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Title: Director of Gift Planning

Employer: Georgia Institute of Technology

Date Posted: January 14, 2026

Job Description

OrganizationOverview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its

commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We

strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic

plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and

innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has

policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting

the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and

vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000

students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering,

computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4

billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial

intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech

ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among

institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.

The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading

technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good;

breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of

our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all

backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Georgia Tech Office of Development (DEV)

Led by the Vice President for the Office of Development, Jim Hall

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hall-913270131/), our fundraising team at Georgia Tech

currently consists of more than 100 professionals who are focused on securing

transformative philanthropy (major and principal gifts) to support the strategic priorities

of the Institute and its colleges, schools, and programs, including Georgia Tech

Athletics. For fiscal year 2024 (closed 6/30/2024), the Development team’s efforts

resulted in over $243 million in new gifts and commitments in support of Transforming

Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech, which will secure more than $2 billion in

new commitments and gifts from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other

organizations. One of the most significant priorities within Transforming Tomorrow is

ensuring access of the brightest undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to

Georgia Tech, regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds. To learn more

about Transforming Tomorrow and other campaign priorities,

visit https://transformingtomorrow.gatech.edu/.

Job Summary

To secure the philanthropic support of individuals and organizations for the benefit of the

Institute through the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of planned gifts. Gift

plans may combine different methods/techniques of giving, and require knowledge of a variety

of funding assets including cash, publicly traded stock, municipal bonds, real estate, privately

held stock, personal property (such as art), or life insurance. This position will interact on a

consistent basis with: Office of Development executives and officers, Institute executives and

officers, faculty, alumni, other potential donors and staff. This position typically will advise and

counsel: development executives, and officers. This position will supervise: N/A.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 - Participate in development and implementation of marketing plans to promote

planned gifts; prepare presentations and other materials describing tax-wise ways of giving.

Job Duty 2 - Identify and cultivate planned giving prospects, working in concert with major gift

officers.

Job Duty 3 - Prepare illustrations and proposals for planned gifts; work with donors and their

professional advisors in completing and documenting planned gifts.

Job Duty 4 - Provide stewardship of planned giving donors through regular visits and ongoing

communication in coordination with major gift officers assigned.

Job Duty 5 - Provide information, training and orientation on tax-wise gifts to members of the

Development staff and external constituencies.

Job Duty 6 - Work in partnership with GT's planning giving legal counsel in coordinating gift

planning legal issues.

Job Duty 7 - Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Six to eight years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Master's Degree or Law Degree

Proposed Salary

Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours

degree

or Law (due to client shift schedules, project requirements).

SKILLS

This job requires expertise in personal financial planning and estate and trust administration,

especially as applied within a fund raising environment. Marketing, communications,

organization and administrative skills are required, as is the ability to use office related computer

applications. The ability to work within a team environment is required.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and

learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity,

Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do

as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and

upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of

Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line

at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of

Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line

at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity

Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To

that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute

policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other

members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or

employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or

services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal

opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University

System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including

discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color,

religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in

its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits

citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and

recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation,

executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or

local government contract.

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel

This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

Background Successful candidate must be able to pass a position of trust + education background check.

Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening

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