Manager, Development, Corporations and Foundations Job Vacancy

Job Title: Manager, Development, Corporations and Foundations
Job Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Job Ref.: J1113-0399
Company/Employer: The University of Ottawa
Job Type: Regular Full Time
Salary (Grade: 11) Hiring salary range; $66,786-$76,607, Salary range max; $86,428
Job Reports To: Director, Campaign
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Office of External Relations - Development Office

Job Purpose:

• The Manager provides strategic direction to develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate a comprehensive fundraising plan designed to maximize revenue generation from corporations and foundations during the largest fundraising campaign in the University of Ottawa’s history. 
• The Manager identifies and qualifies prospects, crafts plans for prospect cultivation and solicitation, and ensures donor recognition and stewardship. 
• The Manager is also responsible for raising close to $2 million dollars, and partners with senior University executives to capitalize on advancement opportunities and secure corporate alliances and philanthropic commitments.

Job Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in business, management or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of fundraising processes, best practices and current industry trends
• Three to five years of professional corporate fundraising or related experience
• Experience using fundraising databases (knowledge of Raiser’s Edge an asset)
• Experience working with volunteers from the private and corporate sectors
• Experience using software and computer programs such as Windows, word processors, spreadsheets, databases, email and the Internet

Key competencies required at the University of Ottawa:

• Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
• Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
• Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
• Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

Other competencies:

• Ability to deal with senior executives and officials
• Proven project management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proven negotiation skills, and excellent organizational, interpersonal and networking skills
• Superior verbal and written communication skills in English and French
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends, with availability for some travel

Note: Applications from employees belonging to the bargaining unit SSUO, as well as external applications, will be considered equally. This posting may appear simultaneously on external websites.

Schedule with an average of 35hrs/week.

CODL certificates can be considered an asset. Don’t forget to add them to your resume.

We thank all candidates for applying. We will only contact candidates selected for further consideration.

If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

Remember to upload a current version of your CV into the My documents section of your career profile (please include the job ID number, i.e. J1113-0399, in the title of your document).

Deadline Date: 02/02/2014

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