Coordinator, Philanthropy - Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga

About the role

Trillium Health Partners Foundation is seeking a Coordinator, Philanthropy for a full-time contract position ending July 2, with the possibility of an extension. Reporting to the Manager, Philanthropy, this administration role provides vital project coordination, stewardship, research, and administrative support to the Philanthropy team. You will support corporate partnerships, community fundraising initiatives, and major and transformational giving while helping identify new opportunities through prospect research.

This hybrid position requires working 1 day per week in the office located at 2085 Hurontario Street, with occasional work at hospital sites including Mississauga Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital, and Queensway Health Centre.

Your impact

As part of the Trillium Health Partners careers team, your daily responsibilities directly empower the fundraising partners of one of Canada's largest community-based hospital systems as they work toward the ambitious Built for Us campaign.

• Ensure smooth day-to-day administrative support of our corporate philanthropy and community partnerships programs, and support of major gift giving activities.
• Perform various duties including, scheduling donor meetings/hospital tours, drafting correspondence, presentation decks, briefing and speaking notes, gift agreements, certificates of appreciation, endorsement letters, donor recognition plaques, recognition proposals and supporting proposal development.
• Enter and update actions, call reports and donor information in Raisers Edge.
• Take a lead role in identifying, writing, and submitting grant applications.
• Support the team as needed with helping grow the mid-level giving program by performing discovery and thank you calls.
• Provide ongoing support with data check to ensure accurate gift coding of donations.
• Research and qualify new corporate donor and fundraising initiative prospects using publicly available sources, wealth screening tools and internal data resources.
• Provide hands-on support during donor meetings and special events as required (i.e. meeting preparation, trouble-shooting, greeting).
• Support online fundraising functions including maintaining the calendar of initiatives, corporate recognition, partnership stories and THPF's fundraising platforms; provide troubleshooting and user support for donors, community fundraisers and corporate partners to ensure a seamless online giving experience.
• Act as first point of contact and triage for community fundraiser-related inquiries.
• Assist with donor engagement by serving as a point of contact for select relationships and support ongoing activities.
• Support third party fundraising events and MG cultivation events, as needed.
• Provide ad hoc admin support to Director, Philanthropy & Manager, Philanthropy.
• Support philanthropy team members as required.

What you'll bring

Candidates interested in administration jobs in Mississauga should possess a strong mix of organizational talent, technical abilities, and communication skills to succeed in this health care philanthropy environment.

• College diploma in fundraising, business or event planning or related field is asset.
• Strong organizational, problem solving and administrative skills.
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and a sharp eye for formatting precision.
• Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong research, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, effective at building relationships and able to work well with donors, colleagues and key Foundation and Hospital stakeholders at all levels.
• Highly professional and articulate with sensitivity, discretion and an appropriate demeanour.
• Energetic and enthusiastic, with strong verbal communications skills.
• Experience working in hospital environment, and / or health-related charity an asset.
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel & Word in particular).
• Donor/Client database experience an asset (Raiser’s Edge, Luminate Online, TeamRaiser, WordPress).
• Experience conducting Internet research.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed —some after-hours work may be required.
• Flexibility to work remotely with 1 day per week in office.
• Ability to travel between our hospital and stakeholder locations as required.
• Valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.