by Mogul as a Top 100 Workplace with the Best Benefits, and by Forbes as one of America's best small employers! We value work-life balance and a family-friendly atmosphere with flexible scheduling. We want you to be able to integrate work and personal life with attention to your self-care, so that your work schedule is not depleting. We offer benefits so you feel restored and fueled through the day and week.

We offer these supports to help manage your mental, emotional, and physical health :

In addition to your salary, we offer the following supports to your personal finances :

Applicants are invited to learn more about National Wildlife Federation's benefits package at https : / / www.nwf.