Director, Development and Campaign

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Pacific Salmon Foundation

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Canada · Vancouver, BC, Canada · British Columbia, Canada · Remote

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Director, Development and Campaigns Position Description
April 2, 2024
Position Identification
Title: Director, Development and Campaigns
Department: Development, Marketing and Communications
Status and Funding: Hybrid; Full-time; Grant Funded
Organizational Summary
The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is salmon first, salmon always. We harness the passion and power of people to save and restore wild Pacific salmon in B.C. and the Yukon. And, we never go it alone; working with Indigenous partners, thousands of stream keepers, government, academic Institutions and a coalition of People for Salmon, we are on a mission to conserve salmon for the benefit of generations to come.
Position Overview
The Director of Development and Campaigns plays a critical leadership role in the organization, responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing comprehensive fundraising strategies and campaigns. This position requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record in successful fundraising, donor cultivation, and campaign management. The Director will collaborate closely with executive leadership, team members, and other key stakeholders to drive philanthropic support for PSF’s mission and programs.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Director, Development and Campaigns’ key responsibilities will include:
Fundraising & Campaign Leadership
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising plan to support PSF’s mission and revenue
  • goals.
  • Oversee the finalization and approval of the campaign plan, cases, and resource needs.
  • Identify, cultivate, and solicit major gifts from individuals and corporations and help grow PSF’s donor base.
  • Steward and inspire prospective and current donors at the $25,000+ level to assure fundraising goals are achieved.
  • Develop personalized giving strategies for major donors, corporate partners, and prospects designed to grow revenue and sponsorships.
  • Develop a prospect pool of donors and lead strategies and tactics to build relationships.
  • Lead the planning of major donor stewardship activity; prepare and ensure campaign-specific stewardship and recognition programs are in place and effective.
  • Prepare custom fundraising documents: proposals and stewardship reports for individual and corporate donors.
  • Partner with the CEO, VP, and Cabinet, and Board members on their campaign asks.
  • Monitor campaign results and activity.
Team leadership & collaboration
  • Lead PSF’s fundraising team with strategic support to successfully achieve donor cultivation and revenue targets.
  • Supervise and mentor the development team, providing guidance and support to achieve fundraising goals.
  • Help recruit a campaign cabinet; partner with the CEO, VP DMC, and Board members to identify, engage, and recruit influential and passionate fundraising leaders.
  • Collaborate with internal PSF teams and leadership to ensure fundraising is aligned with programmatic goals.
  • Collaborate with Marketing & Communications to implement communications strategies that support fundraising efforts.
  • Provide leadership to development team to implement exceptional donor records for an optimal donor database, and accurate campaign tracking.
  • Oversee the development of grant proposals, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
  • Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the development team.
Reporting and administration
  • Develop and manage the annual development budget.
  • Prepare reports for leadership to share with the Board of Directors on portfolio metrics and key activities as required.
  • Other duties as required.
Reporting and Supervision
The Director, Development and Campaigns reports to the Vice President, Development, Marketing & Communications and works collaboratively with peers on the DMC team to support organization and departmental goals.
Candidate Profile
To succeed in this role, PSF believes that the new Director should ideally possess some combination of the following attributes:
  • Action-oriented. Excited to initiate donor engagement, meeting people, and setting up calls. Motivated to get ‘out the door’. A visible member of the PSF community.
  • A true relationship builder. Curiosity and interest in others. A desire to work with a very passionate community. Collaborative by nature.
  • Strategic and visionary. Can help elevate the sights of our donor community to see the incredible impact they can have.
  • Adaptable and communicative. Exceptional translational abilities to work between and across our myriad scientific, technical, and non- scientific, nontechnical communities. Represents PSF well.
  • A strong writer and precise communicator.
  • Brave and humble. Thrives and creates a safe environment for all to try and fail, rather than not try at all.
  • Ambition and goal-oriented. Ready to lead in a nimble and professional organization. Takes ownership, suggests solutions, and works to figure things out.
Qualifications
  • Tangible success in progressively more significant fundraising roles, including significant major gift solicitation successes.
  • Deep understanding and experience in a comprehensive campaign.
  • A strong mission alignment, which may include a background or passion in science, conservation, environmental studies, or biology.
  • Proven success in leading a team to success, performing all aspects of people management.
  • Demonstrated excellence in donor engagement and stewardship with a particular focus on initiating and maintaining relationships with donors, partners, and other key stakeholders.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both in person and in writing.
  • Experience researching, writing, and developing fundraising collateral.
  • Ability to interpret, leverage and communicate relevant fundraising and donor data.
  • A strong customer service attitude.
  • Competency in relevant office and customer relationship management tools, such as Microsoft Office and CanadaHelps platforms.
  • Knowledge and critical thinking typically developed through an undergraduate degree in a relevant field, or through an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Mentoring and Development
The PSF is committed to life-long learning for all team members. Ongoing mentoring will be available to facilitate the Director's career development and appropriate training and skill-building opportunities will be provided. Educational opportunities will be encouraged.
Compensation
The compensation range for this role is between $110,000-130,000 per year. PSF offers a generous benefits package including paid time off, a group pension plan with matching contribution, extended health and dental care, life, and disability insurance.
Location
The Foundation’s offices are located in the South Granville/Fairview area of Vancouver, and we are pleased to offer flexible conditions; this role is hybrid with a minimum of two days in-office attendance per week. Some travel will be required to participate in in-person meetings, workshops, events, and staff gatherings. Additionally, given our presence on Vancouver island, we would be open to a candidate based in a major island city.
Diversity and Inclusion
We believe diversity is key to excellence and actively encourage applications from indigenous persons, persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, and members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin.

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