HIRED - Manager of Philanthropy (Major Gifts) APPLY NOW
Work Where You Want (WWYW) and we believe that this kind of fundraiser needs close access to Kitchener-Waterloo
Engagement Team
60000 - 100000 cad /
year
Tue, Oct 05, 2021
Full time
Are you our next Manager of Philanthropy?
Top Level Description
- Be the change you want to see in health care and the community. Grand River Hospital is Aiming High and we are looking for a fundraising professional to connect personally with donors to make the plan a reality. Your focus is on connecting with individuals and organizations who would consider supporting at $25,000 or more over five years. You have a passion to solve these problems differently and connecting and engaging our community.
- Grand River Hospital and it's Cancer Centre serve an area of more than 1.4 million, across southwestern Ontario. Our eight care areas:
- Cancer Care
- Grand River Kids
- Kidney Care
- Mental Health
- Emergency & Critical Care
- Continuum of Care
- Patient Experience
- Learning + Innovation
Winning Aspiration and Values
To rally every member of our communities to ensure world class healthcare right here.
- Enable Easy
- Tenacious & Relentless Action
- Transparent First
- We Welcome You
- Traiblaze
- Surprise, Delight and Overdeliver
Attributes
- You wake up in the morning with a passion to raise funds for your cause
- Your follow-up is second to none, even your mother complains that you send her too many notes and greeting cards
- You are hungry to learn about people's philanthropic dreams and how you can make them come true
- You are an incredible listener and a creative match-maker who aligns every gift to a donor's highest philanthropic passion.
- You are attentive, patient, fun to be with and oh so persistent.
- You delight in working with donors in your own portfolio and you love a team approach even more.
- You're an original thinker and get the best results when you can work in a culture that craves new ideas and change.
- You've fundraised for Major Gifts before - whether at a University, Hospital, the Arts...
What You'll Do
- Connect with prospective and current donors; primarily individuals but corporations and organizations are incredible supporters of health care as well.
- You'll work closely with our Director of Philanthropy, Betty Bax, our Director of Strategy Petra Taylor and our CEO.
- Secure incredible commitments for generosity to our cause from $1000 to $10,000,000 and beyond.
- Leverage our Grand Opportunity List of hospital needs to connect a donor's passion to the right project in the right way.
- Help us grow and create the Care. Never. Stops. Campaign. with a goal to rally our communities to help us build a world-class health care system right here.
What We Offer
- The annual salary is in Band C - $60,000 - $100,000 based on your experience and success, we see a range of individuals that may be a good fit.
- 4 weeks vacation and 4 day weeks from Victoria to Labour Day and December
- Full-time role with comprehensive benefits and HOOPP Pension
- Work where you want (WWYW) - with planned team get togethers and strategy sessions every 13 weeks (#12WY). We do believe that this kind of fundraiser needs close access to Kitchener-Waterloo for in person connections.
- Chromebook and Mobile (Iphone or Android)
- Growth culture with big dreams and on a mission to rally the community to create a world class health system.
- An organization that is passionate about your success personally and professionally - we want to enable you to do the best work of your life
- An organization that has grown more than 50% a year in each of the last two years with more than $16M in cash support last year
The Process
- You apply, traditionally (resume, cover letter & portfolio) or not (video, greatest hits montage etc..)
- We welcome all, unequivocally, we just ask you to bring a passion for the values and the attributes
- It is unrealistic for us to believe we will find someone who fits this position 100% and that is just fine with us
- Speed Interview up to 10 selected candidates (5 min with each of 10-12 team members by Google Meet - sometimes we'll do a next round more in-depth)
- You start as soon as you can, we are looking to onboard right away
Backgrounders
- Strategic Plan www.aiminghigh.ca
- 125 Years of Care. Never. Stops.