Fund Development and Communications Coordinator

**Position Title: Fund Development and Communications Coordinator**
**Reports To**:Executive Director
**Purpose of Position**:The Fund Development and Communications Coordinator is responsible for fundraising activities and donor cultivation and solicitation (individual, community and corporate) at the
Alzheimer Society Lanark Leeds Grenville (ASLLG). The coordinator is also responsible for engaging participants (people with dementia, family caregivers, health-care providers & professionals), supporters
(volunteers, donors, partner organizations, public) and influencers (media, government) thereby expanding the reach and impact of our mission-related programs.

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**:

- **1. Event Planning and Management**_
- Develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate major strategic fundraising events and campaigns

(World Alzheimer’s Day, Walk for Alzheimer’s, Social with a Purpose) in collaboration withAlzheimer Society Ontario and/or Alzheimer Society Canada.
- Maintain records and statistics for each fundraising event and campaign.
- Determine performance measurement and metrics through Razors Edge database reports for the purposes of evaluation and decision-making.
- Explore and assist as appropriate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of third-party fundraising events and projects throughout the Society’s catchment area.
- **2. Donor Development**_
- Ensure that fundraising event/campaign participants, sponsors, donors, and volunteers are appropriately recognized for their contributions.
- Provide proper stewardship and recognition to new and existing donors to maintain donor involvement, interest, and support.
- In conjunction with the Executive Director, identify corporate and individual prospects, develop relationships, prepare, and deliver related funding submissions, grant submissions and proposals.
- In conjunction with the Executive Director, develop, promote, implement, and manage a planned giving and major gift program.
- **3. Community Relations**_
- Establish and nurture community partnerships which will result in financial support for fundraising events and program events through sponsorships, promotions, and donations.
- In consultation with the Executive Director, develop, implement, and evaluate a proactive promotional/media campaign in relation to Society fundraising events and campaigns.
- Respond to inquiries about fundraising events and campaigns (goals, results, use of funds).
- **4. Content creation**_
- Create compelling content about ASLLG program services and fundraising events for a variety of platforms e.g blogs, promotional posts for social networks, copy for websites, Newsletters, articles, interviews, surveys, videos, etc.
- Curate/repurpose content by following/listening to/watching people in a variety of different specialties who have a link to dementia; sifting or filtering; and then sharing the best via ASLLG social media, e-newsletters, etc.
- In conjunction with Alzheimer Society Ontario, responsible for daily activity (posts, tweets) for applicable social media platforms. Ensure social media content is available in both official languages.
- Facilitate the sharing of personal stories of people with dementia, family caregivers and frontline health-care providers.
- Maintain a content calendar to ensure timely/comprehensive coverage of ASLLG program services and fundraising events.
- **5. Social Media and Digital Community Management**_
- Monitor and identify engagement and make recommendations to improve and maximize reach.
- Create reports based on metrics used to measure engagement in social media; draw insights from the previous month’s interactions; identify trends, etc.
- Facilitate conversations and interactions among people online related to dementia. Monitor media activity across a broad range of social media channels and cultivate and grow online relationships.
- Ensure that the strategic direction and message of our brand is executed consistently and properly in the social media sphere.
- **6. Risk Management**_
- Identify and evaluate the risks to the organization's fundraising initiatives and events (to participants, staff, management, volunteers, property, finances, goodwill, and image) and implement measures to control risks.
- Ensure that any Third-Party fundraising events are aware of the risks in hosting an event, and any applicable insurance coverage that may be necessary.
- Provide a Minimum Standards template to organizers of all internal/external fundraising event.
- **7. Administrative**_
- Prepare letters and mail outs for various purposes, including fundraising events and donor recognition.
- Take donations over the phone from donors.
- Prepare registration and sign-up forms.
- Data entry into fundraising software.
- Act as back-up to Administrative Assistant, as needed.

**Job Qualifications**:

- **Education**_
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in Fund Development, marketing, communications, public rel