Community Engagement Associate - Full Time Temp

Please Note:

If you are a current Oak Valley Health employee, apply to this job via the internal Workday application. Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation exists to enable the growth of Oak Valley Health’s Markham Stouffville Hospital by raising sustainable funds and awareness for its priorities and ongoing needs. The Foundation is a separate organization from Oak Valley Health and our vision is to inspire and earn the generous support of every member of the hospital community.

Land acknowledgement:
Oak Valley Health and Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation is honoured to provide care on the traditional and treaty territory of the Anishinaabeg, and acknowledge our closest Indigenous communities, the Chippewas of Georgina Island and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island. The land is encompassed within Treaty 13, Treaty 20, and the Williams Treaty. Today, this area is home to many diverse Indigenous Peoples, and we acknowledge the health disparities and barriers Indigenous Peoples face in accessing care.

To support true healing, we are committed to understanding these challenges, learning from Indigenous knowledge, and taking action together to improve safe and equitable health care for current and future generations.
Who you are:  You encompass Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation’s core values:
Caring passionately about our hospital
Respecting and embracing our growing community
Delivering excellence in everything we do
Upholding the highest standards of accountability
You are a natural relationship-builder who thrives on understanding what motivates a supporter to give and ensures that every interaction reinforces the impact of their generosity. You are a team player with excellent communication, critical thinking and prioritization skills.

The Opportunity:

The Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation (MSH Foundation) is seeking a Community Engagement Associate to manage key components of the Foundation’s community fundraising initiatives, support the database and online platforms, and provide support to Manager, Community Giving and the Donor Engagement team. The Community Engagement Coordinator is an integral part of the Foundation team supporting the strategic priority to expand our donor base through broad community engagement for sustainable future revenue.
Key Results Area:
Donor Care (40%)  Meet the Foundation’s high level of service standards through primary reception coverage to ensure prompt personal service and appropriate follow up – including and not limited to serving as a frontline point of contact for donor inquiries, handling inbound inquiries and providing timely, warm, and professional support by phone, email, and written correspondence. Respond to, or direct appropriately — general foundation, hospital and donor inquiries and ensure consistent and appropriate messaging and ...
Conduct thank you donor calls and follow-ups as required to steward and strengthen donor relationships. Support the Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT database and data integrity by updating donor records, ensuring address and contact methods are accurate, and entering responses from donor preferences and statistical surveys. Handle donor information with discretion, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
Community Engagement & Outreach Support (40%)  Provide administrative and logistical support to community giving and donor engagement initiatives. Assist the strategic development and execute in-hospital and community wide fundraising initiatives to enhance and grow the Bear Necessities and commemorative programs. This includes acting as the key point of contact for events, corporate giving, and partnership opportunities, as well as Bear Necessities and MSH Heroes deliveries.

Support the online giving strategy including assisting to maintain the Foundation’s symbolic giving catalogue, creating online donation pages, e-newsletters, e-communications and preparing content for various promotional needs. Assist with the creative development and occasionally communicate with vendors to support various campaigns and projects. Track and monitor expense and revenue details including results analysis to support…