Planned Giving Intern
Brooklyn Park, MN (Hybrid)
Posted 2 months ago
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Planned Giving Intern
DEPARTMENT: Development
LED BY: Planned Giving Officer (PGO)
HOURS: Part-Time; 12 hours/week
LOCATION: Hybrid
ABOUT SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
POSITION SUMMARY
Join Second Harvest Heartland’s Development team as a Planned Giving Intern to deepen your fundraising skills while working to end hunger. This role will support the Planned Giving Officer by leading stewardship tasks, like donor story gathering and community-building efforts, as well as providing additional administrative support.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary (60%): steward existing estate donors, known as Table of Hope (TOH) Society members, through two primary projects:
- Donor story gathering – to deepen donor relationships and develop promotional content, intern will play a key role in a donor story gathering campaign
- Invite select TOH members to share their motivations for giving with Second Harvest Heartland
- Conduct interviews with support of Development/Communications staff
- Communicate with donors for reviews and approval
- Steward donors by sending final product, when available
- Community survey – to understand TOH donor motivations and stewardship preferences, intern will craft and execute a survey to help future stewardship efforts be more meaningful
Secondary (40%): provide support with prospect management, event planning, and day-to-day administration.
The intern will have CRM training to ensure that all donor-facing activity is documented into our donor database, Raiser’s Edge NXT.
SHADOWING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Based on the intern's interest, capacity, and the needs of the Planned Giving program, the intern may have the opportunity to accompany the PGO on donor visits, sit in on vendor conversations, or observe complex revenue processing procedures. There will also be opportunities for the intern to network with other Second Harvest Heartland staff, depending on capacity.
VALUES
- We Deliver: We use our head and heart to make decisions, we make the best use of donor dollars, and we achieve results safely and reliably.
- We Lead with Our Hearts: We keep our neighbors, partners, and teams at the center of our work. We seek to understand and anticipate their needs.
- We Are All in this Together: We collaborate, internally and externally. We communicate openly, seeking feedback, and sharing knowledge.
- We Innovate: We seek out bold new ideas, we embrace change, and we commit to continuous improvement for ourselves and our work.
- We Believe our Differences Make us Stronger: We value inclusion and embrace the variety of backgrounds that make up our team and our community. Our different experiences and perspectives empower us to fulfill our mission.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Comfort communicating with strangers through a variety of channels
- Active listening with an emphasis on respect, connection, and curiosity
- Proactively asks questions and seeks clarity
- Work with flexibility and enthusiasm, centering relationships and customer service
- Demonstrated ability to plan, manage and follow through on multiple tasks and projects with attention to detail.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and take initiative
- Demonstrated familiarity with Microsoft Office, Office365, and the ability to learn other computer software programs.
- Preference for professional or academic experience in marketing, communications, fundraising, nonprofit management, or community engagement fields
TIME REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULE
- Total time requirement: November 2026-June 2027, can potentially extend to September 2027, approximately 12 hours/week
- Days of the week: Days of the week for this position are flexible but within Monday-Friday business hours.
- Time of the day: 8:30am to 4:30pm (flexible within these hours)
- Work sites: Second Harvest Heartland HQ Brooklyn Park and/or virtual. In person at HQ on Wednesdays is preferred but not required.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Interns will gain experience in donor relationships, fundraising logistics, and complex donation vehicles. These skills are transferrable to fundraising, sales, and community engagement careers.
- Learn how to host donor conversations and understand how personal stories impact engagement and giving behavior
- Gain experience in nonprofit administrative and data management
- Exposure to planned giving, a niche Development topic
Second Harvest Heartland
Second Harvest Heartland is a leading hunger-relief organization. In partnership with more than 1,100 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, we provided nearly 128 million meals to neighbors last year. We also help families enroll in food assistance and provide prepared meals for people who need more than groceries. Second Harvest Heartland is a leader, convener and voice in hunger-related policy discussions. We’re working on a bold goal to cut hunger in half for all Minnesotans by 2030. With the help of the whole community, we’ll reduce hunger today by increasing access to emergency food, and prevent hunger tomorrow with policy, partnerships and one-on-one services, all while tracking progress to ensure we’re effective and accountable. There’s a role for each of us to play in making hunger history. Reach out to learn how you can join us or learn more at 2harvest.org. Social media community guidelines: https://www.2harvest.org/community-guidelines
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