Strategic Growth and Advancement Officer

CAIS; Windsor; In loco; CAD 50.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Group Health Care Benefits

Employee Pension Plan

Tuition discount for your child(ren)

Professional development opportunities

Fitness benefit

Meal benefit

Family-oriented work environment

Descrizione del lavoro

KES is seeking an experienced executive administrator to support the Executive Director, Strategic Growth, and senior leadership. The role focuses on governance, advancement activities, donor stewardship, and coordinating capital campaigns.

You will manage calendars, prepare materials, and maintain confidential records while ensuring accurate gift processing and data integrity across the advancement CRM.

Competenze

• 5+ years of executive administration and governance experience.
• Knowledge of donor stewardship and campaign administration.
• Post-secondary education in business or office administration.
• Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and follow through.
• Strong written communication and professional judgment.

Mansioni

• Provide high-level executive support including calendar management, meeting prep, correspondence, and confidential records.
• Support capital campaigns and major gifts by coordinating donor information, proposals, and follow-ups.
• Ensure accurate processing and documentation of charitable gifts with the Business Office.
• Maintain donor, alumni, and campaign data integrity in the advancement CRM.
• Coordinate donor stewardship administration and reporting deadlines.
• Provide administrative support for school foundations, campaigns, and committees.
• Maintain confidential governance, campaign, gift, and foundation records.
• Track key decisions, deadlines, and follow-up actions.

Conoscenze

Executive support

Governance experience

Donor stewardship

Communication skills

Multitasking

Formazione

Post-secondary in business or office administration

Strumenti

Microsoft 365

Descrizione del lavoro

About Us

Founded in 1788, KES is recognized as Canada's first independent school located in Windsor, NS on the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq nation. KES is a culturally diverse co-educational boarding and day school serving students in grades 6-12. At KES, we inspire academic, athletic, and artistic excellence, with a commitment to the traditional community ideals of kindness, integrity, dignity, and respect. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that values and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek a broad spectrum of qualified candidates.

About Our Opportunity

This trusted and highly confidential role supports the School’s advancement, campaign, governance, and strategic growth initiatives. Reporting to the Executive Director, Strategic Growth and working closely with colleagues across the School, the successful candidate will coordinate key priorities, relationships, and projects while providing executive and advancement support to senior leadership, donors, volunteers, governors, and the broader School community.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide high-level executive support, including calendar management, meeting preparation, correspondence, reports, presentations, action tracking, and confidential records.
• Support the School’s capital campaign and major-gift activity by coordinating prospect information, proposals, briefings, pledge schedules, agreements, meetings, and follow-up.
• Manage accurate processing and documentation of charitable gifts and pledges, working closely with the Business Office to ensure reconciliation and strong financial controls.
• Maintain high standards for the School’s advancement CRM, donor and alumni records, campaign information, reporting, and data integrity.
• Coordinate donor stewardship administration, including acknowledgements, recognition commitments, scholarship and endowed-fund records, memorial and tribute gifts, and reporting deadlines.
• Provide administrative support for the School foundations, campaigns, and other strategic committees.
• Maintain confidential institutional, governance, campaign, gift-agreement, and foundation records.
• Ensure key decisions, commitments, deadlines, and follow-up actions are tracked and completed.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 5+ years experience in executive administration and governance
• Knowledge of donor stewardship, privacy practices, and campaign administration
• Post-secondary education in business or office administration,
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and follow through consistently
• A warm, professional, service-oriented approach to working with member of the School community
• Excellent written communication, proofreading, and professional judgment
• A high degree of discretion and comfort working with confidential information
• Strong competence with Microsoft 365, spreadsheets, databases and document management

What We Offer

• Position Type: Full-time
• Salary: $50,000-60,000 annually
• Group Health Care Benefits (Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and EAP)
• Employee Pension Plan
• Tuition discount for your child(ren) attending KES
• Access to professional development opportunities
• Fitness benefit: complimentary use of athletics facilities
• Employee meal benefit: enjoy meals in full-service dining hall while working
• A fun and rewarding family-oriented work environment
• Start date: Immediate

As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must provide a current Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening. Due to the large volume of applications, only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview