Our beautiful Tsawwassen campus is surrounded by nature reserves and boundless ocean views. Established in 2000, Southpointe has grown into a world leading school delivering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum Programme, which encourages students to think critically, engage in global conversations, and is recognized by universities around the world. Southpointe is one of the few schools in Canada and only school in Delta delivering the IB Continuum Programme from Kindergarten to Graduation.


With a foundation built on community, Southpointe has grown into an internationally recognized school, seeking to expand the boundaries of what is possible while staying committed to its founding mandate. Shaped by experienced faculty and staff who bring diverse perspectives and extensive knowledge to every department, an internationally recognized curriculum framework, and a state-of-the-art campus, Southpointe looks ahead to a bright future while continuing to provide a world leading education for our students to learn, lead and succeed.


Position Overview:
Reporting to the Executive Director of Advancement, the Advancement Officer will be responsible for leading and implementing Southpointe’s annual giving program by playing a key role in the engaging and inspiring community of parents, alumni and supporters to champion the vision for the School’s future and help the existing $43 million Expansion Campaign to reach its goal. This role involves developing and executing strategies to increase donor participation, retention, acquisition, and engagement, and oversight of all aspects of the annual giving program. The incumbent will also play a critical role in enhancing and implementing the School’s donor stewardship and recognition programs, provide management and oversight of our fundraising database ensuring integrity and excellent customer service, and supporting the development of a prospect pipeline for the School’s Capital Campaign.


Key Duties and Responsibilities

• These may include, but are not limited to...

Annual Giving

• Create a comprehensive annual giving plan including Enrichment Fund, Giving Tuesday, Alumni Appeal, Monthly Giving, etc.
• Set performance targets, monitor, and manage overall performance of the program.
• Manage all direct mail and email appeals from concept to results reporting.
• Collaborate with the Communications team on digital fundraising strategies and content creation to promote giving programs in publications, social media, and online.
• Manage the Monthly and Recurring Giving program including donor relations, acquisition appeals and campaigns, as well as recognition and stewardship activities.
• Stay updated with current trends in fundraising appeals and donor stewardship and maintain a current knowledge of tax and other regulatory issues related to charitable status and charitable giving and privacy legislation.

Stewardship

• Develop and implement donor stewardship and recognition plans to ensure reporting to donors in a timely, consistent, and accurate manner on the use, impact, and financial management of their gifts.
• Coordinate donor meetings, acknowledgement, recognition, and communication with past and current parents, alumni, and donors to strengthen their engagement with Southpointe.
• Act as a key philanthropic content creator for Annual Impact and other reports, updates, digital content; various letters and donor reports.
• Coordinate plaques, donor walls and signage, as appropriate.
• Prepare custom stewardship reports at fiscal year-end and/or at completion of campaign pledges.
• Prepare custom gift agreements as needed.
• Navigate and assess donor relations and stewardship best practices in the philanthropic industry (locally, regionally and globally).
• Other duties that may include administrative and event support as needed.

Prospect Research

• Supports the development pipeline by researching potential donors for propensity and capacity to support the school philanthropically.
• Prepare and provide prospect research material to inform Advancement fundraising strategies.
• Conduct targeted, complex searches to identify pertinent data.
• Exercise expertise, independent thought and analytical judgment in selecting information to include in research materials based on reliability of source, client needs, departmental goals and campaign strategy.

• Produce concise yet thorough prospect research reports and donor profiles as well as managing records and files of major donors.

Parent Volunteer Team

• Participate in PVT meetings.
• Support PVT members to achieve their goals.
• Support PVT events with administrative support and planning.

Alumni Engagement

• Manage our online platform, Titan Society.ca and ensure frequent content updates.
• Create an annual plan and strategy for engagement.
• Plan and execute alumni events.

Supervisory

• Supervise the Advancement Coordinator and provide direction, guidance, performance management and support to achieve fundraising targets.

Database Management

• Provides oversight and is responsible for training and delegation of database management work performed by the Advancement Coordinator using Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Review and keep up-to-date policies and procedures for database management, including the management of database upgrades and changes.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Post-secondary degree in a discipline related to the duties of the position or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and professional affiliation.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in supporting fundraising activities and writing compelling fundraising materials.
• Demonstrated skill in compelling storytelling, concise, logical, and grammatically correct writing with experience writing appeals, proposals, and reports.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with a variety of internal and external contacts.
• Ability to maximize the use of data in decision-making to conceive, execute and evaluate programs that enhance fundraising and donor engagement including data analytics, segmentation and reporting.
• Experience developing, implementing, and monitoring annual business plans and budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to independently organize and prioritize multiple tasks, and plan and achieve established goals.
• Demonstrated people management supervisory skills.
• Ability to motivate, inspire, and work effectively with individuals and groups, especially volunteers.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and foster good team relations.
• Strong knowledge of CRA tax receipt guidelines, privacy legislation and legal requirements as they relate to donor records management.
• Superior attention to detail and excellent planning, project management and analytical skills.
• Expert level knowledge of Raiser’s Edge NXT is an asset.
• Computer software proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point), google doc and advanced skills in excel is required.
• Attend meetings and community events outside of regular work hours as required.

Job Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and a vehicle is required.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: $70,000 to $80,000 depending on experience.
• Three weeks’ vacation, with an annual increase of 1 day/year up to 4 weeks.
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Comprehensive Benefits plan (extended health and dental coverage).
• Matching RRSP program.
• Onsite meal program.
• Access to fitness center.

Applications
Please submit your application with the following supporting documents:

• Cover letter;
• Resume.
• 3 professional references (name, relationship, email and phone number)

Please see our website for additional opportunities.

Southpointe Academy encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds. We value each community member’s identity, perspective and well-being, and embrace our differences as a sign of strength. We believe in diversity, equity and inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunities.