Donor Relations Officer- Development Specialist 2 (AESES)

Donor Relations Officer- Development Specialist 2 (AESES)

Alumni & Donor Relations

Position number: 28259

Date posted: October 27, 2026

Job details

Donor Relations Officer- Development Specialist 2 (AESES)

Existing Regular Continuing Full-Time (Budget Funded)

Full time: Yes

Permanent: Yes

Work schedule: 35 Hours/week (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Salary: $37.90 to $53.92 per hour ($68,978.00 to $98,134.40 per annum)

Expected Start Date November 16, 2026

1820 hours worked

For more information please contact: Marie-Christine Beaulieu - [email protected]

Qualifications

MINIMUM FORMAL EDUCATION/TRAINING:

- University Undergraduate Degree is required.
- Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation would be an asset.

EXPERIENCE:

- Minimum five years direct fundraising experience, including major gift portfolio management and securing philanthropic support from individuals, corporations and foundations, is required.
- Experience building relationships with corporate and community partners is required.
- Experience working within a university or higher education environment is considered an asset.
- An equivalent combination of work experience and education may be considered.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative, work independently and proactively in the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors is required.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with major donors, alumni, senior academic leaders, and corporate and community partners are required.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize,



coordinate and oversee fundraising, stewardship and donor engagement activities is required.
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills, with the ability to effectively represent the University and Faculty and articulate their mission, priorities, and impact to diverse audiences are required.
- Demonstrated skills in computer applications are required.
- Satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance and punctuality, is required.

Key responsibilities

- Acts as the principal donor strategist for each potential donor in their personal portfolio with specific responsibility to develop and implement a written donor strategy and relationship record of all interactions
- Responsible for the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of the institution’s donors (individuals, corporations and foundations) for gifts between $25,000 and $1,000,000, with the majority of their portfolio focused on gifts between $100,000 and $1,000,000.
- Ensures their personal portfolio of donor and donor prospects is balanced between prospects in identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
- Organize time efficiently and effectively, allowing for significant interface with prospects.



The ultimate annual expectation for a Major Gifts Officers is to maintain a portfolio of 75 active prospective donors in either cultivation, advanced cultivation, or solicitation. Major Gifts Officers are expected to complete 40 moves per month, including 15 key moves, and solicit between 14-18 gifts per year.
- Provides leadership and direction to high level volunteers (e.g. CEOs, presidents of corporations, University of Manitoba Deans, Directors, Department Heads).
- Identifies potential donors who may be ready for a transformational gift ($1,000,000+) or a planned gift and develops and implements recommendations for cultivation/solicitation strategy.
- Actively participates in "moves management" sessions for the Faculties, Schools and Departments Philanthropy team.
- Works closely with the key members of the department to plan targeted outreach activities aimed at increasing the donor pool and cultivating/stewarding existing donors and potential donors.
- Represent the University of Manitoba to external constituencies and facilitate relationships between individuals, corporations, foundations and key members of the university, leading to gifts.
- Become experts on the units that they are supporting in terms of the details of the fundraising projects that are identified.
- Write persuasive, appropriate funding proposals communicating the university’s plans, programs, services and initiatives for potential donors.
- Establishes a relationship with the Dean and other key faculty members and engages these individuals as needed in the fundraising process.

Implementation and Monitoring of Fundraising Strategies

- Responsible for conducting sufficient numbers of discover

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