Development Officer

**Background**

Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation (HHSF) is a registered charitable organization that exists to support patient care, research and education across the Hamilton Health Sciences family of hospitals and cancer centre (Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre (RJCHC), Hamilton General, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC) and St. Peter’s Hospital.

HHSF is committed to a values-based work environment that is characterized by:
**Caring**: by our pursuit of a donor centered fundraising environment and the team environment in which we work

**Respect**: for our donors our volunteers and each other

**Innovation**: by our celebration of new ideas and challenges

**Accountability**:by our transparency as a corporate entity and our commitment to meet the needs of our partner hospital.

HHSF is committed to the Donor Bill of Rights and to being a donor-centered organization. All members of the HHS Foundation Staff Team support development activities by ensuring the maintenance of accurate records of information on the Raisers Edge database. HHSF is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and prospects.

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

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the VP of 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-centered 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 to prospective and current donor groups.
- Respond to donor and volunteer requests as required
- Attend and participate at Signature events for the Foundation and Third Party donor events as required.
- Other projects, as appropriate.

**Relationships**:

- Accountability**:Direct**:_ Darlene Bennett, VP Development
- Functional Relationships: _
- HHSF Staff
- Volunteers
- Hospital Staff
- Post-secondary education in business, event, communications, public relations or related field
- Certificate in development, fundraising or event planning an asset
- 3+ years of fundraising experience, with demonstrat