Community Engagement Specialist

Permanent, full-time

Exceptional opportunity to work with a highly committed and talented fundraising team to make a significant difference for people living with Cancer!

Wellspring is a Canada-wide charity consisting of a network of community-based centres and online programs provided to anyone, with any type of cancer, at any stage in their journey.  Wellspring charges no fees and receives no core government funding. Programs and operations are made possible only through the generosity of donors and funds raised through donations, sponsorships, and special events.

Wellspring is seeking a fundraiser to lead its annual and leadership giving portfolios.  This role is based at Wellspring Westerkirk House, 105 Wellness Way, in Toronto, with an opportunity to work remotely up to two days most weeks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Wellspring’s Annual Giving Campaign, including the following:
  • Develop the overall strategy for the program
  • Work with Communications Department to design and produce direct mail and direct digital mail solicitations
  • Meet or exceed annual giving targets
  • Provide regular reporting on the direct mail program
  • Steward annual donors
  • Manage and grow the monthly donor program
  • Work with Communications Department to identify new digital giving strategies

• Lead Wellspring’s Leadership Giving Program, including the following:
  • Help to set and meet leadership giving ($1,000-10,000 gift level) targets and strategy
  • Qualify, cultivate, and solicit donors
  • Build and maintain the donor pipeline, including database tracking
  • Write letters of intent and proposals; prepare packages, presentations, etc.
  • Liaise with potential donors to identify alignments and targeted approaches for support
  • Research prospective supporters, and participate in prospect identification meetings
  • Use moves management techniques to support Wellspring’s comprehensive fundraising program including the major and planned giving streams
  • Steward leadership donors
  • Support cultivation and stewardship events

Requirements

• 2+ years of fundraising experience
• A strong understanding of direct/digital mail strategies
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Effectiveness in building, nurturing and leveraging strong relationships with donors, volunteers, staff, colleagues and other stakeholders
• Commitment to the core values, cause and communities served by Wellspring
• A University/College Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

The salary range for this position is: $60,000-$75,000 plus a competitive benefits package.

If you have the above qualifications and would like to support Wellspring’s mission of helping individuals and families living with cancer, please apply to Eva Thurlow with cover letter and résumé at HR@wellspring.ca.  No phone calls please.

Wellspring promotes diversity and adheres to the tenets of the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from gender diverse people of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities and sexual orientations. Wellspring provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. If contacted, please advise us if you require any accommodation. While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position and Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.