Director, Major Gifts and Campaigns - Ottawa, Canada - BGC Ottawa

BGC Ottawa

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

PURPOSE:

As one of Ottawa's largest child and youth-serving charitable organizations, BGC Ottawa provides FREE, subsidized, and cost saving Community-based services, and life-changing programs to an annual average of 4,500 young Members each year.

We provide safe, supportive places where all kids and teens, of all backgrounds, can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, and develop confidence and skills for life.

From anti-Racism to Reconciliation to LGBTQ2S+, food security to scholarships to job readiness, our programs battle systemic issues with systemic solutions—equity, acceptance, support, opportunity.

As a growing team that embraces different ways of thinking, abilities, and experiences we aim to make our staff feel safe.

We want you to feel heard, respected, and empowered.

We believe in our diverse shared power as being the key to serving our members, volunteers, community, and each other with the utmost care.

BGC Ottawa is about building positive and inclusive environments for all.

BGCO is pleased to announce that we are looking for our Director, Major Gifts and Campaigns. If you are an experienced and successful fundraising professional with a passion for helping kids, working with a professional and high
- functioning team, and are excited about building our communities at the grass roots level, we hope that you will consider joining us as we continue our work to build sustainable funding for our organization.

Why do you want to work at BGCO?

A flexible, supportive, hybrid working environment.
A committed, professional, engaged team to lead.
Access to Clubhouse facilities and programs.
Competitive salary, pension, and benefits.

The Challenge:

This role reports to the Chief Advancement Officer and works closely with the entire Advancement Team to create and execute on a comprehensive major gifts fundraising plan, tracking donors and financial targets, evaluating strategy effectiveness, and making required adjustments.

Additionally the role will enhance current and create new campaigns initiatives, targeting individuals, corporations and foundations. This role will monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of campaigns and make improvements and changes as required.

The Role - An Overview

Major Gift Fundraising and Campaigns

Plans, implements, manages, supervises and evaluates the BGCO major gifts fundraising and campaigns initiatives targeting individuals, corporations and foundations.
In consultation with the Chief Advancement Officer and the Management team, oversees the creation, implementation, management and evaluation of a major gifts strategy aimed at acquiring private funding for the priority projects of BGCO.
Monitors and evaluates all major gifts activities to ensure that financial goals are met and that activities are delivered costeffectively, following trends and best practices.
Strategically engages, supports and works in close collaboration with the senior leadership team, senior volunteer fundraisers and other key stakeholders, to ensure the successful execution of fundraising and stewardship activities.
Develops, engages and maintains regular interactions with senior leaders, administrators, managers and employees of the various branches of BGCO to coordinate the various fundraising efforts.
Proactively manages a portfolio of current and potential major donors and ensures a professional, strategic, and coordinated approach to donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities with all major donors across the region.
Ensures compliance with privacy and confidentiality standards and CRA rules and regulations related to the treatment of donor information and donations.
In collaboration with the Marketing/Communications team, oversees the preparation of communications documents for fundraising purposes, including drafting and/or overseeing the production and the preparation of requests and proposals targeting specific individuals, corporations and foundations, as well as gift agreements.
Oversees and enhances the donor recognition strategies according to BGCO donor recognition policy; implementing special recognition, awareness activities and activation events when appropriate.
Provides coaching, advice and support to key BGCO volunteers so they can engage with and contribute to the development of the major gifts and campaigns program.

Budget and Revenue Management

Plans, organizes and manages the financial and material resources related to the Major Gifts and Campaigns Program.
In collaboration with the Chief Advancement Officer, prepares work plans and sets objectives and priorities for major gifts fundraising and conducts strategic and operational planning to ensure that objectives and scheduled performance measures are met.
Plans, controls and verifies the fundraising revenue budget and spending associated with fundraising and campaigns activities, including identifying, obtaining