Senior Philanthropy Officer

We are committed to pay transparency and equity. The hiring range for this role is $95,000 - $103,500 annually.

We wake up to a different alarm.

The issues impacting our communities here in the GTA keep us awake at night. But it’s also what gets us up each day, determined to fight local poverty and its interconnected challenges, and to make this region everything it can be for everyone who calls it home. We believe in the power of community, of people coming together, doing what it takes to build and transform neighbourhoods where everyone can thrive. Any Way We Can .

United Way Greater Toronto is currently seeking a Senior Philanthropy Officer, Major Individual Giving to join our team.

How you will make a difference:

Reporting to the Senior Lead, Individual Donor Relations, the Senior Philanthropy Officer will formulate and implement donor development strategies for individual donors and prospects with the ability and inclination to contribute annual major gifts of $10,000+, transformational gifts ($1M+) and planned gifts.

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- Manage high net worth donors and prospects within a rigorous discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship process

- Plan donor touchpoints that result in enhanced relationships and increased financial commitment to United Way’s community-building work

- Prepare written materials associated with management of donors and prospects (e.g. development of proposals, financial illustrations of gift vehicles, progress/stewardship reports on projects funded and general correspondence)





- Work collaboratively with the Comprehensive Campaign team and Community Impact teams where appropriate to align donor and organizational funding priorities for transformational gifts

- Work collaboratively across the organization, including with corporate fundraising colleagues, helping with goal setting, prospecting, solicitation, tracking and stewardship of individual employees within workplace accounts

- Provide strategic direction, management and support to senior volunteers

- Provide leadership in educating other staff about major gift fundraising strategies

- Maximize the use of the CRM tool to implement and facilitate fundraising plans against major gift prospects and donors

What you bring to the role:

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- 5 - 10 years’ experience in a major gift fundraising and/or comprehensive sales environment

- Demonstrated ability to effectively forge, manage and maintain long-standing constituent relationships

- Alignment with the mission of United Way Greater Toronto

- Experience working with senior volunteers

- Demonstrated track record in major individual gift cycle activity

- Familiarity with planned giving vehicles (bequests, insurance, etc.)

- Highly developed analytical skills with ability to conduct research and use independent judgement to problem solve

- Ability to influence,



negotiate and manage contentious issues to resolution

- Ability to coordinate and modify projects, and work with a group of external volunteers

- Proven ability to take initiative and carry projects to completion with minimum supervision

- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and constituent service skills including the ability to work respectfully and inclusively with a diverse employee population and multiple stakeholders

- Willingness to actively contribute to the organizational equity framework through participation in learning opportunities and implementing anti-oppressive, and anti-racist learnings into action internally and externally

- High degree of comfort with sophisticated donor database use and Microsoft Office tools for tracking activity and financial results

- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)

- University degree or relevant post-secondary education, or equivalent work-related experience

Being part of our team:

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- Competitive total compensation package including:

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- Salary

- Comprehensive benefits

- Defined benefit employer-matching pension

- Life insurance

- Short-term and long-term disability benefits

- Employee and family assistance program (EFAP)

- Generous paid time-off package including vacation, personal and cultural days, summer hours and hybrid work setting

- Commitment to the well-being and work-life balance for our employees

- Collaborative, high-performing, team focused on long-term and collective success

- Largest

📌 Senior Philanthropy Officer (Canada)
🏢 United Way Greater Toronto
📍 Canada