GRANTS AND MAJOR GIFTS COORDINATOR at WAVAW Vancouver, BC

KeriLee Eadie

WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre is seeking someone with feminist values and experience with project management to fill the position of Grants and Major Gifts Coordinator. WAVAW encourages Indigenous people, racialized people, disabled people, and people of marginalized genders to apply. We encourage, but do not require, members of these communities to self-identify in their cover letters. Please submit your cover letter and resume to admin@wavaw.ca by end of day on September 20, 2020. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Major Gift Solicitation and Acquisition

• Completes annual government, foundation, corporate and individual funding applications and reporting.
• With support from the Fund Development Manager, oversees and manage the grant and proposals applications process with support from the Fund Development Manager.
• Meets or exceeds assigned Major Gift fundraising goals as outlined in the Fund Development Budget.

Fund Development Pipeline Development

• Grows WAVAW’s Major Donor portfolio through the qualification of new prospects.
• Supports WAVAW’s Manager of Database and Finance with ensuring all proposals are properly recorded in Raiser’s Edge at each stage of the solicitation process.
• Supports the Fund Development Team with Pipeline development through the analysis of WAVAW’s donor pool.

Donor Relationship Management

• Supports the Fund Development Manager with managing relationships with WAVAW’s Major Donors.
• Executes WAVAW’s stewardship strategy for Major Donors, ensuring that donors receive personalized correspondence, funding reports and updates in a timely manner.
• Acts as the primary contact for donor relations for donors within the Community Giving Coordinator’s Portfolio.

Fund Development Team

• Supports the Fund Development team with annual planning and the execution of the overall annual Fund Development plan.
• Works collaboratively with the Fund Development Team and Finance team on the fiscal budget including quarterly and monthly reports.
• Works with the Board of Directors on board-led fundraising initiatives.

WAVAW Staff Team

• Participates in WAVAW’s performance appraisal program and regularly scheduled supervision sessions with the Fund Development Manager.
• Actively attends and participates in all required WAVAW meetings including weekly Fund Development Team Meetings.
• Participates in a minimum of one WAVAW committee.
• Performs other related duties as requested by the Fund Development Manager.

Required Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of fund development experience, with primary focus on grant writing and donor development generating revenue growth.
• Undergraduate degree with an emphasis on communications, development, or other related disciplines. A combination of education, training, volunteerism, and lived experience will be considered.
• Experience working with Raiser’s Edge or knowledge of donor management software.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign and the Microsoft Office Suite with competence to perform all job-related duties.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working within an anti-oppressive, intersectional feminist framework or approach and demonstrated commitment to feminist values and principles.
• Knowledge of the provincial not-for-profit and anti-violence sectors, foundations, granting agencies and philanthropic community across British Columbia, an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders and other community agencies in a collaborative, cooperative, professional, and respectful manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work on competing priorities simultaneously and meet deadlines with strong attention to details.
• Demonstrated ability to self-initiate tasks, set priorities, organize workflow, and remain flexible and agile.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate and take actions independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate regularly and effectively, identify problems or issues, and to resolve them with resourcefulness and creativity.
• Demonstrated ability to provide, accept, respond, and reflect on constructive criticism and feedback from staff, volunteers, and other community members in a respectful manner.
• Satisfactory completion of a criminal records check. Waived for internal applicants and current WAVAW volunteers that have already completed a criminal records check for the organization.

Applications

Please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter to admin@wavaw.ca before end of day on September 20, 2020. Please note that only those short-listed will be contacted for interview. WAVAW will make every effort to accommodate candidate’s schedules and needs in all parts of the hiring process.

COVID-19 Considerations

During COVID-19, WAVAW has implemented new safety procedures for in-office and in-person work, which includes providing personal protective equipment to all staff and clients among other precautions. Where program work does not require in-person shifts, all staff are working remotely. As an organization we will continue to monitor public health and safety guidelines in order to maintain a safe working environment for WAVAW’s staff, clients, and community. We are seeking staff who can be flexible and agile to meet the needs of the survivors as the organization adapts to these changes. During COVID-19, the Grants and Major Gifts Coordinator will work remotely with some opportunities for in-person shifts, dependent on safety guidelines and program needs.