Fundraising & Grants Coordinator
/Organization:
MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver
Deadline:
Until Filled
Organization Description:
MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver invites you to explore the North Shore’s fascinating history, to share your stories, research people and neighbourhoods, experience exhibitions, and advance your understanding of local people, cultures, and history.
As a bi-municipal commission of the City and District of North Vancouver, MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver preserves historically valuable community records and artifacts; it makes them meaningful and accessible to the public by organizing exhibitions, delivering educational programs, caring for collections, and providing access to archival information
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Job Description:
As our Fundraising & Grants Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in advancing our mission by supporting and enhancing our revenue streams. You will be at the forefront of building and nurturing relationships with donors, funders, and sponsors, ensuring that MONOVA continues to thrive and inspire. Working closely with MONOVA’s Director and Manager of Business Operations, you will develop and implement our fundraising plan with a focus on major donors, corporate sponsors, and foundations.
The role requires strong relationship management skills to build relationships with donors, funders, and sponsors. We anticipate the role will be highly varied, encompassing proposal development, prospect management, reporting, and data analysis. The successful candidate should be a strategic and creative thinker with a proven track record in fundraising, particularly within the arts and culture sector.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement strategies to secure major donations, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors with major gift capacity, from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
- Contribute to the creation of marketing collateral needed to execute fundraising initiatives and to report on MONOVA’s impact in the community.
- Strengthen the sponsorship program through the cycle of pipeline development, prospecting, negotiations, contract agreements activations, and fulfillment reports.
- Provide essential administrative and backend support, including drafting prospect briefs, gift agreements, donor proposals, and stewardship reports.
- Professionally conduct donor meetings and presentations on and off site, in-person, via phone or online ensuring full donor briefing notes and strategies are prepared.
- Coordinate with relevant staff to gather information for proposals and reports, including budgets/expense information, organizational information and visitor testimonials.
- Utilize CRM database, management systems and spreadsheets to manage donor relationships and opportunities, accurately recording interactions to analyze and report on data and trends.
- Issue acknowledgement letters and tax receipts through the donor database.
- Represent and advocate for MONOVA at networking events, community gatherings, and industry conferences enhancing awareness and support within the community.
- Ensure that MONOVA’s fundraising efforts are inclusive, respectful, and aligned with MONOVA’s commitment to honouring Indigenous communities and their contributions
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in fundraising within the cultural sector or similar non-profit.
- CFRE designation preferred.
- Proven track record in managing fundraising campaigns, sponsorship, and donor development.
- Experience working with CRM databases (eTapestry is an asset).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A professional demeanor and a positive attitude.
- Well-organized, flexible, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
- High level of accountability and initiative; self-directed and collaborative work environment.
- Proficient computer skills and the ability to work with MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
How to Apply:
Full-time (35hrs per week)
1-year contract (with potential for extension based on successful achievement of fundraising targets)
Compensation: $40 per hour
Location: Office based at Museum of North Vancouver, with hybrid options available.
Reports to: Pamela Roberts, Manager of Business Operations
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and résumé by e-mail to MonovaHR@monova.ca
Review of applications begins February 2025 and continues until the position is filled.
Remuneration:
$40 hourly
Contact Name: Pamela Roberts
Contact Email: robertsp@monova.ca
Contact Phone: (604) 990-3700
