Director of Strategic Partnerships

About this position

The Pembina Institute is seeking a Director of Strategic Partnerships to join our senior management team and fill two key roles:

• Lead a team of regional fund developers and their operational and administrative support team.
• Lead fundraiser for the Ontario region and for the Institute’s annual unGALA event on an interim basis, with a view to hiring an additional person into this role no later than early 2018.

The Pembina Institute’s recent accomplishments in translating advocacy and compelling ideas into progressive climate and energy policy have put the organization on a growth trajectory. Funders are investing in larger, longer-term partnerships with us. This is an ideal time to seek a natural leader with the vision, experience, creativity and discipline to take us to the next level.

Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with the other senior managers and regional Strategic Partnership leads, this experienced and well-connected individual will drive partnership strategy, ensure consistency of approach, maintain accountability, and offer innovative flair to the Institute’s fund development efforts across the country and internationally, as well as across donor types, meticulously stewarding and growing our funder portfolio. Demonstrating a willingness to support the Pembina Institute’s mission, the successful candidate will be high performing, goal oriented, and excited by big fundraising opportunities and targets. Understanding the relationship between strategy and revenue development, this individual will insightfully leverage the interplay among strategy, communication and donor engagement.

The full-time position will require some travel and occasional work on evenings and weekends.

Roles and Responsibilities

As the Director of Strategic Partnerships of the Pembina Institute, you will lead the fundraising efforts of the Institute in support of its strategic priorities, to strengthen and further diversify the organization’s sources of revenue. This includes:

• Overseeing all of the Institute’s Strategic Partnerships activities and continuing to build internal fundraising infrastructure including strategies, analytics, systems and processes in support of fundraising activities.
• Leading or supporting the acquisition of revenue from a combination of Canadian and international foundations, major donors, annual and monthly donors (direct mail and online appeals), legacy donations/bequests, special events, corporate sponsors, federal and provincial grants and fee-for-service projects, and other sources.
• Effectively identifying, acquiring and stewarding donors, using rigorous analytics and consistent processes to systematically strengthen our donor base and levels of individual donor commitment over time.
• Building, managing and growing the Strategic Partnerships team, currently made up of four full-time professionals based in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
• Engaging in internal processes to define organizational strategic direction.
• Serving as a member of the senior management team.

An initial focus will be to shore-up existing donor relationships and ensure the success of the unGALA event in Toronto in early 2018, while developing — in consultation with the senior management team — a strategy for improving the financial resilience of the Institute and delivering a step change in its efficacy, leveraging its recent policy successes, growing international profile and shifting from transactional to multi-year funding.

Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.

Review of applications will begin immediately and the search will remain open until the position is filled.

The Pembina Institute is an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

To Apply 

Email your cover letter and resume to careers@pembina.org. Please ensure the following: 

• Subject line includes PI SP Director and your last name 

• Cover letter (maximum three pages) explains why you are interested in working with the Pembina Institute, how your skills and qualifications meet the criteria outlined for this position, and your approach to delivering a step change in revenue for the organization over a three-year period 

• Resume outlines your relevant skills, education and experience 

• Cover letter and resume are saved as one PDF document using the naming convention 

  lastnamefirstletter-application-position-year.pdf 

• example: smithm-application-PISPDirector-2017.pdf 

Review of applications will begin immediately and the search will remain open until the position is filled.

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