Fundraiser - Communication, Confidence & Impact

Public Outreach Consultancy Inc; Canada; Remote; CAD 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training from day one

Health & dental benefits for eligible

Bonus incentives

Job summary

Public Outreach Consultancy Inc. is hiring for face-to-face fundraising in the Greater Toronto Area. You will engage with the public, share nonprofit stories, and invite ongoing monthly donations. The role emphasizes communication, resilience, and teamwork, with coaching and opportunities for leadership.

Hourly pay starts at CAD 19 and can rise to CAD 20 after evaluation, with a full-time schedule of 32+ hours per week. Training is provided and bonuses/incentives are available.

Qualifications

• Excellent conversational and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to learn, take feedback, and apply it.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, public-facing environments.

Responsibilities

• Initiate conversations with people in public spaces.
• Learn about and share nonprofit campaign stories.
• Encourage donations and explain ongoing monthly giving.
• Receive coaching and work toward individual and team fundraising goals.

Skills

Communication

Storytelling

Confidence

Goal-setting

Leadership

Staying composed under pressure

Job description

Toronto, ON, CA

Salary Range: $19.00 To $20.00 Hourly

$19/hr to start + bonuses | $20/hr after evaluation | 32+ hours/week | Full-time preferred

So much of life happens through a screen now.

Conversations happen through apps. Algorithms decide what gets our attention. And somehow, actually being able to walk up to another person and make a case for something you believe in has become a pretty valuable skill.

That's basically this job.

Public Outreach is hiring outgoing, resilient people to join our face-to-face fundraising teams across the Greater Toronto Area.

You’ll represent organizations working on important issues like healthcare, mental health, children’s wellbeing, humanitarian support, human rights, environmental protection, and stronger communities.

Your job is to talk to real people about real issues - and inspire them to take action by becoming monthly donors.

If you’re good with people, willing to learn, and can hear "no" without letting it ruin your day, we can teach you the rest.

WHAT THE JOB ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

This is not a desk job, and it's definitely not a job where you spend the day hiding behind email.

You’ll spend your shifts face-to-face with members of the public:

• Starting conversations with people you don't know
• Learning about the nonprofit campaign you're representing
• Sharing stories about the work that organization is doing
• Listening, answering questions, and building rapport
• Asking people to become ongoing monthly donors
• Working toward individual and team fundraising goals
• Getting regular coaching and learning how to improve

Some conversations will be great.

Some people will walk right past you.

Some will say no.

That's part of the job.

The people who tend to succeed here aren't necessarily the loudest or most naturally confident. They're the people who can take feedback, recover quickly, keep learning, and come back to the next conversation with good energy.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

Our GTA teams fundraise in different environments depending on current campaigns, hiring needs, and where our teams are needed most.

You could fundraise:

• At hospital locations
• Outdoors on busy city streets and in public spaces
• Occasionally door-to-door in GTA communities

The nonprofit campaign you represent may change too.

You could start your time with Public Outreach representing one organization and later move onto another campaign as our partnerships and staffing needs change.

Flexibility is part of the job, and we want you to know that before you apply.

A JOB BUILT AROUND HUMAN SKILLS

Technology is changing a lot of jobs.

This one still depends on something pretty simple: whether you can connect with another person.

You’ll build skills in:

• Communication
• Storytelling
• Confidence
• Goal-setting
• Leadership
• Staying composed under pressure

These are useful skills whether you stay in fundraising, move into the nonprofit sector, pursue sales or communications, work in advocacy, or eventually lead a team of your own.

And no, we don't expect you to arrive with all of them already figured out.

We’ll coach you.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You might be a great fit if you:

• Genuinely enjoy talking to people
• Are comfortable approaching strangers
• Can communicate with warmth, confidence, and empathy
• Want work that feels social and active
• Are motivated by goals and like seeing yourself improve
• Can handle hearing "no" without taking it personally
• Are open to regular feedback and willing to actually apply it
• Take accountability for your work
• Bring positive energy to the people around you
• Care about social, humanitarian, health, environmental, or community issues
• Want to become a stronger communicator
• Are comfortable working in busy public environments
• Can reliably travel to different locations throughout the GTA

People come to us from hospitality, retail, customer service, performance, teaching, sales, advocacy, community work, volunteering, and plenty of completely unrelated backgrounds.

Sometimes the person who hasn't done this before becomes very good at it.

COME AS YOU ARE

We think work is better when you can actually be yourself.

Our team includes members of the LGBTQ+ community, and creating a workplace where people feel safe, respected, supported, and welcome is genuinely important to us.

We want people with different personalities, identities, backgrounds, and experiences on our teams.

You don't need to fit some imaginary "fundraiser personality."

You do need to be willing to talk to people, work toward goals, support your teammates, take feedback, and keep growing.

SCHEDULE

Our GTA teams are looking for candidates who can maintain a consistent schedule of at least 32 hours per week, with full-time availability strongly preferred.

You’ll need to be able to commit to:

• At least 32 hours per week
• Full 8-hour fundraising shifts
• Availability throughout the week
• At least one weekend day
• Travelling to assigned fundraising locations throughout the GTA
• Flexibility between mall, hospital, street, and other public-facing fundraising environments

GET PAID FOR YOUR TIME - NOT JUST YOUR RESULTS

• $19/hour to start
• $20/hour after successful completion of your evaluation period
• Guaranteed hourly wage
• This is not commission-only work
• Performance-based bonuses and incentives
• Paid training from day one
• Ongoing coaching and development
• Opportunities to move into leadership
• Health and dental benefits for eligible full-time employees after 6 months of full-time work
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance resources

You’ll have fundraising goals, and your performance will be coached and evaluated.

But your hourly wage isn’t dependent on whether every conversation ends in a donation.

GETTING TO WORK

Our teams work at different locations across the GTA.

Carpools are sometimes available when it makes sense, but they are not guaranteed.

You must be able to reliably get yourself to your assigned fundraising location for each shift, whether that’s by personal vehicle, public transit, or another dependable transportation option.

BEFORE YOU APPLY

This role will probably suit you if the idea of talking to dozens of new people sounds more interesting than terrifying.

You should also be comfortable with:

• Being on your feet for most of an 8-hour shift
• Working toward measurable goals
• Getting regular feedback
• Hearing "no" frequently
• Travelling throughout the GTA
• Working in different fundraising environments
• Representing different nonprofit campaigns as organizational needs change

You must also be:

• 18 or older
• Legally authorized to work in Canada without employer sponsorship
• Able to consistently work at least 32 hours per week

ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH

Public Outreach partners with nonprofit organizations to help them build sustainable, long-term support.

Our fundraisers have thousands of conversations with members of the public about issues that matter - and turn those conversations into ongoing support for nonprofit organizations.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a queer-friendly workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where people are treated with dignity and respect.

Accommodations are available upon request throughout the hiring process.

READY TO TALK TO SOME ACTUAL HUMANS?

If you’re looking for active, social work where your personality, resilience, communication skills, and ability to connect with people actually matter, we’d love to meet you.