Compensation Range: $92,158 to $115,198 CAD per yearYour expertise shapes our businessAt the CWB Group, we find fulfillment and inspiration knowing that we are performing meaningful and purposeful work. Every day is a new adventure with opportunities to learn from industry leaders and, most importantly, from each other. When you join the CWB Group, you become part of a diverse and inclusive, tight‑knit team passionate about making a global impact.
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Work with us and achieve your career goalsFor over 75 years, our employees have been the backbone of our business, driving our success and extraordinary reputation. We challenge our employees to take charge of their careers and provide growth opportunities, tools and resources to reach their goals.
What to expect:The Manager, Fund and Partner Development is an experienced fundraiser and strategic relationship builder, who will support the Director, Development, the Executive Director and the Foundation Team in expanding and further diversifying revenue generation into new geographic and demographic areas – corporate, institutional, and foundations, in Canada and globally, to achieve the external fundraising goals of the organization. This position is primarily remote based, with travel across Canada and potentially the US, and will report to the Director, Development, CWB Welding Foundation and work with management and staff across the Foundation and the CWB Group of Companies.

Key responsibilities
include:
- Fundraising and Donor Development
- Identify, cultivate, solicit and steward donors to meet annual fundraising goals.




- Support the development of a fundraising business plan, containing strategies related to individual donors and prospects including identification, qualification, cultivation and successful solicitation.
- Identify and propose potential fundraising programs/initiatives in alignment with the strategic priorities of the Foundation and Community Investment and sponsorship priorities of potential funders and granting agencies.
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of Foundation programs to create opportunities for donor engagement.
- Engage with and professionally support community and volunteers in cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities.
- Prepare compelling and strategic fundraising materials including, but not limited to, information briefs, cases for support, briefing notes, proposals, grants, sponsorship materials and stewardship reports.
- Liaise with marketing/communications/digital and donor relations support personnel to develop fundraising and recognition materials.
- Develop and maintain accurate, qualified and current records, actions and reports.
- Assist in the preparation of an annual plan of measurable goals and strategies (including precise and practical deadlines), to maximize commitments.
- Report fundraising activities (including names of volunteers to recruit/visit, solicitation calls, cultivation calls)



at team meetings and ensures that these actions are recorded in the Foundation’s database.
- Act as an ambassador throughout the community and constituents, positively representing the Foundation and CWB Group.
- Partnership Development, Management and Communications
- Identify, engage and build formal and informal relationships with like‑minded organizations with complementary interests and programs that align with the purpose and strategic vision of the Foundation.
- Identify opportunities to collaborate on initiatives that meet mutually beneficial objectives, initiate joint or support based funding proposals to organizations including associations, government and NGO’s and corporations.
- Establish and ensure the accurate reporting of methods and metrics to enable qualification and quantification of impact for funded and collaborative initiatives.
- Foster an environment wherein collaboration and partnership activity is activated and stewarded to ensure that objectives are met.
- Research
- Gain understanding of the future and current employment needs, and financial needs of major industry sectors, skills gaps and shortages, being addressed by CWBWF.
- Gain and develop keen awareness of the skill based, accreditation, and other educational gaps of the current workforce as well as evolving requirements for successful career paths within the welding and joining industry, across provincial and international markets
- Manage a portfolio of 80‑120 active relationships: prospects (identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship) for funding and partnership, using a focused and accountable approach of strategy development, cultivation, solicitation and implementation.
- Donor Communications and Stewardship
- Engage with and professionally support business partners and

📌 Manager, Fund And Partner Development (Toronto)
🏢 CWB Group
📍 Toronto