Development Officer

Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation provides vital funding to enable the best possible patient care. We inspire and motivate gifts that fund medical equipment and patient amenities, innovative research initiatives, essential redevelopment of clinical care spaces, and the education and training of health care providers.

As a registered charitable organization, we proudly support patients and families across south-central Ontario, and from outside the region, who receive specialized care at Hamilton Health Sciences including Hamilton General Hospital, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, McMaster Children’s Hospital, and St. Peter’s Hospital. The associated programs at the Regional Rehabilitation Centre, McMaster University Medical Centre and Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre are also included. The Foundation is committed to the Donor Bill of Rights and to being a donor-centered organization. Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and prospects. **We are proud to have been an early adopter of the Imagine Canada accreditation program.**

This is an exciting time to join Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation as we build upon a strong foundation of our Culture Code that includes the values of respect, impactful and inspiring. We believe that relationships and partnerships are the basis of excellence in fundraising and have a vision to see a community of inspired and committed donors who embrace _**It’s Vital to Care**_. Every position in The Foundation contributes to a safe, inclusive environment for all through compliance with The Foundation’s equity, diversity and inclusion philosophy and patient and staff safety policies and procedures.

Working within this value system the duties of the **Development Officer** will include but not be limited to the description that follows.

**Position Summary**:
Join our dynamic McMaster Children’s Hospital Foundation team as we continue to grow and expand. Reporting to the Vice President, Development the **Development Officer** is a key member of the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation development team, providing fundraising expertise to benefit our mission. This role champions private sector support with a focus on relationships at the $5,000 and above level.

A dedicated fundraising professional, the Development Officer proactively manages an assigned portfolio of individual, corporate, foundation and community organization donors and is responsible for building strong and productive relationships to maximize revenue generation opportunities. This position is required to function independently, exercising a considerable amount of initiative, innovation and resourcefulness to achieve strategic and impactful outcomes to realize the Foundation’s goals.

**Specific responsibilities include, but may not be limited to**:

- Fundraising & Relationship Management _
- Champion our mission with regional community to identify and cultivate new opportunities to support our revenue generation goals
- In consultation with VP, Development, manage an assigned portfolio of donors to build engaged relationships that will yield longer term benefits
- Work collaboratively with the HHSF staff team to ensure a seamless and donor-centric experience, internally and externally
- Ensure prompt response to all internal and external inquiries and facilitate processes according to HHSF policies and protocol
- Work to achieve fundraising results consistent with the Foundation Guidelines on Expectations of Development Professionals and meet annual expectations for assigned portfolio of donors and prospects
- Create and implement strategic, progressive and productive moves management plans for assigned relationships
- With a focus on donor relations; engage, cultivate, solicit and steward prospects to support a culture of donors who feel connected, valued and informed
- Proactively build prospect pipeline through contacts identified from portfolio, HHSF staff, grateful patient, donors and volunteers
- Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders to enhance their engagement with HHSF
- Work with HHSF team to identify and recruit volunteer leaders and hospital champions to advocate and support Foundation goals
- Prepare compelling and strategic fundraising materials including, but not limited to, briefing notes, proposals, letters, reports, acknowledgements, speaking notes and impact updates
- Maintain donor and prospect records including: entering and maintaining solicitation and donor information, call reports, up to date address and key contact information
- Ensure the tracking and fulfillment of pledges, donor recognition activities, receipting and timely acknowledgement
- Organize and coordinate cultivation and stewardship activities such as meetings, tours and events
- Provide and present information to groups to increase engagement with Foundation’s mission, vision and goals and speak with confidence about need and impact