Job Description
This is a temporary 18-month full time position covering a maternity leave. As a temporary position it is subject to an extension or early conclusion.
JOB PURPOSE
The Fundraising Coordinator is a fundraising professional responsible for supporting the execution, processing, documenting, and communication related to workplace campaigns. This includes working with Campaign Managers, Directors, Administrative Staff and Volunteers to carry out campaign events and fundraising initiatives.
Under the supervision of the Director, Corporate Relations the Fundraising Coordinator, Workplace Campaigns is a fund-raising role responsible for supporting accounts campaigns and developing targeted relationships with workplace volunteers within the United Way workplace campaign structure. This includes working with staff and volunteers to carry out campaign fundraising events and initiatives to meet United Way's Corporate Relations goals and objectives.
This position is intended to provide operational and logistics support to Campaign Managers ensuring a volunteer and donors centric experience to our Key Partner accounts.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibility Area: Fundraising
- Strengthen and maintain relationships at workplace campaigns
- Participates in the development of local campaign plans and assists in implementing the campaign
- Tracks and monitors activities, engagement and results from workplace campaigns ensuring accurate, up-to-date information is maintained in the CRM database
- Services workplace campaigns with marketing materials, promotional equipment (e.g. mascot, aprons, banners, etc.)
- Processes donations and other transactions through Donor Services Department
- Hosts, facilitates special events in collaboration or supervising events volunteers
Key Responsibility Area: Volunteer Support & Leadership
- Engage and motivate workplace volunteer to be ambassadors for United Way BC
- Provides information, fund-raising ideas, and support on planning and coordination of workplace campaigns to Campaign Volunteers
- Take leadership role as needed at community and workplace special events
- Key Responsibility Area: Campaign Associates
Collaborates with Campaign Associates to ensure seamless workplace campaigns.
Participates as a member of the staff team in regular departmental and inter-departmental activities. Performs other duties related to the qualifications and requirements of the job.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Education:- Two-year diploma in an applicable discipline
Experience:
Two years direct charity fund-raising. An equivalent level of sales, marketing and/or management experience may be considered.- Experience working with volunteers at various levels throughout the community.
- An equivalent combination of education, training and experience, acceptable to the employer, will be considered
Skills:
Ability to apply a broad knowledge of fund-raising and sales practices and principles- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrated skills supporting multiple events and multi-tasking
- Ability to support others, to coordinate the work of volunteers, and to follow-up to ensure events are successful
- Ability to exercise tact and discretion in donor and volunteer interactions
- Ability to create and maintain good working relationships with a variety of internal and external constituents
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, be responsive and meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability in CRM data capturing and transaction processing
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Additional languages are an asset
- Ability to represent the department and organization in a professional, competent manner that helps steward and enhance relationships
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint and Teams
WORKING CONDITIONS
Must be comfortable reporting to and working with leadership and other teams remotely- Occasional hours outside of business hours to attend meetings and events, including evenings and weekends
- A hybrid-remote working environment with the ability to be in the Burnaby office 3 days per week.
- Requires a driver's license and access to a vehicle
- Must be able to lift 20 lbs., or comfortable asking for help lifting items
CHARACTERISTICS
For success at United Way BC and in this role, certain demonstrable characteristics will be required:- A commitment to building healthy, caring and inclusive communities, internally and externally
- Embodying the organization’s core values to be collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable and inspiring
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and comfortably operate in it
- Drive to succeed as an individual and as a team member
At UWBC, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, programs, donors, and the communities we live and work in. At UWBC, we encourage all applicants regardless of age, sex, gender identity, colour, religion, sexual orientation, or any other basis to apply.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of colour and indigenous people are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every qualification. At UWBC, we are dedicated to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, so if you are excited about this role, but your experience and qualifications are not perfectly aligned, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or other roles.
The Head office of United Way British Columbia is located in Burnaby and it is a two story building with parking, elevator and gender neutral washroom access. UWBC has a remote and hybrid working model for staff which is position dependent.
This is a bargaining unit role with CUPE 1760. This position is a pay grade 32 which is $65,694.60 annually.
This posting is scheduled to close on July 31 ,2023. Interested candidates are invited to apply by submitting a cover letter and resume to job competition C-2023-32.
We kindly ask for no phone calls please. Due to a high number of applicants UWBC receives, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest in UWBC
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