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About the Role
Reporting to the Executive Director, this role provides strategic vision and leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive community engagement and development program, including all fundraising, marketing, and communications activities for Hospice. This role provides leadership to a team of four professional staff.
Responsibilities
- Acts as the organization’s Chief Development Officer.
- Leads all fundraising activities including major gifts program, annual giving, hospice signature events, third-party events, in memoriam giving, and any other solicitations with an annual revenue goal of $1.6 million.
- Leads all strategies and activities for donor cultivation, solicitation, and relations.
- Bolsters the developing in memoriam giving program.
- Develops a comprehensive planned-giving program as the need becomes appropriate.
- Assumes responsibility for all Development reports to the Board and other agencies.
- Assists the Board with recommending and researching potential new members.
- Creates office systems to support all Development projects and operations.
- Supervises donor gift acknowledgement and gift record-keeping.
- Coordinates development research activities.
- Oversees the management of databases and all records, files, and gift processing as it relates to the work of the development, events and communications functions.
- Works closely with the Fundraising Events Coordinator to ensure all St. Joseph’s Hospice signature events are executed according to plan.
- Ensures that revenue targets are met through event activity.
- Supports key volunteer event committees as necessary.
- Determines 3rd party event activity in consultation with the Fundraising Events Coordinator and supports the organizers of these events as appropriate.
- Attends all Hospice Signature Events to build relationships with attendees.
- Works with a core group of volunteers to assist with fundraising, special events and other programs as needed.
- Works closely with the Executive Director to strategize and determine communications, marketing and public relations goals for the whole organization.
- Develops and implements strategies to promote hospice’s mission to both the internal constituencies and the community at large.
- Works closely with the Communications and Design Coordinator to create and implement a communication and promotional work plan.
- Oversees the production of all major publications, including the event marketing materials, quarterly e-newsletters, the Annual Report, stewardship reports, website, etc.
- Ensures social media vehicles are fed and updated regularly.
Requirements
- A minimum of 7 years’ professional and progressive fundraising experience at the Major Gift level.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience leading a fundraising team of professionals.
- Proven experience in designing and managing development programs.
- Experience with developing and maintaining outstanding working relationships with donors, volunteers, staff and Board of Directors.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Personal transportation required.
Skills
- Fundraising
- Major Gifts
- Annual Giving
- Planned Giving
- Social Media Engagement
- Special Events
- Marketing
- Communications
- Donor Cultivation
- Solicitation
- Stewardship
- Database Management
- Research
- Donor Relations
- Design
- Public Relations
- Results driven
- Proactive
- Team Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Flexibility
- Change-embracing
- Multi-tasking
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Regular Full-Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Director
- 7 years fundraising experience
- 3 years team leadership experience
Education Level
- Graduation from an accredited university
Salary/Compensations
- $104,000 to $114,770
Benefits
- Competitive, comprehensive Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan, HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)
- Generous vacation
- Programs that support employee well-being
About the Company
- St. Joseph’s Hospice is a charitable organization providing compassionate care and companionship to palliative clients, their caregivers, and the bereaved, recognizing their unique needs.
- With a history and tradition of respectful, holistic patient-centred care, St. Joseph’s Hospice believes that everyone matters for every single moment of their life, and so we focus on enhancing life when cure is no longer an option.