Interviews: First: Sept. 30 - Oct. 4; Second: Oct. 15 - 18

Start Date: October 28, 2024 (TBD)

Salary: $48,000 - $52,000

Term: Full-time (35 hrs/week), 1 year (with possibility of renewal)

Employee Benefits: Health (after 3-month probation period)

Organization's Field/Discipline: The Arts

Job's focus: Development, Fundraising and Donor Relations

Job Type: Hybrid in-person and remote

Career Level: Intermediate

Organization:

Lakeshore Arts is a registered charitable not-for-profit community arts organization, and one of six LASO’s (Local Art Service Organization), dedicated to engaging all peoples using multidisciplinary art forms as a way of enriching lives and strengthening Etobicoke’s communities. We believe community arts contribute to the holistic health of a community, and we offer opportunities to create positive social change through connecting people with others and to themselves. The organization values accessibility, transparency and mutual respect. Lakeshore Arts has an approximate annual operating budget of $650,000 and annual operating funding from the City of Toronto and the Ontario Arts Council, as well as restricted program funding from Delta Bingo St. Clair.

Job Description: 

Working with our Executive Director, the Development Manager will be responsible for strategizing and implementing an annual development plan. The successful candidate will be responsible for writing grant proposals, researching funding opportunities, creating and executing fundraising campaigns or events, and managing relationships with donors, funders and sponsors. The Development Manager should understand the social impact of community arts, and be comfortable working in a collaborative environment with other staff, volunteers and board members.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Develop and implement a comprehensive annual development plan.
• Ensure the viability of diverse revenue-generating activities, including two annual operating grants and multiple project grants, sponsorships, donations, and special events.
• Stay up-to-date with major funding sources and trends, and strategize accordingly for submissions.
• Manage and develop relationships with foundations.
• Manage corporate and individual major gift prospects.
• Seek sponsorship for annual fundraising events and other assets and events as needed.
• Work with staff to identify new potential funders, sponsors and organizational partners.
• Plan and steward two annual online or mail fundraising campaigns.
• Design and produce an annual fundraising event(s) alongside board members and with support from the Executive Director and Operations Manager.
• Develop an on-going strategy for donor identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
• Support the Executive Director in key funder and stakeholder relationships.
• Maintain detailed records of donor communications, contributions, and feedback.
• Track and report on outcomes of revenue-generating strategies.
• Support a LASO-collaborative (citywide) fundraising campaign initiative.

Job Requirements: 

• A minimum of three years experience in grant writing, prospect research, general fundraising, and/or event planning.
• Experience in not-for-profit cultural or community arts sectors.
• Interest in and knowledge of the arts, particularly community arts.
• Working knowledge of anti-oppression, equity, intersectionality, and accessibility.
• Skillful communication abilities, both written and verbal, for diverse audiences, including writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Dynamic team player, willing to support, cooperate and collaborate with board, staff and volunteers.
• Self-starter, able to work independently.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Evening and weekend work is required periodically.
• Experience with CRM systems is an asset.
• Comfortable working in G-Suite.
• Strong computer skills

Additional Info:

Why Join Us:

We are a team of passionate community arts professionals, driven by our mission to develop socially engaged community arts programming. As a team we value creative thinking, collaboration and believe in supporting one another. We are committed to the health and well-being of our staff, volunteers and program participants. We also value learning and encourage the ongoing development of strong networks, professional development and mentorship.

We know an effective organization and workplace culture is developed through mutual respect and believe that diversity and inclusion are crucial to our shared success. LSA is an equal opportunity employer and we approach hiring practices through an equity lens and pledge to: include a salary range or rate of pay in job postings when possible, provide transparency in hiring timeline and dates, offer an opportunity for feedback for candidates who attend interviews, make any accommodations possible during the recruitment and hiring process and continually make improvements to break down barriers to employment.

Please note, our office is on a second story walk-up that isn’t wheelchair accessible or may be difficult for those with mobility limitations.

LSA is located in Etobicoke/Adobigok (Place of the Alders in the Ojibwe). This territory was subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work in this territory alongside many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island.

For more information about Lakeshore Arts, please visit our website: www.lakeshorearts.ca