Employment Opportunity: Development & Prospect Research Officer
Exciting opportunity to join our team closes February 3, 2012 at 5.00 pm

January 12, 2012

Established in 1981, The Toronto Community Foundation is one of Canada’s largest independent public foundations with more than $230 million in assets under administration.  We have more than 325 individual, family, corporate and agency endowment Fundholders under our umbrella, as well as our own community endowment, the Vital Toronto Fund.  Our mission is to connect philanthropy to community needs and opportunities.  Our vision is to make Toronto the best place to live, work, learn and grow through the power of giving. We currently seek to add a new member to our Development team who will play a key role in supporting the growth of the Foundation’s Fundholder base.

The Role

The Development and Prospect Research Officer is a member of the Philanthropic Services team, reporting to the Vice President Philanthropic Services.

He/she is primarily internally focused on developing new prospect pipelines; providing in depth prospect research; data management related to tracking the progress of prospect development; internal processes related to completion of new Fundholder agreements.  For the next two to three years a significant portion of his/her activities will be focused on supporting a major fundraising initiative for the Community Foundation.

Selected Duties and Responsibilities
Prospect Management and Research

• Proactively develops an ongoing pipeline of new potential prospects.
• Prepares in depth prospect profiles and briefing packages.
• Prepares presentation materials for prospect specific proposals.

• Maintains database information related to all prospect development activities.

New Funds and Gifts processing

• Works with all departments to ensure seamless internal processes for establishing new Funds and receiving gifts.

Other Duties

• Participates as an active member of the overall team with input on cross-team initiatives that support the Foundation.

Skills and Attributes

• Minimum of 3 years related development and research experience in the non-profit sector.
• University degree in a related field.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a dedicated team player.
• Flexible and self-motivated.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using a donor database.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Please submit your résumé and contact details to resumes@tcf.ca, attention Carol Turner. Telephone applications are not accepted.

The application deadline is February 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm.