Philanthropy Officer, Corporate & Foundation Giving

As we serve vulnerable youth, all employees working for Covenant House Vancouver must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required prior to your start date.

Since 1997, Covenant House Vancouver has provided relentless support for youth experiencing, or at-risk of experiencing, homelessness. We provide support to young people age 16 to 24 who have experienced a wide range of early life and ongoing, complex trauma; including physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. Our purpose is to serve all youth, with absolute respect and unconditional love, to help youth experiencing homelessness, and provide a safe and supportive environment for all youth in need.

Working at Covenant House will be one of the most meaningful things that you’ll do in your life. However, you will be confronted with significant issues in this work and frankly, this work is not for everyone. In the course of doing your work, particularly for those doing frontline work, you will be exposed to the trauma of others. The youth we serve may also experience overdose, physical harm perpetuated by self or others and even death.

Because we provide a relational model of care, the harms our youth experience can impact us in varying degrees. While we provide training for youth workers on avoiding what we call vicarious trauma (namely, the trauma you can experience or take on by hearing other’s traumatic stories), and a generous allowance for counselling, it is still difficult work that can and does take its toll on many employees.

Self-awareness and self-care are key. Some candidates and employees decide during the recruiting and probationary periods that this work isn’t for them, and that is totally fair. We will provide more information on vicarious trauma during recruiting and on-boarding, to help you decide if Covenant House is the place for you.

The Philanthropy Officer, Midlevel Giving is an integral part of the Philanthropy team and manages a portfolio of around 350 donors who give between $1,000 and $4,999 annually. Through strategic communication and superior organizational skills, you will sustain, steward, and continue to grow this important portfolio of donors. You will have the opportunity to build transformative relationships with donors to help reduce the risks of street homelessness and substance use.

• Work with a portfolio of existing donors, soliciting their financial support and communicating the impact of that support on the youth at Covenant House Vancouver.
• Build meaningful relationships with annual individual donors through thoughtful questions to understand their interests, passions, and reasons for supporting the youth at CHV.
• Use your excellent organizational and data skills will keep you on track and able to manage a large portfolio of donors
• Communicate with donors primarily through the phone, email and mail with occasional in-person meetings
• Work alongside our Prospect Development (research) team to learn more about your donors and plan how to best connect with them
• Learn about youth stories and updates to CHV’s programs and share them with donors, including the impact that their donations had in the lives of youth experiencing homelessness
• Invite our supporters to participate in events including donor engagement gatherings, gratitude events, Sleep Out events, and other fundraising events
• Support other projects and working groups to contribute to the Philanthropy team’s overall goals
• Administrative tasks including data entry into our database (Raiser’s Edge) and answering the general donations phoneline in a warm and helpful manner to assist donors with their requests and concerns
• Other duties as required

Education and Experience:

2+ years of experience with fundraising and donor relations, or related experience College, University, or professional certificate degree is an asset Raiser’s Edge database software experience is preferred Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, and Word Passion for learning about Vancouver’s…