Associate Director, Philanthropy — Major Gifts

The Nature Conservancy; Canada; On-site; CAD 104,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Benefits package

Job summary

Nature United in Canada seeks an Associate Director of Philanthropy to lead a portfolio of major gifts and advance cross-border fundraising. You will build donor relationships, develop multi-year strategies, and collaborate with teams to align priorities with funding opportunities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of fundraising experience, success closing six-figure gifts, and the ability to manage complex proposals, budgets, and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years related fundraising experience or equivalent.
• Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with fundraising constituents.
• Experience in asking for and closing gifts of $25,000 or more.
• Experience managing and tracking multiple prospects and donors.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Fundraising principles and practices training or coursework.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a portfolio of 75-125 qualified donors and prospects with capacity to give $100,000+.
• Achieve annual fundraising goal of $1,000,000+.
• Collaborate with Major Gifts to build a donor pipeline and qualify leads.
• Develop and execute strategies to engage, cultivate, solicit and steward prospects and donors.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop cases, proposals, budgets and reports.
• Lead fundraising strategy across the organization, including US-based prospects.
• Support stewardship of US-based middle donors as part of pipeline-building.

Skills

Relationship building

Donor cultivation

Prospect management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Nature United in Canada seeks an Associate Director of Philanthropy to lead a portfolio of major gifts and advance cross-border fundraising. You will build donor relationships, develop multi-year strategies, and collaborate with teams to align priorities with funding opportunities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of fundraising experience, success closing six-figure gifts, and the ability to manage complex proposals, budgets, and reports.