Employment opportunity: Fundraising Program Manager

Application deadline: Friday, November 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET
Salary: $78,166

If you believe that:

• Social change is possible
• Feminist principles and process can help change the world
• Social justice activists, in Canada and the Global South, can support and learn from each other
• You have a contribution to make in helping strengthen and manage a Canadian organization devoted to the promotion of social justice and human rights around the world

…you may be interested in applying for a Fundraising Program Manager position at Inter Pares, a social justice organization based in Canada. To globalize equality, Inter Pares collaborates with people and organizations who are dedicated to building more just societies and creating positive change.

As part of our institutional co-management team, the successful candidate will be expected to share responsibility for Inter Pares’ financial, administrative, and political well-being and direction. The co-management team operates on a parity basis – equal salary, equal responsibility – guided by principles of consensus-based decision-making. All co-managers participate in management committees, administration, raising funds, donor relations, board relations, external representation, and public engagement.

The Fundraising Program Manager position

As a member of Inter Pares communications and fundraising team, the fundraising program manager will be responsible for relationship building with existing Inter Pares donors, as well as reaching new supporters. They will engage program managers and the board of directors to support fundraising efforts. While watching trends in the charitable sector, they will adapt our programs to these changes. This position is full-time, based in Ottawa.

Responsibilities of the Fundraising Program Manager

• Steward the Major Donor Program
• Manage gifts made from stocks, bequests.
• Steward the Acquisition Program.
• Write and personalize correspondence with donors
• Donor relations by phone and in person
• Support the direct mail program
• Support in Database management
• Monitor and report on fundraising results to the all-staff team and board of directors
• Travel occasionally within Canada to meet with donors and/or the public
• Participate in various management committees 

The candidate should have the following experience, skills, and attributes:

• Solid experience and/or aptitudes in all or most of the above responsibilities  
• Technical experience with CRM's, comfortable working in multiple donor data bases.
• Experience in Fundraising and development.
• Commitment to social justice, feminist principles, equity, anti-racism and anti-oppression
• Commitment to collective work; ability to work in a team and without direct supervision
• Excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and an ability to write for a variety of audiences (see below for language requirements)
• Good interpersonal skills and experience with and/or enthusiasm for consensus decision-making and group process
• Analytical abilities and capacity to think and work strategically and creatively
• Financial management, administrative, and organizational skills
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends on occasion; availability to travel within Canada or internationally is an asset (a contribution towards child care expenses for the above is accessible)  

Language requirements 

• Excellent writing, speaking, and editing skills in English or French AND
• Good to excellent written and oral communication skills in the other language

Salary and benefits

The salary for this post starts at $78,166. It also comes with a generous benefits package that includes extended health coverage and retirement planning benefits. All new staff begin with four weeks of vacation, which increases with seniority.

Workplace 

The position is based in our office in Ottawa. Inter Pares has a hybrid work model. For newly hired staff, in office presence is required for 30 days during the first three months of onboarding. In office presence is required for all staff at least five days/month, including all in-person program and staff meetings.

Application process

Candidates must have legal permission to work in Canada. Interested persons should submit their CV and a cover letter in English elaborating why they are interested in working at Inter Pares and the skills and experience they would contribute. Please send this by e-mail to info@interpares.ca, with the subject: Co- Manager, Fundraising – FIRST NAME LAST NAME.

Candidates must be available for interviews between November 27 and December 3, and the successful candidate will be asked for further interviews between December 5 and 13. The primary interview will be in English and will include some questions asked in French. The interview will also include a writing test in both English and French. We are happy to provide an accessible interview and employment environment and accommodation if required. Inter Pares assumes reasonable interview-related expenses; as compensation for time spent engaging with our interview process, all candidates who reach the interview stage will also be paid commensurate with current co-management salary, prorated by the hour.  

Inter Pares is committed to working within an anti-racism, anti-oppression, and anti-colonial framework, and recognizes that systemic privilege and oppression have strongly shaped staffing patterns in international cooperation. We strongly encourage applications from women, racialized people, Indigenous people, migrants, people with marginalized sexual or gender identities, and people living with disabilities. We invite candidates to share how they personally identify in their application if they wish to do so.

For more information about Inter Pares, please consult our website: www.interpares.ca.