Director, Leadership Giving

As we serve vulnerable youth, all employees working for Covenant House Vancouver must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required prior to your start date.

**About Covenant House Vancouver**:
Since 1997, Covenant House Vancouver has provided relentless support for youth experiencing, or at-risk of experiencing, homelessness. We provide support to young people age 16 to 24 who have experienced a wide range of early life and ongoing, complex trauma; including physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. Our purpose is to serve all youth, with absolute respect and unconditional love, to help youth experiencing homelessness, and provide a safe and supportive environment for all youth in need.

Working at Covenant House will be one of the most meaningful things that you’ll do in your life. However, you will be confronted with significant issues in this work and frankly, this work is not for everyone. In the course of doing your work, particularly for those doing frontline work, you will be exposed to the trauma of others. The youth we serve may also experience overdose, physical harm perpetuated by self or others and even death. Because we provide a relational model of care, the harms our youth experience can impact us in varying degrees.

We will provide more information on vicarious trauma during recruiting and on-boarding, to help you decide if Covenant House is the place for you.

**The Impact the Director, Leadership Giving can make**:
The Director, Leadership Giving plays an important role in the overall growth of philanthropic revenue at Covenant House Vancouver. In this position you will report to the Philanthropy Department Head and will be a key member of the Philanthropy Team’s senior leadership as well as the leadership at Covenant House Vancouver.

Your direct reports will include Manager, Leadership Giving; Manager, Legacy Giving; Manager, Prospect Development, and Philanthropy Officer, Funding Opportunities. In addition to raising funds through the Leadership Giving portfolio, which includes managing and partnering on the CEO portfolio, you and your team will collaborate across the Philanthropy Team to uncover, cultivate, and solicit leadership level opportunities as they arise.

The three key priorities of this role are:

- Works directly and collaboratively on Leadership Giving target of $2M annually.
- Works across team to support transformational giving opportunities as they arise.
- Is a leader for direct reports, the Philanthropy Team, and the organization.

**How you will contribute**:
**Fundraising**
- Build meaningful connections with high-net-worth individuals and organizations to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward five, six, and seven figure gifts.
- Develop plans and structures to further refine an integrated Leadership Giving program and collaborative relationships that support fundraising at Covenant House Vancouver.
- Working with the Leadership Giving team, manages a portfolio of donors and prospects through the development of cultivation and solicitation plans to secure annual major gifts ($10K - $1M+) that ensure our core programs and youth supports are successfully funded.
- Manages the CEO portfolio, ensuring strategy is in place to plan and complete cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship moves. Prepares CEO for donor work and accompanies to some key events and meetings.
- Works to create systems to support Board and other senior volunteer leadership in activating their networks to give to CHV.
- Develop and implement strategies to increase revenue of current donors and potential donors to ensure the long-term financial success of the organization.
- As opportunities arise, secures transformational gifts through the Leadership Giving portfolio and/or works collaboratively with Philanthropy team members to strategize, coach, and develop funding opportunities for transformational gifts.
- On occasion may develop fundraising campaigns for restricted giving or special projects

**Team and People Leadership**
- Provides direct management, coaches, and establishes priorities for direct reports: Manager, Leadership Giving, Manager, Legacy Giving; Manager, Prospect Development; and Philanthropy Officer, Funding Opportunities.
- Responsible for overseeing the successful fundraising financial results from the Leadership Giving portfolio and the Legacy Giving portfolio.
- Is a part of the Philanthropy Team Senior Leadership, working on maintaining an excellent team culture, working to remove barriers and create tools that support successful fundraising results at Covenant House Vancouver.
- Together with the Philanthropy Team Senior Leadership, analyzes donations data and adjust plans accordingly to meet financial goals for the organization.

**Organizational Leadership**
- Contributes to the development and maintenance of team culture and ensures external department relationships are nurtured and are mutually beneficial.
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