Manager, Development & Community Engagement

• Identify, cultivate, and develop new donors, while managing an assigned portfolio of donors and prospects, with a strong focus on increased philanthropic commitment and long-term retention.
• Build and execute tailored relationship strategies for each donor, including outreach, meetings, solicitations, renewals, and next stewardship.
• Conduct research, develop briefings, talking points, and impact-focused materials.
• Deliver strong stewardship and donor care, including impact touchpoints, recognition, and thoughtful, timely acknowledgements.
• Support the CDO and CEO with solicitations, including preparing donor briefings, proposals, and next-step plans.

• Help grow the organization's donor engagement efforts through meaningful outreach, relationship-building, and mission-based storytelling.
• Represent the organization at community events and programs, strengthening visibility and connections across Toronto and beyond.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support donor and Board communications, updates, and engagement initiatives throughout the year.

• Plan and coordinate donor engagement opportunities, including small gatherings, boardroom presentations, briefings, and donor-hosted fundraising events of any scale.
• Support event hosts with guidance, logistics, timelines, materials, and donor follow-up plans.
• Track event performance, donor outcomes, and next steps to ensure events translate into new, increased and sustained philanthropic investments.

• Maintain accurate donor and prospect records in the Salesforce CRM, including call reports, meeting notes, proposals, and next actions.
• Track pledge fulfillment and coordinate receipting, recognition, and acknowledgements in collaboration with internal colleagues.
• Produce regular portfolio and pipeline reports, including activity, progress, and results against goals.
• Contribute to strengthening systems and processes that improve donor experience and fundraising effectiveness.

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in fundraising, donor relations, sales/business development, account management, or other relationship-based revenue roles.
• Relevant connections to help grow the organization's donor pipeline and the ability to bring in your own prospects.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust, manage multiple relationships, and move opportunities forward with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable drafting donor emails, call notes, proposals, and briefing materials as well as speaking one-on-one and in group settings.
• Excellent time-management skills, ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, highly organized, detail-oriented, and reliable with follow-through; able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience preparing grant proposals, decks, or client-facing materials.
• Experience supporting nonprofit fundraising events or volunteer-led initiatives.
• Experience supporting events and/or volunteer-led initiatives is an asset.
• Comfort using a CRM and managing data quality; experience with Salesforce is an asset.
• Willingness to work from the Toronto office full-time, attend occasional evening/weekend events, and travel across Canada periodically for meetings and events.

• Measurable progress on new gifts, renewals, and increases.
• A well-managed portfolio with consistent meeting activity, strong relationships, and excellent follow-through.
• Ability to bring in your own prospects.
• Sound judgment, confidentiality, and professionalism.
• Team collaboration and responsiveness.

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Mission-driven work with a proven, high-impact program supporting Jewish young adults across Canada.
• Close mentorship and professional development with a clear pathway for growth in development leadership.

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