THE OPPORTUNITY
The IWK Foundation is growing its team and has created a new Director of Philanthropy position to provide collaborative leadership for the major and legacy giving, and donor engagement programs. Reporting to and working closely with the Vice President of Philanthropy & Development, the new Director will inspire and empower the team to reach new heights through leveraging existing strengths and stimulating innovation.
As a contributing member of the Senior Leadership team at IWK Foundation, the Director will bring a spirit of partnership and cooperation, working closely with colleagues to champion an integrated model of fundraising in support of the Foundation’s growth strategy.
The successful candidate will be an exceptional relationship builder with proven experience in developing and managing donor strategies, processes and experiences. With a strong track record of success in securing principal and transformational gifts, pipeline development, campaign management, and working with senior-level volunteers, the Director will be a critical thinker, a capable problem solver, and will demonstrate exceptional communication skills.
This position requires an ambitious and inclusive leader who will leverage the knowledge and experience of existing team members and is committed to their professional growth and evolution. Demonstrating the values of servant leadership, the Director will be accountable for a team of six, working closely with the Senior Manager of Major Gifts, the Manager of Personal and Legacy Giving, and the Manager of Donor Engagement to understand and build on past successes and establish priorities, goals, and metrics that support achieving strategic outcomes. This is an opportunity to optimize future performance while supporting an organizational culture of empowerment, engagement, strong performance and development.
This is a hybrid position with an expectation of 2-3 days per week in the office in Halifax.
ABOUT IWK HEALTH
IWK Health is dedicated to providing quality care to women, children, youth, and families in the Maritime provinces and beyond. Services are delivered through their Children's Health program, Mental Health and Addictions program, and Women's and Newborn Health. Across all three programs their approach is rooted in a collaborative model that integrates talented people with new technologies, research, training, and clinical excellence. IWK Health is proud to provide the most complex levels of care in our region and are a strong advocate for the health of families, globally leading in research and knowledge sharing.
HOW IWK HELPS
Primary Care
This type of care can include diagnosis and treatment; referral to secondary health care services; prevention care; and heath promotion and education. Primary health care might involve visiting your family doctor or nurse practitioner, talking to a dietician or a pharmacist, or calling a toll-free health advice line to talk to a health professional.
Secondary Care
This category includes most Health Centre specialist services and other areas of care for which patients do not have direct access, and for which they must be referred from some other part of the health system.
Tertiary Care
A form of care that is highly specialized and complex.
Teaching and Research
The IWK is a respected centre for its world-class research into disorders and diseases affecting children and women. As a teaching institution, the IWK is affiliated with Dalhousie University and serves as a primary clinical resource for pediatric and obstetric teaching of a broad range of health professions including medicine, nursing, other allied health services and child life.
Reaching Farther
Specialists from the IWK take their expertise to Maritime communities in the form of traveling clinics; through computer-based videoconferencing technology; and a team of nurses and respiratory therapists who travel by air and ground ambulance to outlying Maritime communities to stabilize and transfer critically ill newborns, older children, and mothers with high-risk pregnancy situations.
ABOUT IWK FOUNDATION
IWK Foundation raises funds to support the urgent priority needs of IWK Health located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and serving the Maritimes.
The IWK Foundation is the preeminent fundraising movement for children and women’s healthcare in the Maritimes. We are powered by a legacy of best-in-class care, diversity and inclusion, and the personal connections our donors have to the IWK and the region it calls home.
The IWK Foundation’s purpose is to create a far-reaching movement for children and women’s health, fostering a deep, meaningful connection with every donor, employee, and family we impact.
To honour this, the IWK Foundation endeavors to be an agent of change through a fearless commitment to the core values of our Maritime community. We will do all we can to create an environment of compassion and mutual respect through thoughtful and intentional practices to address diversity, inclusion, and equity.
Our purpose will be driven by the following approach: Diversity is a fact; Equity is a choice; Inclusion is an action; Belonging is an outcome.
FUNDRAISING AT IWK FOUNDATION
Together with our donors, the IWK Foundation has a vision to become the catalyst to revolutionize health and research for children and women of the Maritimes and beyond. Through the strength of our community, the Foundation has provided over $ 20 million to IWK Health for its most urgent needs this past year.
The IWK Foundation is laser focused on improving women’s health and research, providing multi-year funding for an Accelerated Research Chair, and one-time funding for an Acessa Machine for the minimally invasive and enhanced treatment of fibroids.
In addition to supporting research, equipment, fellowships, and programs through our annual fundraising, significant priorities also include raising funds to support the redevelopment of the IWK Emergency Department, as well as Integrated Youth Services, a “one-stop shop” for Nova Scotia youth and families to access a range of mental health services, and the Pediatric Learning Health System, that will ensure our Maritime children and youth have timely and equitable access to care regardless of geography or social-economic status.
Myron and Berna Garron have been at the forefront of unprecedented change at the IWK, and the opening of the Garron Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (Garron Centre) 10 years ago is just one example demonstrating the power and impact of their philanthropy.
On September 9th, 2024, Myron and Berna Garron announced a monumental $25 million donation to the IWK — the single largest individual donation to health care in Atlantic Canada. This provides a unique opportunity to create a truly unified mental health and addictions system of care, flowing from the communities where youth live to the IWK for specialized services including intensive services. Regardless of which door patients walk through, the spaces and places will reflect the IWK’s dedication to excellence in care.
In addition to Major Gift Philanthropy and Legacy giving the IWK Foundation utilizes multiple fundraising streams to successfully fund enhancements to the important work of the hospital.
Two long-standing annual traditions that enable the IWK Foundation to truly celebrate the unmatched generosity of individuals, community organizations, and businesses are the IWK Telethon for Children on CTV and the IWK Radiothon on Bell Media Radio.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning, Strategy and Leadership
Fundraising and Donor/ Partner Relations
Team Leadership
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
FOR MORE INFORMATION
KCI Search + Talent has been retained to conduct this search on behalf of IWK Foundation. For more information about this opportunity, please contact Mia Gardiner, Senior Consultant, KCI Search + Talent by email at IWK@KCITalent.com.
All inquiries and applications will be held in strict confidence. Interested candidates should send resume and letter of interest to the email address listed above by February 18, 2025.
To view full position brief, please visit www.kcitalent.com
The target hiring range for this position is $110,500 - 135,000 with comprehensive benefits.
We welcome all applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and represent the communities that we support.
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