Director of Marketing and Philanthropy

3 months ago


Waterloo, Canada Karis Disability Services Full time

Do you want to get up each day and know that what you do matters and has a purpose? Do you want to join a team of colleagues who are passionate about helping people with developmental disabilities live better lives?

Then we want to talk to you Calling all change-makers, innovators, advocates, and marketing professionals

**Full-Time, Permanent**

**Director of Marketing and Philanthropy**

**Waterloo, Ontario**

As a member of the Organizational Leadership Team, the Director of Marketing and Philanthropy leads the Marketing and Fundraising work across Karis Disability Services, developing strategies, approaches, structures, and systems that engage key audiences and resources to meet organizational business objectives. The Director is responsible to lead their department to plan, integrate, and implement well researched strategies and tools to build a strong organizational brand through a range of marketing, media, public relations and philanthropic activities to meet organizational outcomes, and will equip the organization for positive and effective internal communications.

**The Director of Marketing and Philanthropy** **embraces the Christian Faith Foundation of the organization, ensures the Christian ethos and the Values, Vision and Mission permeate their job responsibilities, and personally commits to the expectations as outlined in the Statement of Faith.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and deliver Christian faith-informed perspectives on engaging and attracting the Christian community to Karis Disability Services, and support both the Christian and broader community to realize the value of people with disabilities through effective marketing, communications, and fundraising strategies.
- Represent the interests of Karis Disability Services as a Christian faith-based agency at relevant professional meetings, marketing and fundraising communities of practice, sector and Christian organizational committees, etc.
- Lead and implement processes and policies to ensure that Karis Disability Services’ Faith Foundation, Values, Vision, and Mission appropriately permeate the activities and practices of the Marketing and Philanthropy Department.
- Lead the recruitment, hiring, and professional development of staff in the Marketing and Philanthropy Department.
- Train and equip organizational leadership, volunteers, and other relevant roles to effectively contribute to the organization’s Philanthropy goals and objectives.
- Support the Faith Foundation and Christian Ethos of Karis Disability Services by leading and/or modeling prayer, devotions, and/or other Christian rituals or traditions, where appropriate.
- Spearhead organization-wide efforts for positive internal and external communications that incorporate audience-centric, strengths-based, and story-telling approaches that affirm and empower people.
- Provide input to organizational strategic priorities and the development of the Strategic Plan especially as they relate to marketing and philanthropy.
- Formulate department operating plans to achieve relevant outcomes identified in the Strategic Plan and annual organizational operating plans.
- Lead and develop organization-wide strategies for growing donor relations, and donation income including grant revenue, and executing strategic fundraising initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate strategies that support Karis Disability Services staff and volunteers to be brand ambassadors, including key message development and digital asset management and including identifying areas of risk and mitigating strategies.
- Provide short
- and long-term market forecasts and reports by directing market research collection, analysis, and interpretation of market data and make organizational recommendations and lead decisions, involving organizational leadership and stakeholders as appropriate,
- Lead evaluative processes in relevant areas such as performance indicators for marketing and philanthropy.
- Oversee strategies, processes, and content for key organizational communications including a staff newsletter, related to the weekly employee information bulletin, the development of organizational newsletter, communication aspects of the Annual Report, and creation of organizational videos.
- Work with other organizations, faith-based groups, professional groups, etc. in the areas of Marketing and Philanthropy and/or the disability sector to create systems that serve the interests of Karis Disability Services and its vision.
- Lead and assist with special events/ projects to attract people to Karis Disability Services.
- Provide consultative support and expertise regarding communications and development issues.
- Participate in organizational committees and teams to further the Vision of Karis Disability Services.
- Lead team regarding requests from media and equipping leaders with information as they work with local media.

**Requirements**:

- 5 years of experience leading marketing and fundraising tea



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