Planned Giving Intern

Second Harvest Heartland•Brooklyn Park, MN

5d•$18•Hybrid

About The Position

Second Harvest Heartland is seeking a Planned Giving Intern to assist with contacting existing annual donors to gauge their interest in furthering their support through planned giving. The preferred candidate can demonstrate skills in fundraising, sales, community engagement, or similar relationship-centric work. Interested candidates should be detail-oriented and value the role customer service plays in deepening relationships. Comfort communicating with strangers through a variety of channels (email, phone, mail) is necessary.

Requirements

Relationship-oriented with high EQ
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Comfort speaking with strangers
Attention to detail
Patience and resilience
Ability to represent and speak to the mission of Second Harvest Heartland

Nice To Haves

Experience working within and adding information to a database/CRM

Responsibilities

Determine planned dates and channels for outreach using existing communication templates with opportunity to personalize content
Over a 4-month cycle, contact 50-100 pre-identified prospects to invite them to a conversation about planned giving with Development staff
Document notes about your outreach and donor conversations into donor database, utilizing Actions and Opportunities functionality to track progress
Introduce qualified and interested prospects to the PGO for personalized cultivation and solicitation – opportunity for intern to shadow on these conversations/meetings
Elevates any outlying donor interests, needs, or concerns to PGO for further support
Assist in preparing and mailing personalized thank-you notes, news updates, and invitations for Table of Hope Society events; assist with event planning and logistics.
Assist in preparing segmentation lists and materials for planned giving direct mail solicitations.
Shadow donor meetings, support event planning, or assist with one-to-many communications; though, this is secondary to the main work of qualification outreach

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