Fundraising Manager

**Department:** Development **Job title:** Fundraising Manager **Location:** 100-42 Dufflaw Road, Toronto (eligible to participate in the hybrid work program, with regular travel to various program sites) **Reports to:** Director, Development **Job Type:** Full-time, Regular **Hours of Work:** Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week **Compensation:** $90,000 to $100,750 annually Benefits + 3 weeks’ vacation + flexible summer days Retirement Savings Program with Employer Matching **Why Work for the Toronto Foundation for Student Success:** You'll be part of a team dedicated to helping children and youth overcome barriers to learning so they can thrive at school. Working alongside school communities, partners, governments, donors, and volunteers, we provide programs that help improve students' health, well-being, and opportunities for success. Recognized by Charity Intelligence Canada as one of Canada's **Top 10 Impact Youth Charities** and among the **Top 100 Highest Rated Canadian Charities**, TFSS offers the opportunity to do meaningful work that creates a lasting impact for children and youth across Toronto. **The Opportunity** Do you like meeting people, building connections, and turning great conversations into opportunities? If so, we’d love to hear from you. As our Fundraising Manager, you’ll open doors and bring new funding onboard. If you’re curious, confident, persuasive, and energized by the opportunity to make the ask, you’ll thrive in this role. **What You’ll Do:** · Build new relationships and grow revenue. Identify, cultivate, and secure new donors, corporate partners, and other sources of support, turning prospects into meaningful relationships, and relationships into funding opportunities. · Develop and manage a portfolio of major gift prospects and donors, building strong, long-term relationships. · Lead donor meetings, presentations, site visits and other opportunities to connect people directly to TFSS’s impact. · Deliver compelling fundraising materials including proposals, reports and presentations, working closely with the Communications team. · Implement donor engagement and stewardship plans that maintain, sustain, and increase donations. · Stay informed about emerging fundraising trends and strategies and implement as appropriate. · Other duties as assigned. **Who you are:** · Persuasive and confident, with the ability to engage donors, sponsors, and senior stakeholders, and communicate a compelling case for support. · Proactive and entrepreneurial, always looking for the next opportunity, opening, or connection. · Results-oriented, with a track record of securing funding. · Exceptional oral and writing skills, and the ability to convey information persuasively though conversations, proposals, and presentations. · Able to work effectively across teams; a team player. · Self-directed and organized, able to manage multiple relationships, projects, and deadlines while working independently. · Comfort