Fund Development Lead

Looking to Make an Impact?

We're on the lookout for someone driven by passion, eager to take on challenges, and committed to making a difference.
If you thrive on innovation and seek the freedom to work on your own terms, all while embracing responsibility, then this opportunity is for you.

As a part of our team, you'll play a crucial role in growing our community of dedicated supporters.
Your ability to inspire and motivate volunteers, coupled with your knack for achieving ambitious goals, will be essential.
Whether you bring 4 or more years of experience in communications, sales, marketing, or fundraising, we value your diverse skill set.

Demonstrating expertise in Peer-to-Peer and fundraising management, you'll build upon a proven track record of successful fundraising.
Your superior interpersonal skills will empower you to engage and motivate stakeholders both within and outside the organization.
If you're excited about cultivating a broad spectrum of relationships, including new business connections, then join us in making a real impact in our community.

What We're Doing
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) is reshaping the traditional non-profit business model.
With a renewed dedication, we are focused on advancing patient and research outcomes while prioritizing the enhancement of our employee experience.

Join us as we redefine the landscape of non-profit work, with a commitment to making a lasting impact on both our mission and the well-being of our team.

Our Core Values…

• Servant Leadership - We put our patients first.
  Our leadership style is grounded in the sharing of power for the growth and well-being of our people and the blood cancer community.
• Lifelong Learning - We see learning as more than professional development, but as a mindset and philosophy to help us constantly adapt, change and excel.
• Authenticity - We celebrate character and genuineness.
  We expect, respect, and welcome different opinions, modes of expression, and diversity.
• Shared Achievement - We believe success is a team sport.
  We care about results, but more importantly, we care how those results are achieved.
• Freedom & Responsibility - We trust our team.
  We embrace the freedom of employees to work non-traditional hours if needed, to work from home, and exercise creativity in career goals and development.

What We Will Do Together…

• Recruit, retain and manage top fundraisers and corporate partners, while nurturing other key relationships.
• Coach both individual and team participants on fundraising to maximize impact.
• Increase the base for corporate support through team fundraising and sponsorships, and in the development and implementation of other activities.
• Ensure that the LLSC Mission is integrated throughout the region to tie fundraising efforts and results to event revenue and volunteer impact.
• Provide primary leadership for the design and execution of activities focused on increasing revenue and volunteer engagement for campaigns in assigned region.
• Achieve specific revenue and retention goals, development plans, cultivation of events, budgets, timelines, and logistics.
• Build relationships with all internal and external stakeholders:
  participants, sponsors, donors, and committee members in order to grow their financial support of LLSC, as well as vendors and suppliers to ensure cost reductions.
• Collaborate with the Regional Community Services Lead to ensure Mission integration across the Region.

What Should You Bring

• Your expertise in fundraising, applied skillfully to strengthen participant relationships and foster growth in our fundraising programs.
• A capacity to engage in face-to-face interactions with community members in the Vancouver area approximately 50% of the time.
• A capacity to participate in evening and weekend events as necessary.
• A history of collaborating within a team that sets ambitious goals and collectively works towards achieving them.
• The ability to connect, build, and sustain a diverse range of relationships with our community of supporters.
• The courage to experiment with new ideas and the capacity to lead by example, inspiring others to follow suit.
• Flexibility and a willingness to contribute to multiple campaigns and events as needed in the region.
• A commitment to being guided by a bold vision that propels LLSC's mission forward.

What We Offer

The Fund Development Lead position is a vacant role, and this is what we offer:

• Generous time off, from 15 days starting vacation, to a day off on your birthday, and holiday closures for around two weeks at the end of the year.
• A wide variety of health and benefits including a healthcare spending account, and more.
• A flexible and hybrid workplace.
• A four-day workweek benefit.
• Amazing colleagues and workplace culture.

Please note, we are open to non-traditional backgrounds and experience profiles.
If you have some of the qualifications but not all, and think you have the ability to do the role, please apply.

Learn more about our employee offerings by applying today!