Senior Development Officer, Online Giving

                                                              Temporary, 1 year Maternity Leave Coverage

                                                                                            Six Nations or Toronto, ON

$76,154 - $95,192

                                                                       Closing Date: September 15, 2023

Employment Opportunity

Indspire is an Indigenous charity, and a Top 10 Impact Charity for the past five years. We invest in the education of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada.

Indspire is seeking a Senior Development Officer, Online Giving- Mat Leave to begin mid to late September 2023. The SDO, Online Giving manages and oversees the growth of online fundraising campaigns by executing effective strategies and techniques via email, website, and other digital channels. The SDO provides coordinated leadership of digital fundraising activities and developing and implementing strategies to support fundraising across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing digital fundraising and engagement initiatives to acquire, renew and retain donors.
• Creating and deploying all emails, landing/donation pages for all online campaigns including National Indigenous Peoples Day, Giving Tuesday, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Year-end, Mother’s Day, etc. factoring in strategic segmentation and an A/B testing strategy.
• Building and executing a strategy to optimize online giving pages including testing.
• Working with stewardship officer to draft quarterly stewardship emails.
• Collaborating with Marketing and Communications to execute digital campaigns, including lead generation and direct to gift conversion campaigns.
• Building and executing a strategy for Facebook fundraising.
• Using analytics tools to build strategic recommendations for future campaigns and activities to raise more and acquire new donors.
• Developing and executing a plan for an e-store and text to give campaigns.
• Tracking and analyzing all online campaigns providing recommendations to improve results where possible.
• Building and setting up an online welcome series for one-time gift, monthly, mid-level and major donors. Track and analyze the results and make recommendation for improvements.
• Researching and building a plan for Indspire to attract cryptocurrency donations.
• Developing new and innovative online stewardship activities for all donors that support annual stewardship initiatives.
• Staying abreast of best-practices for online fundraising among non-profits and customer retention and engagement in the commercial sector.
• Overseeing and managing all Peer-to-Peer initiatives online – working closely with individuals and organizations who would like to raise funds for Indspire.
• Coordinating with other members of the Development team on fundraising campaigns, ensuring the creation and delivery of strategic support messaging is consistent across all platforms.
• Working within an existing brand voice, both in visual representation and editorial style, to support the consistency of messaging across campaigns and the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, plus three years of related work in direct response and digital fundraising.
• Knowledge of and proven ability to develop and implement digital fundraising strategies.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of current fundraising trends, social media, mobile, and pertinent digital acquisition trends.
• Experience with building and maintaining donation forms, surveys and other user engagement features, and running reports/interpreting audience analytics.
• A team-player, comfortable working with different departments and bridging different goals/strategies within the organization.
• Displays creativity and initiative; respond quickly to last-minute needs and changing priorities.
• Propensity for innovation and the pursuit of improvement.
• Must have good judgment and the ability to handle confidential matters.
• Enthusiasm for digital fundraising with a desire to create and share a consistent case for support.

• Experience with Raiser’s Edge preferred.
• Experience with Photoshop, web design and HTML considered an asset.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of the Indigenous community is preferred and openness to engaging in cultural competency training.
• Ability to work in French is an asset.
• Must be able to work occasional evening and weekends.
• Occasional travel between Six Nations and Toronto offices is required.

Benefits

• Hybrid workplace that provides flexibility from home and in the office (3 days in office and 2 home).
• Opportunities and support for professional learning and growth.
• Being a part of shaping the future of education for Indigenous people in Canada.

How to Apply

To apply, forward your résumé and cover letter to . We appreciate your interest, but only qualified applicants that meet the requirements will be contacted.

Indspire is committed to ensuring an equal opportunity, barrier-free recruitment process.

Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. Please contact us via email at , and we will work with all applicants to discuss any accessibility needs.

To learn more about Indspire, visit indspire.ca.

Deadline for Applications: September 15, 2023 at 5:00 pm EST