About the Role
Wishes are a vital part of a child’s treatment journey, helping to restore strength, hope, and resilience. Make-A-Wish Canada is seeking a Fundraising Operations Coordinator to manage the day-to-day health of their CRM, standardize processes, and build functional reporting tools to power their fundraising teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead structural data quality initiatives within Salesforce, including duplicate management, record clean-up, audits, and compliance with data governance and confidentiality policies.
- Ensure user inputs comply with organizational policies.
- Manage the national prospect clearance matrix for efficient request handling.
- Conduct secondary financial and philanthropic prospect research to support fundraising teams.
- Oversee Salesforce data reconciliation for major gifts, pledges, and fundraising pipelines in alignment with Finance.
- Develop Salesforce dashboards and reports to translate organizational KPIs into clear fundraising pipeline insights.
- Serve as the operational liaison for Corporate, Philanthropy, and Community Partnerships teams, troubleshooting workflows and optimizing stewardship processes.
- Manage and triage the Fundraising Operations inbox, resolving complex data issues and escalating policy exceptions.
- Collaborate across Fundraising teams to advance organizational goals and foster a culture of inclusion, empathy, belonging, and One-Team Leadership.
- Coordinate operational projects and SOP documentation to improve efficiency and consistency.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education in business, administration, nonprofit management or equivalent combination of training, education and work experience.
- 2 years of experience in administrative, operations, or data-support roles, ideally within fundraising, development, or a nonprofit environment.
- Experience using CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
- Adaptability to different technologies and software.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate across several teams.
- A clear Criminal Background Check will be required.
Skills
- Salesforce
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Data Governance
- Prospect Research
- Data Reconciliation
- Dashboard Development
- Reporting
- Workflow Optimization
- CRM Systems
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- 2 years of experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary education in business, administration, nonprofit management or equivalent combination of training, education and work experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $48,000-$54,000
Benefits
- Group health and dental premiums fully covered by the Foundation
- RRSP contribution matching
- Annual vacation starting at three weeks
- Additional paid leaves such as personal days and Wish hours
- Work/life balance and flexibility
- Employee Wellness Program
- Corporate discounts
- Continuous learning, development and internal training opportunities
- Fun employee activities, contests, and more
About the Company
- Wishes Are Medicine — a vital part of a child’s treatment journey that helps restore strength, hope, and resilience.
- For over 40 years, we’ve granted more than 40,000 wishes.
- Research shows that prescribed wishes can improve commitment to treatment, reduce emergency room visits by half, and deliver lasting health benefits.
- Recognized as a Great Place to Work® since 2023.
- Named one of the Best Workplaces™ Led by Women (2025).
- Named one of the Top 100 Best Workplaces™ for Giving Back (2024).
- Child-focused organization that values employee experience and is an inspiring workplace.
Equal Opportunity
- Make-A-Wish Canada provides equal opportunity in employment and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.
- Reasonable accommodations due to disability are available on request at any stage of the hiring process.
- Make-A-Wish Canada is committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA).
- We believe that it is essential to our mission that we build a diverse, balanced, and vibrant workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and seek to serve.
- We ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, to still apply.
