Senior Major Gifts Advisor – Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation

About Us

At the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, we proudly inspire our community to invest in excellence in child health, research, and family centred care. We truly believe that, together with our community, we can build healthier futures for all children. Best health, best future for all children and families.
As the official fundraising body for the Alberta Children’s Hospital and Child Health & Wellness Research at the University of Calgary, impact is at the heart of what we do. We work in close collaboration with our donors, partners, and stakeholders to ensure that children benefit from investments in innovative science to find new therapies and cures for a healthier tomorrow. We are dedicated to upholding our ICARE values of Integrity, Collaboration, Authenticity, Respect and Excellence. While our team is diverse in background, we are united through our ICARE commitment, enriching the relationships that raise and direct funds to support crucial programs, technology, research, and expertise so that even the most severely ill and injured children can benefit from world-class care today.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional, Major Gifts Fundraiser to be a part of our team! In this role, the Senior Major Gifts Advisor plans, develops, implements, and manages strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship best practices for a portfolio of top-tier major gift donors. Maximizing philanthropic support that advances child health and wellness, this position works collaboratively within the broader Fund Development Team and requires a creative mindset and approach to strategy development. This team-based approach ensures multi-faceted giving opportunities are considered and communicated to donors and prospective donors. To ensure success

In this role, the Senior Major Gifts Advisor will maintain and grow a portfolio of major gift prospects and employ a strategic moves management program to ensure each prospect’s timely progression along the donor continuum. The primary focus and responsibility of this role is to raise funds for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. We are an amazing team, doing amazing things every day. We have some exciting plans on the horizon to further advance child health and wellness in our community and beyond. We would love to learn more about how you could add value to our team!

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Major Gifts Advisor will be accountable for the following:

• Working within the $25k to $500k gift level, this role will build and maintain relationships with a portfolio of existing and prospective donors.
• Accountable for new business development, working closely with the pipeline & analytics team to identify new prospective donors/sponsors to engage at the major gift level.
• Development of creative and meaningful cultivation and stewardship plans that excites our community.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the major gift fundraising strategy which informs and drives our annual plan and budget cycle
• Proactively use prospect identification, research, and qualification processes to generate prospects and grow the major gift portfolio; manage this prospect portfolio though active cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship towards gift renewal.
• Develop a deep knowledge and thorough understanding of the Foundation mission and funding priorities in order to articulate the case for support for the various priorities at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute or a wider-community endeavor.
• Maintain accurate donor records in Raiser’s Edge and make use of other tracking tools to manage assigned accounts.
• Serve as a knowledgeable advocate for the ACHF in our community.
• Collaborate closely with our Events Team, Planned Giving, and Leadership Giving units to effectively communicate to donors the myriad ways they can contribute to the ACHF’s mission.
• Provide fundraising development support to the Manager and VP as required

Our Ideal Candidate

• With a minimum of eight (8) years of fund development experience (at least half of which is specific to major gifts), you have demonstrated success in building and maintaining relationships with donors, prospective donors, and key stakeholders. This is reflected in your successful and progressive track record of soliciting and closing major gifts, developing high potential prospects and donors while strengthening relationships to secure major gifts. Your experience includes the
  development of customized cultivation plans, proposals, and stewardship reports as well as planning cultivation and stewardship meetings that are reflective of the reputation and standards of the organization.
• While a relevant post-secondary degree is required, suitable combinations of education and experience will be considered. It would be of benefit to have education with a specialization in communication, business, or fundraising, a CFRE (or similar) designation, and/or specific fundraising experience in a hospital/health care environment.
• You are persuasive and professional in your writing, presentation, and communication skills and have successfully developed written materials, reports, and resources for a variety of audiences. You are proven in your effectiveness in face-to-face interactions with donors.
• Although you work independently to articulate and drive new initiatives or enhance existing programs, you remain a committed team member and provide an appropriate level of support to ensure the success of other fundraising professionals on your team. We are a highly collaborative environment, and you demonstrate a willingness to work as a part of a cohesive team with colleagues and volunteers alike. Your professional approach is based on tact, discretion, and sound judgement, building a foundation for positive relations. Given your experience, you have well-established project management skills with the ability to manage multiple demands in a dynamic and time-sensitive environment. Hands-on experience with Raiser’s Edge Software (or equivalent) is required. Of course, you have working proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of products including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint. and are well versed in the tools and technology that support virtual meetings (Teams, Zooms, etc.). You have the ability and flexibility to work both in office and virtually, being well versed in the tools and technology to be effective in both.

We hope that in reading our job ad, you love who we are, what we do, and are inspired to apply for this role. While we work hard and have high expectations of ourselves, our strong work ethic is balanced by an enthusiastic sense of humour and the ability to have fun along the way. The entire team at thefFoundation truly embraces the mission and vision to enhance care for children and families

Join our team. Be a part of something amazing.

As a part of our comprehensive total rewards package and in addition to a salary that is competitive in the sector, this role is eligible for extended health and dental coverage, membership in a defined benefit pension plan, an annual flexible spending account, and other benefits.

To be considered for our Senior Major Gifts Advisor role, please submit your resume and cover letter via our career centre by March 24th, 2024.
In your cover letter, please tell us why you want to be a part of our team, what makes you our ideal candidate, and your salary expectations for this position.

For further information about our Team, our Child Health Partners and our Funding Priorities, and our organization, please visit the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation website