Donor Engagement Lead - Mississauga, Canada - Services and Housing In the Province

Services and Housing In the Province

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About the job:

Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP) is a leading, non-profit organization in Ontario. SHIP specializes in providing services to vulnerable individuals in our community. These include housing, addiction, and mental health services.

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Donor Engagement Lead to join our team.

In this newly created position, you will be responsible for developing a Donor strategy, increasing our donors, enhancing key donor relationships, collaborating with communications for marketing/communications, and attending engagement and donor events.

This position fosters positive and long-term donor relationships that are critical to the philanthropic support of our organization.

As part of the Community Development team, they will create a culture of gratitude, inspiration, and accountability by engaging donors through meaningful recognition programs, impactful reports/communications, and engaging donor experiences and events.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Expand existing donor base through the development of a donor engagement strategy in support of SHIPs strategic objectives
Coordinate and execute fundraising campaigns to meet the organization's targets
Support the development of a broad range of donor engagement materials to foster longterm, meaningful relationships
Design and implement strategies for maintaining existing donors, and recruiting new donors, increasing community and member engagement through consistent and compelling outreach, recognition, fundraising, and events
Cultivating and soliciting current and prospective major gift donors through tailored stewardship programs both virtual and facetoface
Manage the timely flow of our grant cycle. This includes management of grant proposals, recommendations, and agreements along with written content as appropriate
Tracking active donations with precise attention to detail through the implementation and management of SHIPs donor management software system
Provide regular donor engagement and grant reporting to the SHIP senior Leadership Team and Board through donor management software and the creation of a donor dashboard
Collaborate with other SHIP departments to optimize grant funding for the organization

Qualifications:

3 years experience in marketing, donor engagement, communications, or another related field.
A bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Business, marketing, communications, nonprofit management)
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Proficient understanding of the various legislation and codes of conduct that govern donor rights and fundraising activities (e.g., legislation, AODA, Ontario Human Rights Code, etc.)
Experience with donor management software
Strong ability to foster and maintain meaningful relationships with members of the community
Proven ability to work with multiple internal teams to create successful synergies
Able to work with mínimal direction or supervision
Highly flexible, with solid interpersonal skills that allow one to work effectively in a diverse working environment
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft software (e.g. Excel, Word, etc.)

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

Day shift (Monday
Friday) 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. with the ability to work excess/overtime hours were required. Evening and weekend events may be required based on work demands
Able to sit for prolonged periods of time
Able to answer and communicate telephone calls and general computer use
Able to lift up to 20lbs (product, documents, etc.)
Vehicle travel to attend events, meeting with potential donors and businesses

About Us

Services and Housing In the Province (
SHIP) is a Provincial leader in the broader public sector that builds strategic partnerships and programs that support the fundamental rights for Housing and Health Services throughout the Peel Region, Dufferin County, Region of Waterloo, and surrounding areas.

Our commitment to increase quality of life through health services and housing supports that promote mental and physical health and wellness is at the forefront of every employee we hire.

We value compassion, hope, inclusiveness, respect, and professionalism.

Our organization has supported the region for over 35 years and employs over 300 passionately engaged employees ranging from office administration, nurses, and service health specialists to housing specialists all dedicated to the community, clients, and families.

Accessibility

SHIP commits to ensuring that our organization is an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace that reflects our values as an organization and the diversity of those we serve.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to everyone and accept applicants from all backgrounds.

As an Organization, we strive to be equitable and inclusive in all that we do. Equity is a core value and we are committed to providing an inclusive sele