Responsibilities
- Listen, identify, and capture donor needs accurately and provide effective and efficient solutions, seeking assistance where necessary
- Develop and implement strategies and initiatives to acquire, renew, and upgrade mid-level gifts
- Evaluate impact reports, events, projects, email and digital communications and other key outputs via benchmarks and metrics. Ensure key standards are met. Provide recommendations as needed
- Ensure gift recognition and stewardship policies and procedures are followed to provide consistency and integrity
- Carry out routine tasks such as donor record updates, upgrades, cancellations, and other related donor service activity on organizational CRM system with acute attention to detail
- Work closely with all units of the direct marketing team to stay aware and up to date on current campaigns in market
- Identify and develop inspiring engagement opportunities for donors to strengthen donor engagement and prospecting
- Proactively use prospect identification, research and qualification processes to generate prospects and implement strategies to drive impact
- Plan and execute donor relations events, in consultation with the Fund Development team — including volunteer recruitment and management, project management and post-event evaluation. This may include organizing special visits, meetings with award recipients, and other activities designed to deepen donor engagement
- In partnership with Manager, Giving & Impact, ensure appropriate donor cultivation, acknowledgement and stewardship plans and strategies are identified and implemented effectively and consistently
- Accountable for the information gathering associated with donor stewardship and impact reporting process
- Develop and support groups of ambassadors that help close on principle gifts
- Support major gift activities as part of the IDRF’s existing events and activities
- Attend and respond to third-party requests/events as required
- Manage relationships with external vendors as needed
- Support with the maintenance and updating of the database regularly
- Support with administrative tasks including data entry, pulling reports from the database.
Qualifications
- A post-secondary degree or a combination of relevant comparable skills and experience · Demonstrated excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Demonstrated ability to work with data to drive fundraising results
- Excellent interpersonal skills and very strong person to person relationship-building skills
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills
- Proven ability to exercise diplomacy and good judgment
- Ability to work independently using an above-average level of initiative
- Proficient in the use of all corporate productivity tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook as well as Raiser’s Edge or other database management systems
- Understanding inclusive fundraising and accessibility practices an asset
- Commitment to and understanding of the mission and values of IDRF
Job Types: Internship, Temporary
How to apply
To apply, please email your Resume and Cover Letter to HR@idrf.ca and mention name of the position on the subject line of your email.