Global Development Officer
Permanent Remote | Canada,
Compensation Range
$70K - $75KCompensation will be determined based on the successful candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications, and may also be influenced by internal equity and market conditions.
Description
Donor Portfolio Management
- Conduct research, build donor strategies to manage a donor portfolio of major/wealth donors, corporations, and trust fund donors.
- Strengthen relationships with assigned donors by building personalized cultivation plans and deliver meaningful donor experiences.
- Execute quarterly touchpoints with new and existing donors through phone calls, emails and face to face interactions.
- Initiate, analyze, monitor, evaluate and alter strategic advancement plans through moves management.
- Ensure Raisers Edge (CRM) data records are current and up-to-date
- Able to articulate the organizational story so that individuals desire to align with the vision/mission/goals of the organization
- Host major/wealth donor activities that may include events, seminars, webinars and surveys.
Donor Acquisition
- Build and maintain an active donor funnel, by conducting multi-channel outreach.
- Identify and qualify new donors by organizing and attending events and potential supporters.
- Conduct discovery meetings to assess donor motivations
- Collaborate with board members, executives, and colleagues to uncover high‑net‑worth individuals
Donor Retention
- Conduct updates, personal check-ions and appreciation calls to build relationships with donors and affiliation with the organization.
- Use Raisers Edge engagement metrics to identify ‘at risk’, ‘lapsing’, and ‘lapsed’ donors
Foundations
- Use research tools to identify Foundation opportunities
- Initiate contact and follow-through with Foundation Board Members to build relationship and affiliation
- With assistance from staff, build and deliver LOI and proposals
General Responsibilities
- Excellent influencing and relationship building skills
- Personable, friendly and donor-centric
- High level of comfort with solicitation and stretch gift asks
- Organized and strong planning skills
- Entrepreneurial, innovate, creative, flexible character, and a generator of new ideas
- Strong time management
- Self-directed
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Demonstrates passion for Biblical stewardship and raising funds for the primary purpose of sharing God’s Word
- Possesses the necessary professional skills and experience to promote the ministry to various audiences such as membership, Christian public, businesses, and Foundations
- Possesses the necessary highly developed interpersonal and relational skills to serve as part of a variety of teams, motivating each other towards common goals and mission, to interact and relate to the membership, and to foster relationships with outside associations and various contacts
- Possesses the necessary written and verbal communication skills to dynamically articulate the vision of the organization as well as motivate and inspire others to participate
- Possesses the necessary skills to maintain accountabilities, process information, make decisions, organize workload, resolve conflicts, delegate responsibilities, and solve problems
- Comfortable and willing to travel to fulfill job responsibilities and support the organization’s mission
ASSETS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent completed post-secondary education in a relevant field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a sales or fundraising role with a proven track record of success
- Experience in the multi-culture market preferred
- Knowledge of Christian ministry or non-profit sector
- Successful track record as a professional fundraiser or as a relational salesperson, with proven ability to influence and build relationships
- Self-starter and able to work independently with a minimum level of supervision
- Personable, friendly, and donor-centric
- Ability to make the ask and solicit funds
- Experience writing proposals is an asset
- Experience of developing and implementation of prospecting plans
- Familiarity with moves management and fundraising and donor relations management systems such as Blackbaud and Raiser’s Edge
- Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation is an asset
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