Donor Relations - Vancouver, Canada - Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland

Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Our
Mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.

Our
Vision is that all young people realized their full potential

Our
Core Values are:

We Champion Potential
Every Connection Counts
Showing Up Matters

Why it's great to work with us:

Big Sisters is a friendly, inclusive and committed team that offers their employees a 35-hour work week, fifteen vacation days within the first year as well as fifteen wellbeing days and three personal days.

We provide a generous health care and extended benefits package, including prescription drugs and dental plan. As well, we provide our employees with a professional development allocation and various learning opportunities. Ignite your full potential with Big Sisters

Is this you?

You have experience working in the non-profit sector and are passionate to work for an organization that help ignite potential for youth in your community.

You are a positive and energetic person whose mission is to help build strong client focused relationships with our donors through instilling trust between yourself, your team and our donors.

You have excellent administrate skills, are able to demonstrates self-awareness, has strong database knowledge and enjoy being the gatekeeper of a donor database.

What you will be doing:

Managing the fundraising database (Raiser's Edge NXT) including data entry, and creating queries and reports
Ensuring accountability when working in collaboration with the fundraising team to achieve fundraising goals
Processing all donations and issuing corresponding tax/business receipts in accordance with Revenue Canada guidelines
Point person for donor relations and support team with stewardship, making thankyou calls
Responsible for maintaining database hygiene, including; uptodate donor lists, fundraising records
Producing reports, mailing lists, and statistics on donors and fundraising campaigns
Coordinates and tracks all stewardship activity of donors, sponsors, partners and funders
Managing and processing all event ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations
Assisting with Big Sisters fundraising events and managing onsite registration and payments
Assisting and coordinates appropriate impact reporting to donors, sponsors, and funders
Drafting fundraising correspondence both internal and external as requested
Assisting the fundraising team in research on corporations, foundations, employee groups, service clubs and other potential funding sources
Serves as a liaison to Finance team, assisting with monthend and yearend bank reconciliation between donor database and accounting software.
Assesses training needs of staff and volunteers to ensure their understanding of database procedures for fundraising initiatives.

What you bring:

Completion of a related postsecondary diploma program (eg: business, fundraising, nonprofit management, etc.)
One to three year's work experience in an administrative or fundraising support role including data management, preferably in a nonprofit environment
Intermediate or advanced skills with fundraising database software, preferably Raiser's Edge NXT. Advanced database skills would be an asset.
Excellent computer skills; advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
Excellent administrative, organizational, communication and time management skills. Ability to demonstrate situational adaptability by managing changing priorities and multiple requests simultaneously while paying close attention to detail
Demonstrates ability to work independently as well as build collaborative relationships internally and externally
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to use a high degree of discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential situations and material in regards to donors and other fundraising information
Experience with accounting, finance or bookkeeping is an asset
Experience with fundraising events would be an asset

What we offer:

An opportunity to do meaningful work and make a positive impact in the community
A supportive, positive and engaging work environment
A commitment to work/life balance for employees
An annual salary between $45,000 $51,000 based on experience
A comprehensive benefits package
15 vacation days within the first year of employment, prorated
15 wellbeing days
3 personal days
Commitment to training and development to support employee growth through our professional development benefit

This Position:

This is a permanent, full-time (35 hours/week) position reporting to our Vancouver office.

Daytime travel and some evening and weekend work will be required which will be supported through flex / lieu time.

Please use the Subject Line:
Donor Relations and Database Coordinator