Ottawa Fundraising Manager

LOCATION: Ottawa, ON

STARTING DATE: October 2007

STARTING WAGE: $18/Hour (Based on experience)

Overview

The Ottawa fundraising office is one of the key fundraising centers in the company. The office is located in the fabulous Byward Market and Ottawa being a university town there are plenty of university students to recruit as staff.

We are currently hiring a new Fundraising Manager. This is a wonderful opportunity for the individual who is organized and self-directed, and who has successfully demonstrated their ability to manage fundraising response, volume, and admin efficiency. As a manager the ideal candidate has an intuitive understanding of staff morale and other aspects of staff management, as well as recruiting, project planning and project management, new client start-up, and other skills required for the successful running of a Fundraising office.

This is an office approaching 200 fundraising hours a week in the winter (and close to 500 hours in the summer), with 20 staff working on street, door, mall and pfu fundraising programs. Staff Support includes a full time Door Program Supervisor, as well as supervisors proficient in recruiting, scheduling and training. The office has some of the best trained staff in the country.

DUTIES

- Overseeing an appropriate recruitment, hiring, training and evaluation program to ensure that standards are achieved and contracts completed within an agreed upon timeline.

- Overseeing staff scheduling, turf management and ensuring that all staff are actively fundraising to the levels spelled-out in their job descriptions.

- Coordinating client startups, new client testing, and participating in campaign management

- Coordinating the efforts of the supervisors, trainers and administrative staff – through regular meetings and honest, consistent communication – to best service both the clients, and the donors.

- Maintain a personal level of fundraising on a weekly basis.

- Fostering an environment of honesty, respect, and effectiveness (while not forgetting to have fun!)

- Ensuring that all donations are accurate, complete, confidential and delivered to the client in the appropriate manner.

- Obtaining permits and licenses where necessary from the respective municipal authorities, coordinating turf sharing with other companies and NGOs, and ensuring good working relations within the community.

- This is an equal opportunity employment offer and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. The ideal candidate should:

o Be flexible, able to easily adapt to new systems and procedures

o Have discernment and the ability to prioritize

o Be highly energetic and flexible with the ability to thrive in challenging situations.

o Be results-driven with the ability to motivate others.

o Have good oral communication and facilitation skills.

o Have experience recruiting, training and managing staff

o Be motivated to go out and fundraise with the team on a regular basis

o Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

o Bilingual in French and English an asset.

TO APPLY

This is an internal application available to all Public Outreach staff. To apply for this position, please send a resume with cover letter to: Jennifer Woodroff jwoodroff@publicoutreach.ca

Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday October 26th 2007. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.