Fundraising Coordinator

This is a full-time Support Staff position reporting to the Associate Director, Foundation, Alumni & Enactus, working 35 hours per week at an hourly rate of $36.19.

The Fundraising Coordinator is involved in the fundraising campaigns, by assisting with donor recognition and increasing the Foundation’s presence internally and externally through marketing and education.

S/he is responsible for identifying potential sources of funding, which include the development, execution and cultivation of solicitation strategies, with a large focus on relationship-stewardship and driving acquisition of gifts to the College.

They also share responsibility in overseeing the department social media platforms; developing social strategies and campaigns that will encourage and inspire philanthropic support.

**Specific Accountabilities**:

- Special Events- Accountable in securing key donors, sponsors and sponsorships to ensure the event is financially viable and key performance indicators are met or exceeded.
- Creates all marketing materials in coordination with the Community Engagement: Marketing team, and coordinates solicitation of live and silent auction prizes.
- Responsible for tracking and selling of tickets to all events.
- Organizes all event logistics, ensuring each event runs smoothly and that guests and donors have a positive memorable experience.
- Creates and maintains event briefs for the Associate Director, The Lambton College Foundation, Alumni Association & Enactus and SLT as applicable, providing a post event debrief for each event to the Associate Director, The Lambton College Foundation, Alumni Association & Enactus and incorporates opportunities and best practices into future events plans.
- Oversees the recruitment, training and supervision of all volunteers, including students, faculty /staff and community volunteers to help run Foundation events.
- Contributes to the budgeting and event proposal process

Donor Cultivation and Engagement- Responsible for identifying potential sources of funding, which include the development, execution and cultivation of solicitation strategies, with a large focus on relationship-stewardship and driving acquisition of gifts to the College.
- Works with the Associate Director, The Lambton College Foundation, Alumni Association & Enactus to discuss prospective donor strategy for the College’s top potential and existing donors.
- Develop, maintain and nurture relationships with support strategies for a wide variety of stakeholders, including: faculty/staff, alumni, prospects and donors.
- Maintains a portfolio of active and pending grants, and provides a monthly status to the Associate Director, The Lambton College Foundation, Alumni Association & Enactus outlining pipeline activity and funds for all College priorities.
- Develops and maintains an extensive knowledge of college programs and initiatives to identify matches with donor’s interests.
- Contacts all Academic Award donor’s a minimum of three times per year, to ensure their overall satisfaction and to solicit for increased support.

Communication- Create key content and assist with marketing approval process as required for the production of all fundraising communication materials (i.e. Annual Campaign Materials, Donor Stewardship, Donor Proposals)
- Provide content recommendations for fundraising and Foundation presentations (i.e. corporate audiences, internal audiences and presentations to stakeholders).

Lambton College Website- Writes or arranges writing for all content for the Foundation website to provide consistency and accuracy in public communications.

Social Media- Shares responsibility with the Donor & Alumni Relations Coordinator in overseeing social media accounts, which include content creation, interacting with followers, answering questions, responding to messages, and aligning content with real-time marketing opportunities.
- Develop social media strategies and campaigns that will encourage engagement and inspire philanthropic support of the College across all social media platforms, including: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other potential social platforms.

Administration- Develops an annual budget forecast for programming and events based upon cost history for presentation to the Associate Director, The Lambton College Foundation, Alumni Association & Enactus
- Reviews and monitors budget expenditures.
- Utilizes the Raiser’s Edge and Live Alumni software to run queries, extract lists, export data and track/update records.
- Presents program and event updates at the Foundation Board of Directors meetings.

Other Duties as Assigned- Provides support to the Lambton College Community Engagement team through the assistance with department events, activities and initiatives.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum 3 year post-secondary diploma/degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Public Relations or Fundraising is required;
- Minimum of three years sales, fund