Individual Giving Officer (Permanent)

• Collaborate with the Major Gift Officer to develop and implement a fundraising plan that incorporates leadership gifts, affinity campaigns, and major gift migration strategies.
• Manage a portfolio of 100 – 150 individual donors.
• Identify and manage a portfolio of 30 – 50 prospective donors.
• Manage the donor tribute program, which includes honour and in memory gifts, fulfilling donor requests through gift. acknowledgment, liaising with team members and families on content for donation pages or funeral homes.
• Oversee the solicitation process, including drafting proposals and preparing volunteers and staff for donor meetings.
• Work with your Director to identify, recruit, and train volunteers for cultivation and solicitation activities.
• Oversee affinity groups that target leadership-level giving.
• Set and meet individual-giving goals; track and report progress on specific metrics.
• Work with team members to ensure leadership giving is factored into their initiatives.
• Maintain communication with workplace campaign staff.
• Collaborate with your Director to ensure that leadership-level donors are appropriately recognized and stewarded.
• Coordinate solicitation, cultivation, and recognition events with the Special Events Coordinator.
• Prepare impact and solicitation presentations and packages.
• Complete administrative tasks, e.g., maintaining donor details in the CRM, emailing, scheduling etc.
• Perform other duties as needed to ensure the safe and effective operations of the organization

• Post-secondary education in business, communications, or non-profit management; or equivalent combination of education and work experience, e.g. sales, fundraising, high-level customer / client support.
• Minimum three years’ experience, specifically in individual and planned giving.
• Demonstrated successful gift solicitation of $2,500+.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Ability to communicate and effectively manage relationships with a wide variety of constituents, e.g., companies, donors, community partners.
• Strong ethical and donor-centered fundraising acumen.
• High attention to detail and initiative.
• Strong organization, time, and project management skills; comfortable with changing priorities and demands.
• Experience coordinating volunteers.
• Ability to work well independently and collaboratively in a fast- paced environment.
• Community-minded approach that is progressive and innovative.
• Intermediate skills in MS Office; proficiency using CRM databases, e.g., Salesforce, and virtual meeting platforms.
• Valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a vehicle with a minimum of $1,000,000 insurance coverage.

United Way will consider non-traditional work experience such as volunteering when examining the skills and knowledge needed for this position.