Manager, Leadership Giving, Ontario

Canadian Cancer Society; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Cancer Society in Toronto, ON, and Ottawa, ON, seeks a Manager, Leadership Giving Ontario to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors with a goal of raising approximately $500k annually from a $1-2M+ pipeline. The role operates in a hybrid model across Ontario and collaborates with the Nationwide Leadership Giving team.

The position manages a portfolio of 100–150 donors and foundations contributing $10,000+ and works with mission stakeholders to meet annual fundraising

Responsibilities

• Navigates existing portfolio of major gifts prospects (individuals) and personally conducts cultivation visits, solicitation calls, and stewardship activities to meet revenue budgets.
• Develops and maintains a qualified top prospect list and facilitates the continued identification and assignment of individual giving prospects to fundraising staff and in community offices.
• Helps build the Ontario Major Gifts program by implementing the processes, systems, tools and communications required to effectively identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift donors within the Ontario portfolio.
• Provides leadership and support to senior leadership volunteers supporting major gift program development.
• Works closely with the Nationwide Leadership Giving team.
• Regularly tracks and analyzes key activity metrics against benchmarks.
• Collaborates with and supports senior level staff and volunteers with high level major gifts prospects.
• Creates a collegial working environment with key internal departments: Donor Services, Information Systems Management, Community Giving, Planned Giving, Marketing, Communications and Digital, Events and Finance.
• Supports the team in achieving their commitments and departmental objectives

Job description

Job Title:Manager, Leadership Giving Ontario

Vacancies:This posting is for (1) current vacancy.

Location:Toronto, ON | Ottawa, ON (Detailed office location information can be found by visiting this link: https://cancer.ca/en/contact-us)

Work Model: Hybrid Work Model

Salary Band: 6 ($67,000 - $77,000 CAD)

HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CANCER CARE IN CANADA

The Canadian Cancer Society works tirelessly to save lives, improve lives and drive collective action against cancer. Together with patients, volunteers, donors and communities across the country, we raise funds to invest in transformative cancer research, we provide a caring support system for everyone affected by cancer and we advocate to governments to create a healthier future for all. It takes a society to take on cancer - and the Canadian Cancer Society is leading the way

MAKING AN IMPACT

This position is responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding individual and Foundation donors, contributing towards the Canadian Cancer Society's (CCS) Major Gift Program, within the Leadership Giving Program.

The Manager will personally manage a portfolio of 100-150 individual and foundation prospects and donors $10,000+ to raise $500,000 annually via a pipeline of $1-2M+. The incumbent will aim to identify key partnerships to support strategic priorities and, in this way, will work in a collaborative fashion with key mission stakeholders and other members of the Leadership Giving team to achieve the annual fundraising goals.

Responsibilities include a) conducting cultivation visits, solicitation calls, and stewardship activities to meet revenue budgets and b) researching, developing and managing foundation proposals and grant applications, as well as relationship management of prospective foundation donors across Canada.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Navigates existing portfolio of major gifts prospects (individuals) and personally conducts cultivation visits, solicitation calls, and stewardship activities to meet revenue budgets.
• Develops and maintains a qualified top prospect list and facilitates the continued identification and assignment of individual giving prospects to fundraising staff and in community offices.
• Helps build the Ontario Major Gifts program by implementing the processes, systems, tools and communications required to effectively identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift donors within the Ontario portfolio.
• Provides leadership and support to senior leadership volunteers supporting major gift program development.
• Works closely with the Nationwide Leadership Giving team.
• Regularly tracks and analyzes key activity metrics against benchmarks.
• Collaborates with and supports senior level staff and volunteers with high level major gifts prospects.
• Creates a collegial working environment with key internal departments: Donor Services, Information Systems Management, Community Giving, Planned Giving, Marketing, Communications and Digital, Events and Finance.
• Supports the team in achieving their commitments and departmental objectives