Officer, Planned Giving Marketing (P3)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Officer, Planned Giving Marketing, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will collaborate closely with the Senior Managing Director and the Planned Giving Team; you will be responsible for increasing planned giving acquisitions, educational materials, and stewardship efforts through direct mail, digital mail, paid search and cross-agency work. You will also work in partnership with the web development team, and will monitor and update the Planned Giving website, analyzing and reporting on planned giving marketing analytics.

Location

Hybrid - Fairfield, CT or Remote

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)*
*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Acquisitions (40%)

• Manage the creation, development and deployment of Planned Giving specific marketing program with extensive direct mail and digital communications
• Identify and execute compelling and effective communications for achieving acquisition, educational, retention, and engagement targets with aligned giving programs to create new pipelines
• Analyze and continuously improve success rates of our offerings to donors direct and digital mail
• Using in-depth knowledge, experience and independence, review drafts, provide feedback, and enhance current marketing plan and bring new ideas to the program.

Outreach (30%)

• Work with the Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising team to incorporate planned giving messaging into agency-branded materials and digital communications
• Serve as Planned Giving marketing point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders
• Manage vendor relationships for direct mail and online giving components
• Help grow the agency's legacy society through vendor partnerships and track progress

Data & Analytics (20%)

• Oversee and maintain large datasets for direct mail and digital mail campaigns
• Monitor incoming responses to donor mailings by decrypting files from caging vendor and regularly reviewing marketing vendor's online platform
• Collaborate with the Administrator, Planned Giving to track, analyze, and report donor response results and outcomes through clear, accessible communications
• Oversee website functionality and performance, tracking Adobe analytics and Google Ads
• Evaluate the quantity and quality of results of each mailing and measuring current and multi-year performance,
• Identify trends and make recommendations for projections and strategic planning.

Team Support (10%)

• Maintain a keen-eye on best-practices and trends in broad-based fundraising and Planned Giving fundraising
• Act as a resource for other team members; may lead special projects like insider invitations, agency special mailings and emergency briefings.
• Process incoming invoices from relevant partners and track to annual budgets
• Perform other duties as required

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks, while ensuring quality
• Knowledge of best marketing practices; is aware of the competition and factors that differentiate the value of Save the Children in the market
• Proactive and solutions-oriented approach to communication and problem-solving.
• Professional proficiency in Adobe and MS Office suite, plus experience with direct and email marketing and CRM software
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English, with communication skills for projects, donor and partner relations, and new business development
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Knowledge of Planned Giving and Planned Giving gift vehicles

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $84,150 - $94,050 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $76,500 - $85,500 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 - $76,950 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.