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About the Role

The Director, Granting & Donor Impact is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the Foundation's granting activities, donor fund management, and enabling donor data quality to optimize the impact of donor contributions, enhance the donor experience, deepen donor relationships, and maximize the Foundation’s impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of the Foundation's grant making operations, including Hospital funding, national grant competitions, and external granting initiatives.
• Drive the Foundation's granting strategy, overseeing the allocation of funds to advance the Hospital's strategic priorities.
• Work collaboratively across Foundation teams to review and assess restricted fundraising to limit acceptance of restricted donations which cannot reasonably be used.
• Champion the effective management and utilization of charitable funding, working collaboratively across Foundation and Hospital teams to optimize funding outcomes.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing oversight of efforts to improve and optimize timelines for spending restricted funds raised.
• Identify and lead the implementation of process and/or technology-enabled improvements to granting to maximize the velocity and/or quality of restricted fund grants.
• Establish and collaborate with BIIT team to deliver reports to measure and communicate key metrics and reports related to granting activity and impact.
• Resolve granting questions or issues and advise on complex donor-facing granting scenarios.
• Consult with Foundation’s Legal, Stewardship and Donor Relations, and Development teams and the Hospital’s Director of Foundation Relations to ensure gift agreements accurately reflect terms.
• Work proactively with Hospital stakeholders to increase awareness of monies available, and to provide advice and solutions regarding appropriate spending plans.
• Oversee the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of grant-funded initiatives, ensuring Hospital-funded programs meet agreed-upon program deliverables.
• Champion and lead cross-functional teams to deliver on exceptional fund management related to complex gifts and/or funds.
• Consult on priority proposals to ensure alignment between restricted funds raised and ability to grant effectively and efficiently.
• Work together with the Director, Donor Experience in the definition and measurement of Donor Experience KPIs.
• Serve as a champion for measuring and demonstrating donor impact across the Foundation and Hospital.
• Serve as a Business Lead for Donor Data Quality in close collaboration with BIIT teams.
• Collaborate with Philanthropy/Development, Marketing, Stewardship and Finance teams to understand donor data needs and address data quality issues.
• Develop and implement strategies to maintain and improve donor data quality across relevant platforms and databases.
• Champion activities to improve donor data quality, including both donor profile data and donor restricted funds data.
• Support Data Governance initiatives, supporting data quality standards and processes.
• Establish and monitor data quality metrics and provide regular reports and insights to senior management.
• Support BIIT-led initiatives around data privacy and/or security, data analytics and insight.
• Develop effective communications for stakeholders and business sponsors.
• Coach and support direct reports and their teams in delivering successfully against their roles’ accountabilities.
• Oversee and manage the budget for granting and data quality teams.
• Lead and/or participate on a number of cross organizational teams/projects.
• Ensure key granting systems, processes and any potential risks are documented.
• Work closely with the Foundation’s Campaign Team and senior leadership teams to ensure strategic alignment between Hospital priorities and philanthropic activities.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years progressive leadership experience in the charitable sector with a focus on grant making.
• A proven track record as a skilled leader.
• Working knowledge of foundation/hospital operations, specifically granting.
• Understanding of general and fund accounting principles.
• Knowledge of charitable sector regulation and industry guidelines.
• Ability to work with and influence senior members of Hospital and Foundation communities.
• Conflict management, negotiation and consensus building skills.
• Ability to think strategically and consider Foundation-wide objectives while managing competing priorities.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with a meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Familiarity with CRM platforms and basic familiarity with database marketing regulations (e.g., CASL).
• Understanding of donor data quality principles, methodologies and tools.
• Proven track record at optimizing and enhancing processes to maximize efficiency.
• Inquisitive nature, and ability to quickly learn and understand complex concepts.

Skills

• Grant making
• Donor fund management
• Donor data quality
• Strategic planning
• Process improvement
• Technology implementation
• Data analysis
• Reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional team leadership
• Budget management
• Project management
• Communication
• CRM platforms
• Database marketing regulations
• Data governance

Location

• Hybrid

Work Type

• Permanent Full-Time
• Hybrid work model: minimum two days per week in-office (Tuesday and Wednesday)

Experience Level

• Minimum 10 years progressive leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

• $132,767.00 – $165,958.00
• Ability to progress to a maximum of $190,853.00 with demonstrated experience and proficiency

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package
• Flex benefit plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Pension plan
• Birth parent/parental top up

About the Company

• SickKids Foundation is Canada's largest charitable funder of child health research, learning and care, raising over $200 million last year.
• As a national charity, SickKids Foundation invests in national and international initiatives to benefit children in Canada and around the world.
• As the fundraising partner to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), we are aligned in supporting Precision Child Health (PCH), the future of tailoring medicine to each child's unique traits.
• We are driven by our core values of integrity, collaboration, excellence, innovation, and inclusion.
• We are committed to an inclusive culture by embedding equity, diversity and inclusion in our policies, practices, and behaviours.
• We aim to build awareness and skills in this area, both internally and with our partners.
• Our commitment extends to creating a safe, positive work environment.

Equal Opportunity

• SickKids Foundation is committed to its people and the talents, capabilities, and perspectives they bring to our mission.
• We live that commitment by being open and accessible to all, by valuing and respecting every individual, and by equally supporting every employee.
• As an organization proud to have joined the BlackNorth Initiative’s CEO pledge, we uphold our commitment by inviting and encouraging individuals from diverse lived experiences from Black, Indigenous, communities of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ community and all candidates who may contribute to the further diversification of the Foundation’s community.
• Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at: recruitment@sickkidsfoundation.com