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About the Role

The Philanthropy Specialist drives Bladder Cancer Canada’s fundraising success by planning campaigns, diversifying revenue, and strengthening donor stewardship. This role involves building and managing a strategic pipeline of prospects to cultivate and secure vital annual and multi-year gifts.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement new opportunities to diversify revenue sources, prospective donors, and partners.
• Coordinate and execute strategic fundraising plans to meet revenue targets across various channels including general donations, corporate and foundation partnerships, third-party fundraising, and signature campaigns.
• Submit grant proposals by determining their alignment with BCC and ensure the completion of deliverables.
• Collaborate with the Communications Department to promote and grow fundraising campaigns and initiatives, including developing a year-round digital fundraising campaign.
• Oversee CRM database integrity (DonorPerfect), generating strategic data-driven reports to track campaign metrics and trends.
• Manage the CRA-compliant charitable tax receipting process.
• Act as a liaison between BCC, donors, sponsors, and community members, building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and funding contacts.
• Steward prospects, donors, and volunteers appropriately.
• Provide support to the Executive Director regarding funding opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A post-secondary degree or diploma in fundraising, nonprofit leadership, or related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a health-related field or non-profit organization.
• Excellent grant writing skills, including the ability to identify strategic funding opportunities and craft successful applications.
• Proven experience mining existing data to uncover untapped opportunities and converting new prospects into committed donors.
• Superior oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal and/or customer service skills.
• Strong technical skills and proficiency with Microsoft 365, CRM systems, and fundraising platforms like DonorPerfect and CanadaHelps.
• Proven track record of building donor pipelines by data mining existing databases and successfully acquiring new donors.
• Ability to excel in a fully remote role with flexibility to travel as needed for in-person donor meetings.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends to attend events and meetings.
• Willingness to travel occasionally nationally.
• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
• English-French bilingual candidates preferred.
• A police background check must be completed as a condition of employment.

Skills

• Fundraising
• Nonprofit Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Data Mining
• Donor Stewardship
• CRM Systems (DonorPerfect)
• Microsoft 365
• CanadaHelps
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Customer Service

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Fully Remote
• Occasional Travel

Experience Level

• 3-5 years

Education Level

• Post-secondary degree or diploma

Salary/Compensations

• $56,000 annually

Benefits

• Fully remote role
• Supportive, dynamic national team culture
• Trust and flexibility
• 3 weeks of paid annual vacation to start
• Comprehensive health benefits package (drug, vision, dental coverage)
• Health Spending Account
• Opportunity for professional growth

About the Company

• Bladder Cancer Canada is a national organization.

Equal Opportunity

• We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.