Annual Giving Manager, Pearson College Uwc

Who Is Pearson College UWC
Founded as Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World College (Canada) in 1974, Pearson College UWC is one of eighteen UWC schools worldwide. Pearson is a unique, highly selective, two-year pre-university school for up to 200 students from across Canada and around the world chosen solely on their promise and potential and demonstrated commitment to actively engage in creating a better world. Students currently are selected from nearly 160 countries.
Pearson College UWC is privileged to learn, work, and live on the traditional territory of the Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay) First Nation.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Director of Advancement and External Relations, the Annual Giving Manager will be responsible for leading and implementing Pearson’s annual giving program by playing a key role in the engaging and inspiring community of alumni and supporters to champion the vision for the College’s future and help the existing $40 million ‘Renew and Re-found’ campaign to reach its final goal. This role involves leading a small annual-giving team, developing, and executing strategies to increase donor retention, acquisition, and engagement, and oversight of all aspects of the annual giving program. The incumbent will also play a critical role in enhancing and implementing the College’s donor stewardship and recognition programs.
Key Responsibilities
Annual Giving

• Act as the primary contact person for peer-to-peer and affinity campaigns.
• Manage the Monthly and Recurring Giving program including donor relations, acquisition appeals and campaigns, as well as recognition and stewardship activities.
• Stay updated with current trends in fundraising appeals and donor stewardship and maintain a current knowledge of tax and other regulatory issues related to charitable status and charitable giving.
• Collaborate with the Communications team on digital fundraising strategies and content creation to promote giving programs in publications, social media, and online.
• Manage all direct mail and email appeals from concept to results reporting.
• Establish and manage a Tribute Giving program, using relevant fundraising strategies to grow this revenue.
• Set performance targets, monitor, and manage overall performance of the program.
• Conduct individual outreach to donors up to the $5,000 level.

Legacy Giving

• Identify and qualify prospects
• Maintain and grow Pearson’s planned giving program (Lester B. Pearson Legacy Society) by managing a portfolio of planned giving prospects for in-person (or video/phone) cultivation and solicitation
• Develop and implement a marketing plan with strategies to generate legacy leads (including the creation of planned giving content for publications and appeals)

Stewardship

• Coordinate plaques, donor walls and signage, as appropriate.
• Act as a key philanthropic content creator for Annual Impact and other reports, updates, digital content; various letters and donor reports.
• Other duties that may include administrative and event/reunion support as needed.
• Prepare custom stewardship reports at fiscal year-end and/or at completion of campaign pledges.
• Navigate and assess donor relations and stewardship best practices in the philanthropic industry (locally, regionally and globally)
• Coordinate student letters for every Named Scholarship.
• Act as main stewardship contact for the UWC International Office and facilitate the stewardship requirements for all international funding to Pearson.
• Develop and implement donor stewardship and recognition plans to ensure reporting to donors in a timely, consistent, and accurate manner on the use, impact, and financial management of their gifts.
• Prepare custom gift agreements as needed.

Management

• Supervise the Donor Relations Coordinator and the Advancement Coordinator and provide direction, guidance, performance management and support to achieve fundraising targets.

Requirements
Qualifications

• Computer software proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to maximize the use of data in decision-making to conceive, execute and evaluate programs that enhance fundraising and donor engagement.
• Demonstrated skill in compelling storytelling, concise, logical, and grammatically correct writing with experience writing appeals, proposals, and reports.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with a variety of internal and external contacts.
• Working knowledge of Raiser’s Edge or other fundraising-specific databases is an asset.
• 4+ years’ experience in supporting fundraising activities and writing compelling fundraising materials.
• Ability to motivate, inspire, and work effectively with individuals and groups, especially volunteers.
• Post-secondary degree in a discipline related to the duties of the position or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and professional affiliation.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and foster good team relations.
• Demonstrated ability to independently organize and prioritize multiple tasks, and plan and achieve established goals.

Job Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada.

Benefits
Salary and Benefits

• Flexible schedule with the opportunity to consider a hybrid work arrangement.
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Matching RRSP program.
• Onsite meal program.
• Three weeks’ vacation, with annual increase of 1 day/year up to 4 weeks.
• Beautiful waterfront campus located on Pedder Bay in Metchosin with access to hiking trails, kayak use, and other outdoor activities.
• Salary: $75,000 to $85,000 depending on experience.
• Comprehensive Benefits plan (extended health and dental coverage).

As an inherent part of our United World College values, Pearson College UWC is actively committed to Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek individuals who will work respectfully and constructively with differences and across levels of privilege and power. We actively encourage applications from members of groups experiencing barriers to equity.
Application deadline: We are accepting rolling applications until the position is filled.
Check status of the search process here: https://www.gerardsearch.com/searches.html
Contact [email protected] for more information.