National Director, Philanthropy & Communications

**National Director, Philanthropy & Communications** **Employment Type:** Full-time, permanent **Reports to:** President & CEO **Location:** Toronto, ON (Yonge & Eglinton) – Hybrid work arrangement **Website:** www.easterseals.ca **Start Date:** January 2027 **Level:** Senior leadership **Salary Range:** $130,000 - $150,000 annually; hiring range $130,000 - $140,000 **Posting open until:** Tuesday, November 24, 2026 **ORGANIZATION:** Easter Seals is a trusted industry leader and Canada’s largest local provider of programs, services, issues leadership and development for the disability community. Since 1922, we have worked to enhance the quality of life, self-esteem and self-determination of Canadians living with disabilities. Serving a broad range of individuals with varying physical, cognitive, sensory and learning disabilities, Easter Seals helps to ensure that all Canadians living with disabilities have access to the equipment, technology, programs, services and support they need to make the most of their abilities and participate fully in society. Easter Seals operates as a federated organization: Easter Seals Canada works alongside provincial affiliates across the country, each with its own staff, donors, programs, and community relationships. **POSITION:** Easter Seals Canada is building a stronger, more sustainable leadership structure to support its next stage of growth. The National Director, Philanthropy & Communications is a leadership role reporting to the President & CEO. This role brings national fundraising and communications together under one leader, so that brand, donor communications, and revenue generation work as one integrated function. The National Director will serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and will lead a small, growing team. The role is central to a renewed vision for national philanthropy: National as a hub of best practice, shared resources, and collaboration that strengthens both national capacity and provincial success – a rising tide that lifts all ships. Easter Seals Canada will lead the nation-wide partnerships that need one coordinated approach, build new sources of recurring, non-designated revenue, and pass relationships and opportunities to provincial affiliates where they are best held locally. This is an opportunity for an experienced fundraising and communications leader who thrives on building and growing, excels at working with a broad range of stakeholders, and brings the strategic thinking, diplomacy, and sound judgment needed to navigate competing priorities, diverse perspectives, and shared goals. **RESPONSIBILITIES:** This role has accountability for national fundraising and communications strategy, national partnerships, and the shared tools, systems, and relationships that help provincial affiliates succeed. **National philanthropy strategy and leadership** * Lead the development and execution of a multi-year national philanthropy and communications strategy ali