The Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Advancement is responsible to lead the School’s philanthropic initiatives.
The Director of Advancement will be a creative, results-oriented, and passionate professional with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
The successful candidate will possess an overall understanding best practices in fundraising, including prospect management, strategic planning, solicitation and stewardship at all levels, in addition to gift processing and database work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and strategic vision for a comprehensive fundraising strategy, outlining Sacred Heart’s goals. This includes annual fund solicitation, corporate, major, and planned giving programs, along with event-based fundraising in collaboration with the City House Foundation.
- Work with other members of the School’s leadership team to ensure that the fundraising strategy aligns with the School’s mission and strategic plan.
- Identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit gifts from the Sacred Heart community.
- Develop individual donor strategies for high-capacity individual donors and prospects to renew and upgrade gifts.
- Develop a broad awareness of the School’s programs and initiatives and identify areas for support.
- Oversee the direction and coordination of alumni affairs.
- Optimize, administer and maintain the current donor CRM.
- Recruit, engage, motivate, manage and work with volunteers.
- Maintain a schedule of reminders to follow up on donation pledges and sponsors' event payments.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in fundraising, preferably in an educational environment.
- Proficiency in required software (Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge, Net Directories, Microsoft Excel and Word).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and proficiency in French (bilingualism is an asset).
- Experience in strategic goal setting and development of fundraising plans.
- Experience recruiting, motivating and managing volunteers.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with various internal and external constituents.
- Ability to manage highly confidential information.
- Sound knowledge of best practices in fundraising.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and a demonstrated ability to work within a team.
- Proven time management, planning and organizational skills.
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) membership and / or CFRE certification is an asset.
A generous salary and benefits package is available, commensurate with experience.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT :
Bonnie King, Senior Consultant at [email protected]
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