Mandate The Annual Giving Specialist supports the planning, execution, and optimization of digital annual giving initiatives that advance UVic’s fundraising goals. This position is a key component of the Annual Giving team, which contributes to the university’s broader advancement strategy by coordinating multi channel donor engagement tactics.

The Annual Giving Specialist strengthens donor participation and revenue through coordinated digital appeals, improved online fundraising tools, and enhanced online giving experiences.

Objectives

- Implement and configure the Engaging Networks platform for Annual Giving email communications and donation forms to best meet institutional fundraising goals
- Support and optimize the use of online fundraising platforms for every day, peer-to-peer tribute and giving day fundraising.
- Collaborate across teams to refine and align digital engagement strategies that strengthen donor participation and overall revenue generation.

This position requires a level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience in digital engagement, with preference in a non-profit setting. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities





- Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive and respectful working and learning environment.
- Demonstrated digital fundraising experience, including creating and sending email appeals, donation form setup, and building behaviour based donor journeys.
- Demonstrated experience working with digital fundraising platforms, CRM systems, email marketing tools, and data management environments.
- Demonstrated experience preparing and segmenting donor data and applying tailored ask strategies.
- Knowledge of best practices to provide accurate and consistent data for donor solicitation, including coding standards that support reliable reporting.
- Ability to plan, organize and coordinate tasks to meet project timelines and support team goals.
- Excellent attention to detail and proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to identify issues, analyze information, develop practical solutions and implement effective strategies to achieve desired outcomes.
- Ability to collaborate, build and maintain positive relationships with diverse individuals and work effectively in a team workplace.
- Knowledge of current digital fundraising practices and trends, including peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Technical knowledge of HTML, CSS and Microsoft Excel is an asset.

📌 Annual Giving Specialist (Victoria)
🏢 University of Victoria
📍 Victoria