Associate, Granting

At The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (PMCF), our vision is to create a world free from the fear of cancer. Cancer remains the number one cause of death for Canadians and our top priority is to accelerate cancer research and care.

Our role is to garner support for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, one of the world’s leading cancer research and treatment centres, through philanthropy, fundraising events, and our world-renowned lottery program. The work we accomplish drives groundbreaking research, relentless innovation, and a deep commitment to improving the lives of cancer patients and their loved ones.

Now, we have an opportunity to blaze an even brighter future for everyone affected by cancer.

We will
Carry The Fire
for cancer patients everywhere, lighting the way forward through discovery, reigniting our commitment to transform cancer outcomes and ease the profound suffering cancer causes patients and their loved ones.

At the PMCF, every one of us carries the fire for someone else. Join us as we inspire a movement and help us achieve our vision to change the way we understand, diagnose, and treat cancer.

Union:Non-Union
Site:700 University Avenue
Department
:

Granting, Strategic Integration & Donor Stewardship
Reports to:Director, Granting
Status: Permanent, Full Time
Vacancy
:

Existing Vacancy - Backfill
Hours
:35 hours
Hiring Range
:$70,000 to $80,000 (plus additional compensative incentives such as bonus, pension and more)
Posted Date:September 21, 2026
Closing Date: October 11, 2026

The Associate, Granting reports directly to the Director, Granting and plays a critical role in supporting a portfolio of donor-funded projects and initiatives. Using strong problem solving and analytical skills, the Associate helps manage the granting components of projects from planning through delivery. This includes working closely with internal teams and external partners to coordinate activities, support project implementation, and communicate project impact to donors.

• Manage a portfolio of funds, commitments, and related reporting requirements to both optimize granting to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and to demonstrate impact to donors
• Monitor grant projects, working directly with Cancer Centre fund holders, to ensure effective and efficient execution
• Develop progress reports, briefing materials and other resources tailored to diverse stakeholder groups, including project teams, senior leadership and key external partners
• Ensure compliance with grant agreements, donor restrictions, and organizational policies
• Bring forward suggestions to improve workflows, as well as develop project plans/schedules, standard operation procedures, tools and templates
• Support the development and implementation of system tools to create efficiencies or enhancements to improve the operations of the Granting team
• Assist in analyzing complex issues related to funding allocation
• Produce or contribute to analytics on key performance indicators and metrics to identify granting trends and measure the success
• Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive and integrated approach to measure and report to donors the financial impact of donations
• Identify complex issues and risks in real-time and ideate options for resolution and make informed recommendations for the appropriate course of action and sustainable solutions
• Exercise sound judgment to upscale issues and concerns proactively
• Work creatively and analytically demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Build and nurture relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor emerging trends in the charitable sector. Synthesize and communicate relevant insights, data and market intelligence to support continuous improvement of granting programs, processes and fund management practices

• Experienced professional with 3+ years of demonstrated success in fundraising and philanthropy is
  mandatory
  and aback ground in healthcare or higher education is considered an asset.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, with advanced skills in Excel and CRM.
• Experience will Salesforce, Net Suite, Blackbaud CRM, and PowerBI would be considered an asset.
• Exposure to restricted fund accounting would be considered an asset.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstrates strong business communication, financial and project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and functionality.
• Strong sense of confidentiality and working with highly sensitive information.
• Demonstrates strong business communication…