Annual Giving Co-ordinator
Organization
The Canadian Canoe Museum
Job Type
Permanent
Language Required
English
Location
Peterborough
Application Deadline
30-Jan-2020
Job Start Date
17-Feb-2020
Date Posted
16-Jan-2020
Email
hr@canoemuseum.ca
Website
https://canoemuseum.ca/employment-opportunities/
Salary
TBC
Job Description
The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, stewards the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft. More than 600 in number, the watercraft and their stories have a pivotal role to play in understanding our past – and our collective future.
Annual Giving Co-ordinator
Working with and reporting to the Director of Philanthropy, the Annual Giving Co-ordinator plays a key role in assisting to build the Canadian Canoe Museum’s organizational capacity to engage in fundraising and development. This will be accomplished through the individual’s utilization of their strong sales skills to plan for and execute the programs and events required to realize the successful achievement of the Museum’s annual fundraising goal.
Key Responsibilities
• Along with Organizing Committees of volunteers, co-ordinate the execution of the Museum’s current revenue generating events and new events that are brought forward to generate both awareness and revenue for the Museum;
• Manage and grow the Museum’s sponsorship program;
• Plan and execute the bi-annual Annual Fund campaigns using print, electronic and other fundraising media;
• Review, manage and grow the Museum’s membership program, researching trends in membership categories, associated benefits, promotions and collateral materials. Develop, implement and monitor the plan for membership retention and acquisition and as part of the plan maintain and analyze membership statistics;
• Coordinate, working in partnership with the Communications team, the creation and production of hard and soft-copy membership-related campaign materials;
• Communicate regularly with Museum members, working in partnership with the Communications team, to develop the Member Newsletter, mailings and other associated collateral materials;
• Communicate with members to make them aware of lectures and other museum events of interest;
• Develop, manage and grow the Museum’s partnership program;
• Develop and support the Museum’s third-party fundraising events program;
• Update the comprehensive development database, as required by the information garnered through the responsibilities of the portfolio, utilizing the Museum’s Sumac software package;
• In consultation with the Director of Philanthropy, work with the Marketing & Community Relations Manager to create and maintain development-related sections of the museum’s website;
• Contribute to the compilation of data and development of text specific to the Development Office for the Museum’s Annual Report;
• Work with the Director of Philanthropy on new initiatives as required.
Qualifications
• Completion of a Post-secondary degree or equivalent;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects, deadlines and priorities;
• Excellent knowledge of Sumac;
• Excellent knowledge of Canada Revenue Agency’s receipting rules;
• Ability to work with sensitive information with complete confidentiality;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point);
• Experience organizing events for both revenue generation and general awareness;
• Strong interpersonal and public relations skills and the ability to cultivate relationships with and communicate effectively with donors, volunteers and other stakeholders;
• Team player that displays initiative;
• Must be able to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet the objectives of the position;
• Must possess a valid driver's license, have access to a car and be willing to occasionally travel within Ontario.
The successful candidate will have excellent relationship management skills, be highly driven, results-oriented and have a willingness to learn and grow in the position. If you would like to be part of a dynamic team of individuals as we journey toward our new museum at the water’s edge and be a part of history in the making, email a covering letter and your confidential CV to hr@canoemuseum.ca by 5:00 p.m. on January 30, 2020.
While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.