Senior Manager, Major Gifts & Campaigns

Location: Primary jurisdiction includes Mississauga and Halton Region (hybrid work environment)
Employment Type: Full-Time, One-year Contract Salary: $75,000 – $85,000 Reports to: Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Community Relations

Habitat HMD is seeking an experienced and highly connected Senior Manager, Major Gifts & Campaigns to help grow transformational philanthropy in support of affordable home ownership. This senior fundraising role is ideal for a confident relationship builder with a proven ability to open doors, build trust, make the ask, and secure significant philanthropic commitments.

Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Community Relations, the Senior Manager will expand Habitat HMD’s major gift pipeline, cultivate senior-level donor relationships and support the development and execution of major and capital fundraising campaigns across Mississauga, Halton Region and the broader GTA.

• Build, manage, and actively solicit a portfolio of qualified major gift prospects and donors.
• Identify and develop relationships with high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, business leaders, corporations and community influencers.
• Cultivate, solicit and close significant five-, six- and potentially seven-figure philanthropic gifts.
• Develop tailored donor strategies, proposals, presentations, cases for support and stewardship plans for donor growth.
• Help develop, launch and execute major gift campaigns, capital campaigns and strategic fundraising initiatives.
• Work with senior leadership, Board members and community leaders to support donor cultivation, campaign development, tactics and solicitation opportunities.
• Maintain an active prospect pipeline, track fundraising activity and provide dashboard forecasts and performance updates.
• Represent Habitat HMD at appropriate business, philanthropic and community events.

• 5-7+ years of progressive fundraising, philanthropy, business development or related relationship-management experience, with significant major gift experience strongly preferred.
• A university degree or equivalent combination of education and senior professional experience is preferred. CFRE or related fundraising credentials are considered an asset. Experience with Donor Perfect or a similar CRM is also an asset.
• A demonstrated record of personally cultivating, soliciting and closing significant philanthropic gifts.
• Experience leading or significantly supporting a capital to manage confidential donor relationships.
• An entrepreneurial, self-starting approach with the ability to create opportunities and move relationships toward meaningful commitments.

Affordable housing is one of the defining challenges facing our communities. At Habitat HMD, you will help shape the next stage of philanthropic growth and build relationships capable of creating a lasting housing legacy across Mississauga and Halton Region.

Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga-Dufferin is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Accommodation is available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process.