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  • Annual Salary Range: $83,000 – $129,000

    St. Paul’s Foundation is seeking an energetic, collaborative Planned Giving associate to join our busy Planned Giving team. You will lead an integral part of the Foundation at an exciting time in our history: we’re on the cusp of building an incredible new hospital, research complex, and health campus.

    Our Ideal Candidate

    You are a trained professional with a keen eye for detail and a demonstrated ability to contribute to, and participate in, a positive working environment with tact, diplomacy, and a service-oriented attitude. You have the ability to oversee administration, management, marketing and stewardship of the Estate Giving portfolio for St. Paul’s Foundation and can act as subject matter expert for gift and estate matters across the Foundation.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Proactively manage gift administration for all estate donors from the initial notification to completion, including: communication with executors, lawyers, trust officers, other professionals, and family members.
    • Review and comment upon estate accounts, review and revise releases and other required legal documents and facilitate stewardship and recognition of estates.
    • Ensure data integrity of estate information in the donor database and make timely updates to estate trackers, ensuring all deadlines are met.
    • Conduct analytics on estate portfolio, including generating reports for senior management.
    • Identify issues, analyze and coordinate with external parties, particularly legal counsel, other beneficiaries and other charitable organizations to facilitate gifts from donors‘ estates.
    • Work to prepare for estate litigation, including preparing memos, recommendations for strategy and settlement offers, participation in settlement negotiations and mediations to resolve claims against estates.
    • Provide leadership and support to an Estate Giving team of direct reports.
    • Actively manage a portfolio of current and prospective EG donors and provide ongoing relationship management.
    • Play a key role in the development of the annual business plan and overall budget for the EG program.
    • Lead the strategy for the development and integration of marketing plans, donor communications, and creation of net new materials for the EG program.
    • Develop a program to engage professional advisors to increase their understanding of St. Paul’s Foundation, encourage their partnership in sharing and/or developing expertise about charitable giving vehicles, and encourage their support and advocacy for St. Paul’s Foundation.
    • Act as internal resource on gift & estate planning for all Foundation teams.
    • Keep current on tax aspects of estates, trusts and other charitable gifts and keep informed about new legislation and revenue rulings affecting such gifts.

    Qualifications:

    • Completion of post-secondary education in a relevant field; Bachelor of Law degree or STEP Canada designation preferred; or an equivalent combination of education, skills and experience.
    • 5+ years’ relevant experience in estate administration, ideally at a non-profit organization, or within a trust company or law firm in Canada.
    • Strong attention to detail and accuracy
    • Ability to identify strategic solutions to complex problems.
    • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
    • Sound judgment, tact, and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive material with discretion.
    • Adheres to applicable privacy laws as well as CAGP, AFP and SPF standards of discretion and confidentiality.
    • Intermediate proficiency with MS Office applications, specifically Word and Excel.
    • Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT or a similar database is a significant asset.
    • Able to work occasional weekends and evenings.
    • Ethical behaviour: you are committed to ensuring your actions are consistent with the mission and values of St. Paul’s Foundation.

    To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to the attention of Cecilia Tupper at SPFCareers@providencehealth.bc.ca.  The posting will remain open until the position is filled.

    Thank you for your interest in working with St. Paul’s Foundation. Only candidates short-listed for interviews will be contacted..

  • Annual Salary Range: $83,000 – $93,000

    St. Paul’s Foundation welcomes applications for a manager, Corporate Partnerships to join our Development Team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and growing our corporate philanthropy portfolio in support of Providence Health Care. 

    As the preferred candidate, you have demonstrated success in fundraising, sponsorship, cause marketing, employee giving campaigns, and personal solicitations, ideally within the corporate landscape. You are a high achiever adept at navigating a complex organization in a solution-focused manner.

    Reporting to the Director, Corporate & Annual Giving, you will prospect, cultivate, solicit, and support the stewardship of donors with the capacity for corporate donations, in-kind donations, and sponsorship partnerships. You will be responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of strategic fundraising plans and the management of an active fundraising portfolio (125 to 175 accounts).

    Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Develop and implement strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, close, and steward gifts; upgrade existing corporate donors.
    • Develop and implement sponsorship and corporate annual giving programs that align with the overall strategic direction of the Foundation.
    • Collaborate with the Providence Community and our internal Communications and Marketing team to develop correspondence and proposal materials for prospective donors and priority projects.
    • Work as part of a team to develop new sponsorship opportunities and plan and execute signature event sponsorship initiatives: Lights of Hope and Feast of Fortune
    • Present to corporate partners and volunteers information on employee giving campaigns, in-kind giving, and sponsorship opportunities.
    • Stay abreast of trends in charitable giving, the tax implications of charitable gifts, and changing legislation.
    • Use Raiser’s Edge/NXT to track and qualify prospects; record and report gifts; and ensure all communications, contacts, and actions are recorded.

    Qualifications:

    • A minimum of 5 years relevant experience and a proven track record of fundraising/sponsorship success.
    • Superior interpersonal skills to engage, motivate, and leverage internal and external stakeholders.
    • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation abilities; vigorous attention to detail; and exceptional time and organizational management.
    • Positive, collaborative approach with demonstrated management skills.
    • Highly computer-literate with strong Microsoft Office computer skills; experience with Raiser’s Edge an asset.
    • Valid driver’s license.
    • Ability to work occasional weekend and evening hours.
    • Ethical: behaviour is consistent with the mission and values of St. Paul’s Foundation.

    To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to the attention of Loretta Lawrence, Director of Corporate Partnerships at SPFCareers@providencehealth.bc.ca. Posting open until position is filled.

    Thank you for your interest in this position and St. Paul’s Foundation. Only candidates shortlisted for interviews will be contacted.

Volunteer Opportunities

  • St. Paul’s Foundation is looking for enthusiastic volunteers who are available on-call to support a variety of short-term administrative projects.

    Specific responsibilities

    • Assist with small to large mail outs
    • Assemble and organize packages

    Qualifications

    • Have availability during business hours
    • Possess strong organizational skills
    • Excellent attention to detail

    Competencies

    • Handle sensitive information with tact and discretion
    • Commitment to the mission of St. Paul’s Foundation

    Benefits

    • Meet other volunteers who share similar interests
    • Gain valuable experience volunteering for a major hospital foundation

    TO APPLY:

    Please email to: spfoundation@providencehealth.bc.ca

  • In addition to volunteering with St. Paul’s Foundation, a number of on-site opportunities are also available at the hospital. Please visit the Providence Health Care website to learn more.