Job Description

Company Overview

WE is a movement that brings people together and gives them the tools to change the world. Our vision is to shift the world from \xe2\x80\x9cme\xe2\x80\x9d to \xe2\x80\x9cwe.\xe2\x80\x9d Our mission is to empower all people to change the world, locally and globally, achieving transformative outcomes for themselves and others.

WE - Making good, doable.

Job Summary

WE seeks a Manager, Major Gifts. This individual will work with the Major Gifts team to implement strategy, support donors through individualized engagement and stewardship. As an organized team player, this role has a strong focus on attention to detail and pipeline development, reporting to the Director of Major Gifts.

The success of WE Charity\xe2\x80\x99s Major Gift team is measured (at both the departmental and organizational level) by:

• the number of families engaged in the WE Movement (via trips, fundraising, camps, etc.),
• the quality & consistency of relationships,
• the strength of programming to build pipeline, and
• achieving year end targets for Major Gifts.

The WE Charity Major Gifts team seeks a Manager who will continually strengthen these objectives and promote donor centricity among the team.

This individual must be passionate and committed to the core beliefs of the organization\xe2\x80\x94the WE.org Philosophy.

The position is based out of WE Charity\xe2\x80\x99s office in Toronto.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Support Director and Associate Director with both relationship management and project execution.

Stewardship and Special Project Management

• Provide support to steward the engagement of major donors, ensuring a compelling stakeholder experience and ongoing contributions to WE programming, both domestically and internationally
• Support Major Gift team on pipeline development and special projects
• Fulfill our commitments to donors, seeing that all aspects are carried out, including preparing donor updates and reports
• Manage donor recognition and stewardship strategies for 25th Anniversary Campaign in collaboration with director
• Liaises with the Youth and Family Advisory (YAF) to identify cross-prospect and donor opportunities
• Monitor performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of Major Gifts initiatives
• Support in honoring donors and maintaining communications
• Ability to execute on direction for special projects and events in support of the above
• Collaboration with director on receiving and responding to new prospects with the aim of initiating engagement
• Proactively identify prospective donors, carry out or request background research, and devise an appropriate engagement plan

Record Keeping

• Support Director and Associate Director in the tracking of prospects, opportunities, and financials
• Liaise with Stewardship Team & Finance/Accounting to ensure accuracy of financial reporting

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent reporting and communication skills, with the ability to handle high volume
• Strong project management skills, and ability to work in a time-sensitive, goal-oriented and deadline-driven environment.
• Flexibility around shifting priorities and timelines
• Detail-oriented mentality
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Focus on revenue driving activities and maintaining a sense of urgency
• Belief in the value of WE
• Knowledge of development software (i.e. Sales Force), online databases and other sources to locate financial and philanthropic information

Additional Qualifications and Skills

• Articulate, self-motivated, team player
• Previous fundraising, sales or customer service experience. Friendly, determined self-starter
• Strong ability to seek new opportunities and think creatively
• The desire to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented department
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with a proven ability to succeed with minimal supervision
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational ability
• High degree of flexibility; open to working evenings and weekends as needed.
• International travel experience is an asset.

What makes us unique...

WE is a family of organizations that makes doing good, doable, and that gives people the tools to make a difference in their communities and around the world. WE Charity empowers domestic and international change. ME to WE is a social enterprise that creates socially conscious products and experiences to help support the charity. And WE Day fills stadiums around the world with the greatest celebration of social good. WE Schools works in over 14,000 schools across North America, delivering curriculum to educators that teaches youth service learning to help better the world. WE also engages families and companies in supporting 2,500+ local and global causes by volunteering millions of hours of service, using their everyday shopping choices for good, and raising millions of dollars that directly benefit their local communities and the world. Globally, our teams in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have provided more than 1 million people with clean water, built over 1,000 schools and schoolrooms overseas, and empowered more than 200,000 children with access to education. WE was founded more than 20 years ago by social entrepreneurs, brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger.

WE values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants requiring a disability-related accommodation at any stage of WE\xe2\x80\x99s recruitment process should contact the People Operations and Culture Department by email at hr@we.org. As required by applicable legislation, WE will consult with applicants requesting such an accommodation to ensure that WE\xe2\x80\x99s recruitment process takes into account their accessibility needs, including in relation to the materials or processes to be used by WE.

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