Major Gifts Officer, Fund Development

1 week ago

Vancouver, Canada YMCA BC Full time

**Date Posted**:August 28, 2024

**Position Title**: Major Gifts Officer, Fund Development

**Location**: Hybrid - Royal Avenue YMCA (620 Royal Avenue, New Westminster)

**Terms**: Permanent, Full-Time

**Start Date**: As soon as possible

**Salary**: $65,000 - $80,000 per year, plus benefits

**Reports to**:General Manager, Fund Development

**Benefits**:

- Typical 7 hour work day / 35 hour work week
- Eligibility for Extended Health and Dental Benefits
- Competitive paid vacation time off
- Paid sick time and leaves
- YMCA Staff Membership
- Business Casual
- Training and Professional Development Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Be part of a charitable organization that positively impacts the community

**About YMCA BC**:

YMCA BC is a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of community, by nurturing the potential of children, teens & young adults, promoting healthy lifestyles, fostering a sense of social responsibility and delivering lasting personal & social change to grow in spirit, mind, and body.

Since January 2023, YMCA of Northern British Columbia, YMCA-YWCA of Kamloops and YMCA of Greater Vancouver are officially one association, with one mission to strengthen our impact for communities across British Columbia. We are YMCA BC - Even Stronger Together. This transition marks a new chapter in our long-standing history of building communities, transforming lives, and connecting people of all ages, stages, backgrounds and abilities, to unique opportunities to learn, grow, and reach their potential.

YMCA BC provides services in health, fitness & aquatics, child care, camping, employment & community services to over 150,000 participants annually.

**Nature & Scope**:
**Major Responsibilities**:

- ** Donor Relations Management**- Serve as the primary relationship manager for select major gift prospects, developing and implementing a written donor strategy and relationship record (using Raisers Edge) of all interactions. Communicate with portfolio through face-to-face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship meetings, and written strategies; ensure that each major donor and prospect has a clear strategy and timeline for cultivation, solicitation and stewardship. Participate in prospect clearance.
- ** Comprehensive Campaign**- A key member of the fund development team responsible to ensure three-year comprehensive campaign goals are met. From a major gifts program perspective, work collaboratively with program staff and members of the fund development department to understand the key program and capital projects that have been determined to require priority fundraising. Develop and maintain a detailed campaign plan and calendar in order to achieve campaign goals. Work with GM Fund Development to set priorities; manage and adjust the work plan and calendar as needed. Maintain up to date knowledge of major programmatic initiatives. Moves management strategy of annual donors to major gifts.
- ** Campaign Strategy**- Work with the GM Fund Development to manage revenue projection and expense budget, as well work with Manager FD Systems to ensure pledges and pledge fulfillments.
- ** Sponsorship**:Work with the GM Fund Development and Manager Annual Giving to develop a sponsorship plan, and identify and secure sponsors for Signature event, Walk for Kids and Readathon.
- ** Events** - Be a visible presence at funds development special events, such as major donor cultivation events and fundraisers
- ** Prospect Research**: each fundraiser uses software available to research prospective donors as part of donor strategy work.
- ** Major Gift Planning**: The Major Gift Officer will identify, engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward current and prospective donors, in expanding their financial support of the work of the YMCA. In addition, of securing new donors to the YMCA. The Major Gifts officer will be responsible for meeting an annual revenue target by working with an assigned portfolio of donors and prospects to advance the mission of the organization and assist donors in making donations that meet their interests, goals and or mandate.

**Fundraising**:

- Participate in fund development planning process to develop, implement, monitor and achieve the fund development goals
- Maintain positive relationships with past, current, and future donors through social contacts and other stewardship activities
- Develop a volunteer-driven major gift program - recruit, retain and manage fundraising volunteer cabinets
- Accountable for growing, securing new donors
- Identify and initiate contact with potential prospects
- Provide stewardship of donors
- Ensure compliance with all CRA regulations and laws, maintains accountability standards to donors and ensures compliance that align with Imagine Canada Accreditation
- Enter core donor and prospect information into Raiser’s Edge system in a timely manner

**Operations**:

- Participate in each step of the donor pipeline including identification,

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