About Vancity Community Foundation
Vancity Community Foundation was founded on the belief that if we work together, we will have the resources we need to build a thriving community.
Everything we do is an investment in community. We believe that if all our assets are invested in building communities, where cooperative principles and practices are flourishing and social justice and environmental sustainability are centered, the world will be a better place and community well-being will be enhanced.
Our vision, shared with Vancity, is a transformed economy that protects the earth and guarantees equity for all.
- We implement cooperative principles and practices.
- We believe in social justice and financial inclusion.
- We actively work towards Truth + Reconciliation and being an anti-racist organization.
- We are committed to environmental sustainability and climate justice.
- We are a Living Wage Employer.
- We value collaboration, innovation, integrity, equity, and community.
About the workplace
This role will enjoy a hybrid working arrangement which can be fulfilled primarily from your homebased office in BC. Periodically, you’ll be required to attend in-person activities or events at our 312 Main location or within the Lower Mainland. For this reason, we are looking for someone who has a relational and proactive workstyle.
About the Role
The Philanthropy Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data in the foundation’s CRM; entering, updating, and maintaining constituent profile data, fields, and segments, and generating reports to support Philanthropy campaigns, events, and activities. The Philanthropy Coordinator implements routine donor engagement touchpoints and provides operational support to the Philanthropy department.
This is a Full-time, Permanent role working on a Hybrid schedule and reports directly to the Senior Manager of Development.
A typical day could involve:
- Inputting and updating constituent data using fields, notes, tags, tasks, and requests in the CRM system.
- Performing constituent profile updates and integration, ensuring that data is accurate and aligned with diversity, equity, and inclusion principles (i.e. updating pronouns and preferred names and communication preferences).
- Implementing appropriate segmentation, tags, and tracking to ensure accurate reporting and metrics and generating mailing lists and reports to support community-centric fundraising processes.
- Providing administrative support for meetings, events, organizing signatures using docusign, and preparing payment requests.
- Coordinating routine touchpoints such as welcome letters for recurring donors and In Honour/In Memory processes.
- Carrying out data management processes adhering to policies and procedures to ensure data accuracy and integrity. Recommending business rules to ensure best practices and industry standards are followed.
- Maintaining data documentation, including dictionaries, workflow diagrams, and job aides.
- Liaising with our CRM vendor for possible troubleshooting, data integration and CRM infrastructure issues.
- Keeping up to date with industry trends and best practices, recommending and implementing improvements to support JEDI principles.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has an aspiration to work within an anti-oppressive and anti-racist organization.
- Has knowledge and experience applying REDI principles.
- Shares the foundation’s values and our commitments, including to the Philanthropic Declaration on Truth + Reconciliation, the Halifax Declaration on Anti-Racism, and the Canadian Philanthropic Commitment on Climate Change.
Plus you have…
- Education in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a relevant field is an asset. We will consider a combination of education/experience.
- Previous experience in a similar role with database administration.
- A solid understanding of data management principles and best practices.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and inquiry skills, with the ability to resolve database issues.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a team.
- Strong Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
- Familiarity with database design principles and able to identify process bottlenecks and make recommendations for process optimization.
We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply.
The salary is expected to be up to the mid-point of the salary range for this role ($62,000). The upper half of the salary range is typically reserved for individuals who have demonstrated consistent strong performance in the role and possess a high level of job knowledge and skill.
Posted until filled.
To learn more about VCF, please visit https://www.vancitycommunityfoundation.ca/
We offer:
- We are the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada.
- Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
- This role begins with three of weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as the length of service increases.
- In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons.
- Our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of health care and dental coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
- We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.
At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience. As part of this commitment we are taking action to learn more about our applicants and ask that you complete a short and anonymous Diversity Survey that will influence the design and execution of Vancity’s overall DEI initiatives and programs, one of which aims to advance our commitment to become a financial force for change and build a fair world.â Please click this hyperlink to complete the Diversity Survey. Your responses are collected anonymously and will never be linked to your job application.
Please note that all shortlisted candidates for this role will be required to complete a background check which includes employment verification, credit check, and a criminal record check. Vancity is an inclusive and equitable employer and actively seeks to advance racial equity, inclusion and belonging across the organization. Vancity offers required accommodations in all stages of the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please advise us, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
