Statewide Legacy Giving Director

Statewide Legacy Giving Director

As the largest non‑profit hospice provider in Michigan, we offer comfort and peace for patients and their loved ones. Our commitment here at Hospice Of Michigan is "Every person, Every time." Hospice Of Michigan is looking for a Statewide Legacy Giving Director passionate about supporting high‑quality patient care to join our team!

Job Summary: The Statewide Legacy Giving Director is responsible for developing, implementing, and leading a comprehensive planned giving program that supports the long‑term fundraising goals of the North Star Care Community. This leader cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of donors and prospects with an interest in legacy giving, including bequests, charitable trusts, beneficiary designations, and other planned gift vehicles.

Essential Functions:

• In collaboration with the AVP, design and lead a statewide planned giving strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Manage a portfolio of planned giving prospects, including identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Ensure financial goals are met or surpassed for designated areas of the annual budget.
• Develop personalized donor plans to foster deep, values‑based philanthropic relationships.
• Serve as the organization’s subject‑matter expert on charitable estate and gift planning.
• Partner with legal, finance, and foundation operations teams to ensure accurate gift documentation, compliance, and administration of planned gifts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and other professional partners.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date understanding of charitable giving laws, IRS guidelines, and estate planning best practices.
• Cultivate and steward a select portfolio of major gift prospects.
• Proactively keep abreast of fundraising procedures used in the nonprofit arena.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with North Star Care Community staff to match departmental needs with funding sources.
• Actively participate in meetings at the individual, group, and organizational levels, both within and external to the organization, to achieve desired outcomes.
• Adjust to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities.
• Represent the North Star Care Community at events as appropriate and required.
• Model and promote knowledge of palliative care and hospice philosophies and articulate and promote North Star Care Community’s vision, mission, and values locally, statewide and nationally, when appropriate.
• Adhere to organizational Code of Conduct, policies and procedures and all regulatory and legal requirements.
• Adhere to the North Star standards to care for every person, every time, 100% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ financial experience required. Hospice experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated financial analysis and budgeting skills required.
• Excellent problem solving skills that are rooted in both quantitative and qualitative assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to produce results while still being an excellent team player.
• A collaborative, participatory and inclusive style when working at all levels of the organization required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required. Ability to speak at public forums required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products required;
  Raiser’s Edge or similar software experience preferred.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, sound judgment, effective organizational, prioritization and follow‑through skills, attention to detail, tact, dependability, emotional intelligence and the ability to promote positive, constructive relationships with communication and collaboration at all levels with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• The physical demands of the position include: vision, effective speech and hearing for extensive telephone contact; repetitive motion; traveling; driving or riding in motor vehicle; standing, sitting, walking, bending, reaching, and stretching; lifting up to twenty‑five (25) pounds unassisted.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.