Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships

Summit Search Group; Halifax; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids Help Phone Foundation in Halifax, Canada is seeking a Senior Development Manager to design, execute and oversee a major gifts pipeline with six-figure donors across Canada. You will lead the frontline fundraising team and advise senior executives on strategic opportunities.

The ideal candidate brings a university degree and at least five years of donor fundraising and management experience, with proven success in major gifts and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of donor fundraising experience, including major gifts.
• Experience leading fundraising programs and teams.
• Ability to inspire donors and present opportunities to corporate leaders.
• Strong strategic planning and budgeting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and manage a major gifts portfolio with 6-figure prospects.
• Lead a regional philanthropy and partnerships program and forecast the portfolio.
• Maintain accurate forecasting and donor database records.
• Collaborate with Donor Experience to implement stewardship plans.
• Coordinate proposals, reports, and communications with the Foundation.

Skills

Major gifts

Donor relations

Fundraising

Team management

Prospect research

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Education

University degree

Job description

Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships

On behalf of our client, Kids Help Phone Foundation, we are looking for a Senior Development Manager. The Senior Development Manager will design, execute and oversee a sophisticated major gifts pipeline with targeted strategies aimed to maximize engagement and philanthropic support with gifts in the 6-figure range from donors in Eastern and Western Canada. In addition, the Senior Development Manager will manage the frontline fundraising team, accountable for major gifts, corporate development and event revenue. The Senior Development Manager will serve as a key advisor to senior executive and leadership volunteers, providing high-level expertise, strategic direction, and facilitation in the development and implementation of top-level major gift fundraising strategies.

About our client:

With 3.7 million interactions with youth last year, Kids Help Phone is Canada's only national, 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, multilingual and confidential support to help all young people reach support they need. Kids Help Phone has been accredited since 2013 by Imagine Canada's Standards Program for excellence in the charitable sector in five key areas:

• Financial accountability and transparency
• Staff management
• Board governance

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate to design, implement, and manage the major giving portfolio, with strategies aimed to grow a pipeline of 6-figure prospects through identification, evaluation, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Help develop and lead a sophisticated regional philanthropy and partnerships program, designed to obtain transformational and maximum long-term financial support.
• Manages the forecasting and database records within the portfolio.
• Stay abreast of philanthropic developments, industry trends and emerging opportunities.
• Serves as a trusted advisor and liaison to donors, senior executives, leadership volunteers (including Board members), and others, to coordinate strategies and help secure major commitments.
• Works closely with the Prospect Research team to identify potential prospects.
• Collaborates with Donor Experience to establish timely and appropriate stewardship plans, ensuring gifts are handled and recognized according to sound Foundation practices.
• Works with Foundation colleagues on internal communications, briefing notes, research profiles, funding proposals, gift agreements, stewardship reports, and accountability reports. Ensures all necessary constituents are involved in key efforts focused on specific prospects.
• Develops and maintains an in-depth knowledge of Kids Help Phone's Funding Priorities and applies this knowledge in matching the interests and needs of prospects.
• Ensures all contact reports are recorded in a timely fashion in the database.
• Promotes a culture of inclusion, with a commitment to the equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion initiatives designed to foster an inclusive, supportive, and welcoming work environment for individuals with diverse backgrounds and identities.

The Ideal Candidate Brings:

• A university degree is required. Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience engaging with donors and managing fundraising programs, with a focus on principal and major gifts in the 6-figure range.
• Previous experience in a management role.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire donors, communicate institutional priorities, and present compelling philanthropic and partnership opportunities to corporate leaders.
• Outstanding prospect management and tracking skills
• Proven success developing and implementing strategic plans and meeting objectives.
• Strategic planning, budgeting and financial management skills to oversee and forecast the major giving portfolio in relation to established Funding Priorities.
• A valid driver's license and the ability to travel within Canada on occasion.

Please note that only those candidates who fulfill the requirements will receive a response.

We welcome and encourage applications from all candidates regardless of ethnicity, race, religious beliefs, disability, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.