Philanthropy Assistant, Corporate Partnership

**Philanthropy Assistant**

Full time, permanent

**What we do**
- At BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, we’re on a quest to ensure every kid in the province receives the best health care imaginable. As a fundraising organization, we inspire communities and people to support BC Children’s Hospital, along with its world-class research institute, mental health facility and rehabilitation center.
- Our work makes a profound difference. From helping get the boldest research ideas off the ground to supporting the most advanced equipment, together we are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in children’s health care. This is no small task—which is why we’re looking for passionate people to join our team and help propel our work forward to power the possible.

**What you’ll do**
- This position will provide support to a Philanthropy Officer and a Philanthropy Associate in engaging corporate partners in raising funds for BCCHF. The position is pivotal in building and maintain strong partnerships both internally and externally, and is often the front-line contact for the department with Foundation colleagues and with corporate donors. The work in this role will contribute to the smooth functioning of fundraising initiatives and the day-to-day success of our corporate partnerships.
- More specifically, as the Philanthropy Assistant you will:

- Provide support to the Philanthropy Officer and Philanthropy Associate in engaging corporate partners, by assisting in the preparation of confidential correspondence, formatting donor proposals, creating collateral materials, taking minutes and correspondence for meetings.
- Assist with the recognition and stewardship processes by collaborating with the Donor Relations team to draft thank you letters, create stewardship reports and assist in the planning of recognition events and ideas as needed.
- Provide administrative, logístical and relationship management support to donor events as needed (this could include arranging tours, helping organize cultivation and recognition events, and being a Foundation representative at fundraising campaign store visits).
- Provide support to volunteer committees and senior community leaders through the coordination of committee meetings; prepare meeting materials, set up for meetings, take meeting minutes and answer questions committee members have.
- Help ensure that all information related to donor accounts is accurate and up to date in Raiser’s Edge; this includes regular data entry of information to Raiser’s Edge.
- Process donations and assist with the tax receipting process.
- Take a lead role in the review of portfolio specific reports for fundraising initiatives and bring forward any pertinent information to the team that may require follow-up.
- Provide online fundraising reconciliation and support; work with internal teams on creation of online fundraising pages, troubleshooting and post fundraising reconciliation.

**What you bring**

**What you can expect**
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This position is based in our office located in Vancouver, BC. As part of enabling the kind of culture and values that power the possible, we’re committed to creating a flexible workplace experience. We are currently piloting a fully hybrid work environment that allows individuals and teams to split their time between working remotely from home and in-office, with no defined minimum amount of time in-office. It’s a partnership grounded in trust, where working together, team leaders and members determine what activities require on-site presence and schedule time and commitments appropriately.
- Throughout the pandemic, BCCHF has committed to prioritizing the health and safety of our team members. As an organization who advocates for child health, we have implemented a mandatory vaccination policy requiring that all employees who work for BCCHF must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request should there be a need for an exemption based on the BC Human Rights Code protected grounds; these will be reviewed and discussed on a case-by-case basis.

**Join us**
- We exist to
_power the possible_. And that permeates every action we take. As a team, we push ourselves to:
_think big_ in how we boldly envisioning the future;
_lead with heart_ in how we listen and engage with others, and
_step up_ in how we are accountable to ourselves, each other and our shared cause.
- While we take our work seriously, we’re also big on taking care of our team. We offer perks like a nine-day fortnight schedule and remote work options, topnotch health and dental benefits, and a commitment to professional development.
- We think it’s a pretty amazing place. Others agree—we’re proud to say that we’ve been recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers for 13 years in a row.
- BCCHF invites and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. As an organization committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects th