Associate Director of Legacy Giving

Overview

Position: Associate Director of Legacy Giving

Department: Development

Office

Location:

New York, NY (Headquarters) or Los Angeles, CA (Western) preferred, but this role is open to any of the following states or major metropolitan areas where Lambda Legal has an office:
New York, NY (Headquarters);
Atlanta, GA (Southern);
Dallas, TX (South Central);
Chicago, IL (Midwest);
Los Angeles, CA (Western); or Washington, D.C.

Work Type Designation: Hybrid. This role requires working from the office approximately 2-3 days per week.

Reports to: Senior Director of Legacy Giving

Annual Salary Range: $97,700 - $165,473 annually. Salary is determined based on a candidate's years of relevant experience and geographic location per grade in the CBA.

Union Salary Grade: D6. This is a union position.

Travel: This position will require 25% travel across their region, including activities such as supporting Guardian Society events and providing staffing support to Tier 1 regional events.

FLSA Status: Exempt/Full-time

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Who We Are

Lambda Legal is a national advocacy organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Since 1973, Lambda Legal has used impact litigation and other advocacy tools. Headquartered in New York City, Lambda Legal also has regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, DC.

We believe that serving the full breadth of the LGBTQ+ and HIV communities requires cultural competency and enthusiasm for diversity of all kinds. To be successful, we must approach our work with an understanding that discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status is not the only obstacle to achieving equality; we recognize the intersectional nature of discrimination and prioritize counteracting biases in our work and how we operate as an organization.

Associate Director of Legacy Giving

The Associate Director of Legacy Giving manages key aspects of Lambda Legal’s legacy giving program by stewarding and cultivating donors while overseeing the administrative and operational aspects of the program to strengthen long-term philanthropic support. This role manages a portfolio of legacy donors and prospects while maintaining the systems and processes that ensure accurate, timely review and management of estates, trusts, and charitable gift annuities.

This role blends frontline fundraising with essential operational responsibilities, serving as a key driver in strengthening our data systems and supporting strategic growth for our legacy giving program.

What you’ll do:

Donor Portfolio Management & Strategy:

• Build and maintain a portfolio of regional legacy giving donors and prospects at all levels of giving and may have other donor assignments as appropriate.

• Identify prospective legacy giving donors, developing tailored cultivation and solicitation strategies to grow members of the Guardian Society.

• Work with a discrete portfolio of Liberty Circle members, Major Donors and/or prospects, perform stewardship activities and meetings as appropriate, and solicit annual gifts of $1,500 and above as well as legacy gifts.

• Identify and cultivate prospective volunteer solicitors, including potential Board and National Leadership Council (NLC) members, Lambda Legal’s body of national volunteer leaders committed to advancing Lambda Legal’s mission through fundraising and peer engagement in assigned markets. You’ll also support and manage legacy giving and/or annual solicitation of donors in assigned portfolio by the CEO, Chief Development Officer, Board, NLC members, and other key volunteers.
  
  This includes identifying and securing major donor prospect meetings for senior staff and organizational leadership.

• Assist in building a broad-based stewardship program alongside the Senior Director of Legacy Giving to ensure comprehensive stewardship for assigned donors, including solicitation, benefit fulfillment, personalized donor cultivation, thoughtful recognition, and ongoing engagement.

• Enter, update, and maintain accurate donor and…