Foundations & Grants Officer (12-month Parental - Mississauga, Canada - The Mississauga Food Bank

The Mississauga Food Bank

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Mississauga, Canada

6 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Foundations & Grants Officer (12-Month Parental Leave Contract)

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives by helping to build A Mississauga Where No One Goes Hungry? If you are looking for a great job that offers meaningful work, an incredible work environment and culture, you enjoy celebrating accomplishments with your co-workers, and plenty of coffee and tea, look no further.

Come join The Mississauga Food Bank

The Mississauga Food Bank's (TMFB) vision is a Mississauga where no one goes hungry. We have been relieving hunger by providing and promoting access to healthy food since 1986.

Job Purpose

Lead the annual process to develop products for strategic funding opportunities that connect with donors, measure community impact, and are supported by effective grant management systems.
Improve communication and develop common understanding across internal departments and external partners
Grow revenue from the foundation, government, and institutional funders through effective relationship building, competitive proposals, and bestinclass stewardship. Increase supporter confidence that funds are spent well and inform funders and other stakeholders of program progress
Support effective, cohesive fundraising across the organization by partnering with other development team members to craft template and custom proposals and reports for significant funding opportunities.

What You'll Do Strategic Funding Product Development (10%)

Support the preparation of budgets and cases to support TMFB's strategic needs, programs, and initiatives in partnership with the Director of Programs & Operations, program coordinators, and the Director of Development
Enhance this process to include issue identification, strategy and product development, identifying key learning questions, supporting design and selection and implementation of outcome/output measurements, identifying donor engagement opportunities, and planning for internal and external reporting

Foundation, Government, and Institutional Fundraising (50%)

Identify funding opportunities among government, institutional (United Way, Trillium, Food Banks Canada, Feed Ontario, etc.), and foundation prospects and donors that are aligned with TMFB's strategic needs. Actively work to establish longterm partnerships and strengthen existing relationships with prospects
Develop and submit highly competitive proposals that leverage their goals and preferences in conjunction with TMFB goals with a focus on exceeding revenue targets
Provide bestinclass stewardship to assigned donor portfolios. Manage grant fulfillment and reporting and submit funder reports that integrate program updates on outcomes achieved best practices, and lessons learned. Ensure reporting requirements are met by maintaining records of activities.
Partner with the Finance Manager to ensure funds are recorded and spent as per grant agreements and with the Programs & Operations team to gather and retrieve information for outcome measurement
Represent TMFB in any programs, meetings, or events hosted by institutional funders for grantees

Proposal and Report Creation (30%)

Craft proposals and reports for other Development portfolios (corporate and community partnerships, major donors, etc.), partnering with the marketing team to ensure brand alignment
Contribute to organizational reports (ie. Face of Hunger, Impact reports) by providing summary project/program reports and key learnings

Administration/Other (10%)

Maintain records in the donor database (Raiser's Edge) related to your portfolio. Enter contact reports and ensure the next steps are scheduled. Update the prospect tab with proposal information. Run queries/reports as needed
Create reports that reflect portfolio activity and progress towards achieving goals
Other duties as required and assigned

Experience You'll Bring

Minimum of 3 years of fundraising experience with a focus on working with institutional donors
College diploma, university degree, or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field
Proven success in grant and proposal writing, moves management and asks, assessing capacity through prospect research, and managing donor relations.
Demonstrated experience with customer management systems (preferably Raiser's Edge) or other movesmanagement systems

Skills, Competencies, and Qualities You Bring
- _Passion_. A passion for mission-driven work and personal values aligned with those of TMFB. Concern for and interest in issues of poverty, food security, and/or social justice
- _Communication_. Speak, listen, and write in a clear, confident, respectful, thorough, and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques. A strong storyteller with exceptional writing skills
- _Relationship Building_. Internal and external relationship-building skills. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with staff, volunteers, and other relevant stakeholders.