Director Comprehensive Campaign

**YMCA BC**

Employment Opportunity

Director Comprehensive Campaign

**Date Posted**:December 2nd, 2024

**Position Title**: Director Comprehensive Campaign

**Location**:620 Royal Avenue, New Westminster

**Terms**:Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**:$90,000-$100,000 annually

**Start Date**:As soon as possible

**Reports To**:Senior Vice President (SVP) Fund Development

**Benefits**:

- Free YMCA gym membership
- Business casual dress code
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Disability and life insurance
- Employee assistance program with free access to counselling
- Retirement plan with employer matching

**Nature & Scope**:
YMCA BC is looking for an experienced and strategic Director, Comprehensive Campaign, to join our team.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President (SVP), Fund Development, the Director, Comprehensive Campaign, will join General Manager Fund Development, Major Gift Officer Northern BC, and Manager of Annual Giving and Manager of Major Gifts to support cabinets to raise a minimum of $50 million. This role is responsible for executing a cross-functional workplan for a new comprehensive multiyear fundraising plan to enable significant revenue for YBC and YBC Foundation.

**What you’ll do**:
Passionate about the YBC mission and committed to inclusive philanthropy, the incumbent will lead the comprehensive campaign operation plan and collaborate with other leaders on the execution of the comprehensive campaign that ultimately attracts and grows relationships with donors that result in major, transformative gifts, and multi-year commitments for a new comprehensive fundraising campaign.
- Work with SVP Fund Development and senior leadership to establish long term strategies, and annual business plans to enable revenue growth of at least $50M through a new multi-year comprehensive fundraising campaign focused on securing transformative and major gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations
- Work with fund development peers and YBC operations team to develop fundable opportunities and donor proposals, managing prospect research and relationship mapping, and creation of long-term stewardship and recognition opportunities
- Work with fund development peers and contract prospect researcher to identify major individual donors, foundations and corporate partners to support the fundraising targets
- Work with Manager Donor Relations on donor experience and YMCA events teams to develop exceptional experiences and stewardship for donors
- Work with SVP Fund Development to support Pre-Planning, Inner Family, and Regional volunteer cabinets with training, and support to execute on the comprehensive campaign and secure gifts in support of campaign targets
- Responsible for leading the Endowment Cabinet volunteers to meet campaign targets.
- Responsible to develop a proactive legacy giving program for YBC and execute as part of the comprehensive campaign
- In collaboration with leadership across the organization and fundraising team to connect directly with donors and prospects at any point in the donor life cycle from identification to stewardship
- Work with the operations and fundraising teams to ensure excellent delivery of donor experience including donor agreements, CRM and internal systems and databases
- Develop an annual budget and business plan to achieve the program objectives, assessing progress, and recommending/implementing appropriate changes.
- Own and drive key business metrics including reviewing best practice models from across the country/industry
- Identify and manage risks through appropriate risk mitigation strategies

Key Internal Relationships
- SVP Vice President, Fund Development
- GM Fund Development
- Manager Major Gifts
- Manager Annual Programs
- Manager Capital Campaign, Northern BC
- Manager Fund Development Systems
- Manager Donor Relations
- YBC Board and Fundraising volunteers
- Senior team members from Community and Facilities
- Director Marketing and Communications

**What you’ll need to be successful**:

- 5 years proven experience in a senior leadership role with responsibility for fundraising and donor experiences throughout the lifecycle
- Extensive knowledge of fundraising trends, methods and principles and experience leading large-scale campaigns
- Track record of personally cultivating and successfully managing relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, and senior volunteers
- Strong influencing skills, openness to new ideas, patience and persistence - able to build consensus in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
- Excellent people manager with the ability to empower and mentor a team with a variety of portfolios
- Strategic, big picture thinker with a superior ability to develop pragmatic solutions and efficient processes
- High energy, enthusiasm and a demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure
- Highly organized and accurate with excellent