Director of Planned Giving - 2025671

World Relief • Towson, MD

2d • $120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

World Relief is seeking a Director of Planned Giving, who is a seasoned, strategic, and pastorally grounded fundraising professional that leads World Relief’s comprehensive legacy and gift planning efforts. Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Engagement, this role is singularly focused on cultivating, securing, and stewarding future-oriented and asset-based gifts that advance World Relief’s long-term mission, vision and financial sustainability. The Director will develop and execute an integrated planned giving strategy that invites partners into faithful, mission-aligned stewardship through bequests, beneficiary designations, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and other complex gift vehicles. This individual will serve as World Relief’s internal subject-matter expert on planned giving—partnering with donors, professional advisors, finance, legal counsel, and frontline fundraisers to align donor legacy intentions with organizational priorities. This role requires deep understanding of donor motivation, estate and tax-aware philanthropy, and the relational dynamics of legacy conversations. The Director of Planned Giving will model a spiritually grounded, donor-centered approach that honors generosity as a response to God’s invitation, helping donors articulate and fulfill their values through thoughtful, faith-filled gift planning.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
• 5–7+ years of demonstrated experience in planned giving, estate planning, or complex philanthropic arrangements.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Expert understanding of planned giving vehicles and donor legacy strategies.
• Ability to research, understand, and communicate complex financial and legal gift structures.
• Strong relationship-building skills with donors and professional advisors (attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, trust officers).
• Demonstrated pastoral gifting, spiritual maturity, and emotional intelligence.
• Proven collaborative leadership style with experience working across high-performing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and public-speaking communication skills.
• Strategic thinker with patience for long cultivation cycles and comfort navigating ambiguity.
• Proficient in Raiser’s Edge NXT, Microsoft Office, and project management tools.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Program Development
• Donor Portfolio Management
• Gift Planning & Technical Expertise
• Internal Enablement & Cross-Team Collaboration
• Donor Engagement & Stewardship
• Pastoral Care & Spiritual Leadership
• Systems, Compliance & Representation

Benefits

• World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, employees.
• World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees