Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation
Full-Time, Permanent – $58,000-$68,000
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We’re looking for a Charitable Giving Advisor, Community Giving & Engagement to join us in a full-time, permanent role. This opportunity comes as one of our valued team members returns to post-secondary studies. We’re proud to support their next chapter and are hoping for someone equally passionate to help carry this important work forward. Are you the next great member of our team? If you believe as we do, that reimagining healthcare at Peterborough Regional Health Centre has never been more important than it is right now, read on!
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager of Community Giving & Engagement, the Charitable Giving Advisor, Community Giving & Engagement, is a key member of the PRHC Foundation team and essential to our efforts to fund the equipment and technology that empower world-class patient care in our region.
The role focuses on developing innovative, strategic, and sustainable approaches to identify, acquire, engage, retain, and steward current and future community donors and ambassadors, leveraging targeted and mass-market fundraising, digital engagement, and communication strategies.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop, execute and evaluate strategic direct mail, online, monthly, tribute and memorial giving acquisition, engagement, retention and stewardship strategies based on industry best practices with accountability for revenue goals
- Adhere to budget and monitor the effectiveness of resource allocation, analyze and report on results, and adapt the plan as required
- Collaborate with colleagues to support donor mobility and identify potential prospects
- Build relationships with donors and uncover testimonials to support storytelling efforts
- Liaise with the Gift Processing Officer to convey and ensure the accuracy of gift processing entry and ensure effective and efficient processes to generate receipts and thank you letters
- Develop and maintain all programmatic procedures and training materials/manuals
- Manage all program-related suppliers to meet objectives, maintain relationships and deliver top-quality products
- Ensure upkeep and maintenance of Raiser’s Edge database through diligent entry and tracking of information and provide expertise in Raiser’s Edge database to perform queries and analysis for all direct response programs
- Maintain donor confidentiality and abide by all privacy policies and procedures
- Adhere to AHP and AFP Codes of Ethics and Donor Bill of Rights
- Maintain skills/knowledge by attending educational sessions and keeping informed of PRHC Foundation policies and procedures
- Be an ambassador for PRHC and the PRHC Foundation
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you’re a highly professional, organized, flexible and collaborative team player, and you bring a range of excellent organizational and communication skills to our efforts. Interacting with donors and volunteers regularly, you’re warm, enthusiastic and engaging, with strong social skills. You are also a positive, resilient, self-directed and organized person who is comfortable balancing multiple priorities, and who excels and thrives in an environment where activities and results are measured.
About Us:
We’re a team of professional healthcare fundraisers who are passionate about our collective cause. We have a positive, inclusive and supportive workplace culture and invest regularly in continuous education and professional development. We believe in strategic thinking, best practices and the ongoing evaluation of our efforts. Most importantly, we’re grateful to our donors for their trust, and in return, we strive to maintain the utmost transparency, good governance and accountability in everything we do.
What We Do:
More than 600,000 people from Peterborough and the surrounding area rely on Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) for world-class, lifesaving care, close to home. PRHC’s regional programs support patients from across Peterborough, Northumberland and Haliburton Counties, the City of Kawartha Lakes, parts of Durham Region, and everywhere in between.
Our role at the PRHC Foundation is to inspire donors to fund the equipment and technology that form the foundation of that care – vital investments that are not funded by the government. We’re currently in the largest fundraising campaign in our history to empower world-class care close to home, fuel innovation and bring new, lifesaving services to our region, attract the best and brightest healthcare professionals to PRHC, and inspire and support solutions to critical hospital challenges.
What We Offer:
- An exciting opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare in our region and impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year
- A nimble, collaborative and innovative work culture dedicated to supporting professional and personal development
- Competitive, benchmarked salary ranges
- Generous pension and benefits package
- The opportunity to work with a leading fundraising organization dedicated to excellence and impact, learning from experts in the field and sharing your own skills and experience with us
What You Offer:
We’re looking for someone with a minimum three years of experience in direct response, digital, or mass-market fundraising including fundraising communications (or equivalent) and post-secondary education in a relevant area, with strong relationship building skills.
Ideally, you’ll also have/be:
- Experience with online resources, word processing, and spreadsheet and database applications (knowledge of Raiser’s Edge is an asset)
- Excellent strategic, written and verbal communication skills
- A strong sense of resiliency and a creative approach to problem solving
- Strong project management skills
- Attention to detail with an absolute commitment to accuracy
- An effective and collaborative team player who shares information freely and works in a team to achieve overall goals
- Well organized, flexible and able to juggle multiple priorities effectively under tight timelines
- Complete confidentiality and discretion, tact and poise, sound judgment
- A drive to succeed personally and to support team success
- Passionate about the work of the Foundation in raising funds to support world-class patient care
Other Things You Should Know:
- Full-time, permanent position
- Normal working hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Position will be based primarily on-site at the hospital, but may occasionally involve attending evening or weekend events/donor engagement activities
- Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required
How to Apply:
Download the complete job description here. Please submit a cover letter and resume with the subject line ‘Charitable Giving Advisor, PRHC Foundation’ to foundation@prhc.on.ca. Applications will be accepted until 4:00pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone or walk-in inquiries please. All applications are considered confidential.
We’re committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment so please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process.