A current local driving licence and access to a vehicle.
At least three years of project and people management experience.
Experience managing staff and/or volunteers to help them reach their potential.
Experience budgeting and using key performance indicators to monitor and manage financial performance.
Significant voluntary or professional fundraising experience.
Experience managing stakeholder relationships and projects.
Experience working effectively without close supervision and resolving problems as they arise.
Experience in people management, including performance reviews, management development, motivation, and addressing performance issues.
Experience delivering outcomes through peers, volunteers, or staff in a professional or voluntary context.
Experience delivering professionally in a target-driven role.
Ability to make fundraising asks and secure financial or other support.
Confidence in challenging conversations and influencing at all levels.
People-management skills, including distance-managing and supporting a team to achieve fundraising targets.
Budget-management skills to maximise contribution.
Understanding of fundraising techniques and the value, role, and techniques used in community fundraising.
Ability to work outside an office environment and manage remote relationships.
Ability to use Google Suite, databases, and project-management tools to deliver on key performance indicators.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and build relationships with people from varied backgrounds and in business, social, and educational settings.
Ability to inspire, mentor, and coach others in achieving goals.
Presentation and facilitation skills for engaging a wide range of audiences.
Ability to formulate, implement, monitor, and evaluate plans through continuous improvement.
Ability to prepare a compelling case for support that aligns organisational needs with potential supporters.
Ability to manage and resolve conflict.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting demands, delegate, organise, and plan time effectively.
Initiative to formulate ideas and action plans and implement personal and others' initiatives to meet organisational objectives.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Flexible approach to work to accommodate events, functions, and work activity.
Willingness to travel nationally and internationally, including at short notice.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement a sustainable community fundraising strategy for the assigned region to raise funds and increase supporter awareness and participation.
Serve as the organisation's point of contact and representative in the assigned region.
Develop a broad network and collaborate with internal departments, volunteers, community institutions, and partners to plan, deliver, and evaluate fundraising initiatives and maximise income-generation opportunities.
Lead, manage, and motivate a team of fundraisers to achieve the national fundraising strategy, providing clear guidelines, plans, and deliverables.
Provide regular feedback to team members, identify issues and concerns, and agree and implement remedial actions.
Oversee objectives for direct reports and the regional fundraising team, aligning them with organisational strategy and departmental work plans.
Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and annual appraisals and actively manage staff performance.
Ensure the regional team understands and follows organisational policies and procedures.
Identify and develop partnerships with local organisations, mosques, and institutions to promote and support the organisation's work.
Meet with boards and other stakeholders to establish partnerships.
Identify regional sponsorship opportunities to build organisational presence, local support, and community engagement.
Coordinate with the national events manager to plan organisational events and speaker tours.
Delegate implementation of events to the regional fundraising team to ensure successful delivery and achievement of fundraising targets.
Use relationships with mosques, community partners, and key donors to sell event tickets.
Create local supporter networks that generate income and increase organisational profile and engagement.
Travel within the region to meet and build relationships with key premium donors to strengthen fundraising efforts.
Build relationships with fundraising, marketing, and programmes teams to develop, implement, and achieve community fundraising plans and goals.
Attend and speak at community events as the organisation's regional representative.
Support the regional fundraising team in establishing regional volunteer teams.
Train and equip supporters and volunteers with the knowledge, motivation, and understanding needed to carry out their community roles.
Employee Type:
Permanent
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About the Department:
The Fund Development department aims to develop and implement strategies to increase the funding income of Islamic Relief through a range of fundraising initiatives and through acquisition and retention of donors, volunteers and community supporters.
Job Purpose:
This position will work directly under the Head of National Community Fundraising. He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing a sustainable community fundraising strategy for their region in order to raise funds and increase awareness & participation amongst supporters.
This position will be the point of contact and representative of IRC in the assigned region.
This individual will need to develop a large network and work collaboratively with key stakeholders including other departments internally, volunteers, community institutions and partners, to plan, deliver, and evaluate fundraising initiatives and maximize income generation opportunities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage Fundraising Team
Lead, manage and motivate a team of fundraisers to achieve the national fundraising strategy, providing clear guidelines, plans, and deliverables.
Ensure regular feedback is given to team members, issues and concerns highlighted, and remedial action is agreed and implemented.
Oversee the setting and implementation of objectives for direct reports and the regional fundraising team as a whole, aligned to the organisation's strategy and departments' work plans.
Carry out regular 1:1 meetings and annual appraisals and actively performance manage staff.
Ensure the regional team understand and adhere to the policies and procedures as directed
Community Relations
Identify and develop partnerships with local organizations, mosques and institutions to promote and support the work of Islamic Relief Canada
Meet with boards and other key stakeholders to establish a partnership with IRC
Scope and identify sponsorship opportunities in the region to build IRC presence, support from local partners and engagement with the community
Event Planning and Execution
Liaise with national events manager to plan for IRC events and speaker tours
Delegate implementation of events to regional fundraising team to ensure smooth roll out of each event/tour in the region and to meet set fundraising targets
Leverage relationships with mosques, community partners and key donors to sell tickets to events ensuring their success
Volunteers and Networking
Create local networks of supporters across the region that can deliver benefits for Islamic Relief including income, increasing profile and engagement
Travel within the region to meet and build relationships with key premium donors to enhance fundraising efforts
Build relationships across other Islamic Relief teams in your areas – Fundraising, Marketing and Programs to manage the development, implementation and achievement of Community Fundraising plans and goals
Attend and speak at community events to raise your profile as the IRC representative in your region
Support your regional fundraising team with the establishment of regional volunteer teams
Train and equip key supporters and volunteers with the knowledge, motivation and understanding to implement their role in the community on behalf of Islamic Relief
Qualifications & Competencies
Experience:
Proven minimum three years of experience in project and people management
Proven experience of managing staff and/or volunteers to reach their potential
Proven experience of budgeting and use of KPIs to monitor and manage financial performance
Significant voluntary or professional fundraising experience
Proven experience of stakeholder relationship management
Proven experience of project management
Proven experience of working effectively without close supervision and dealing with problems as they arise
Proven experience of people management including performance reviews, management development, motivation and effective management of performance issues
Delivery of outcomes through others – peers, volunteers or staff – in a professional or voluntary context
Proven experience of delivering professionally in a target-driven role
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
Proven ability to make the ask and secure financial or other support
Credibility and confidence to have challenging conversations and influence at all levels
Excellent people management skills and ability to distance manage a team, ensuring they are supported and motivated to achieve fundraising targets
Excellent budget management skills to maximise contribution
Broad understanding of fundraising techniques and the specific value, role and techniques utilised within Community Fundraising activity
Able to work outside an office environment and manage remote relationships
Use of Google Suite, data bases and project management tools to deliver on KPIs
Well-developed interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing as well as build relationships with people of all backgrounds, levels and settings including business, social and educational
Able to inspire others, mentor and coach them in goal delivery
Strong presentation and facilitation skills with ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences
Ability to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate plans in a cycle of continuous improvement
Able to prepare a compelling ‘case for support’ to capitalise on fundraising opportunities and match organisational need with potential supporters
Ability to manage and resolve conflict
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting demands, delegate, organise and plan time effectively
Initiative - ability to formulate own ideas and action plans. Implementing own initiatives and those of others to achieve organisational objectives
Able to work independently as well as collaboratively
Degree educated or equivalent professional experience
Other:
Current local driving license and access to a vehicle
Have a flexible approach to work in order to accommodate events, functions and work activity
Willingness to travel nationally and internationally, and at short notice
Hybrid Work Policy: IRC has a hybrid model where in-office requirements are based on distance from our Burlington headquarters or a regional office (Surrey, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa). Depending on where you live, this can range from two days a week to one day a month.
Commitment to Accessibility: Islamic Relief Canada is committed to providing inclusive employment opportunities. Accommodation requests are invited at all stages of IRC recruitment, hiring, and employment processes. We make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations in a timely manner. If you have any accommodation requests or questions regarding the hiring process, contact us at [email protected] or 1-855-377-4673.
Starting Salary:
$76,000.00
Please note: The posted starting salary is intended to provide potential candidates with a general understanding of the compensation associated with the position. The actual salary offered will start at this figure, with adjustments possible based on individual qualifications and other relevant factors.