Major Gifts Philanthropy Advisor

3 weeks ago

Montréal, Canada World Vision Canada Full time

Are you looking for more than a job? At World Vision Canada we offer challenging careers that change the lives of children all over the world and it will change yours too. Come and be part of a team of 400 Canadians with a vision for the world: Life in all its fullness for every child.

You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:
For Children. For Change. For Life.

**Position**: Major Gifts Philanthropy Advisor (Alberta)

**Reports to**: Director, Philanthropy Engagement

**Position Term**: Full Time

**Workplace Type**: Remote in Alberta

**Job Purpose**:
The Major Gifts Philanthropy Advisor is responsible for cultivating and growing the donor base and raising gifts in the $25K - $750K range.
The Major Gifts Philanthropy Advisor also supports senior leadership in opportunity management where needed.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Cultivates relationships and moves donors through all stages of the donor cycle creating individual donor strategies and associated plans.
- Supports senior leadership, executives, and volunteers in the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major donors.
- Grows donors’ contributions by building deep and meaningful relationships; understanding their affinity with World Vision, issues they care about, and capacity to give.
- Use donor data and insights to help build plans for donor engagement and ‘asks’.
- Pursues and cultivates prospects for major donors proactively by attending events, leveraging social networks, and identifying influencers and creatively identifies and shares knowledge on prospecting potential donors.
- Responsible for achieving KPIs and yearly expectations.
- Incorporates planned giving references in discussions with donors when appropriate.
- Engages donors through trips to the field (work with WVC Travel Coordinators) and event invitations.
- Uses CRM effectively.
- Continually improves and develops self and team in the major gift space.

**Qualifications required**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in fundraising with a proven track record of success in Major Gifts OR similar experience in sales including client management.
- A strategic and creative thinker who works proactively and can manage a diverse set of priorities.
- Demonstrated awareness of and experience with the donor/client relationship cycle (identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship).
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work both independently and as part of a team in a remote environment with proven ability to set priorities; work with mínimal supervision and meet deadlines.
- Extremely strong relationship building and business development skills.
- Skilled communicator in both writing and in presentations.
- Ability to travel domestically (minimum of 40% per week) and internationally as needed.
- Ability and willingness to work non-traditional hours to execute donor events and meet the needs of donors, partners, and volunteers.
- Expertise in using CRM systems.

Why consider us?
- World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada and GTA top employer awards.
- We are Canada’s largest development, relief, and advocacy non-profit organization.
- We embody an Agile mindset here.
- We offer competitive pay and benefits. Our comprehensive health benefits start at day 1 which includes a Health Spending Account.
- We match pension contributions up to 6% and provide a top-up for pregnancy & parental leaves.
- We offer extra time off for restoration by closing for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year.
- We provide up to six weeks’ vacation, plus paid sick days, personal days & wellness days.
- We offer a family-friendly, caring, and flexible work environment.

We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.

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**Our Core Values**: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.

World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult be

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