Senior Development Officer, Corporate Partnerships and Major Gifts

Organizational Summary

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is salmon first, salmon always. We harness the passion and power of people to save and restore wild Pacific salmon in B.C. and the Yukon. And, we never go it alone; working with Indigenous partners, thousands of stream keepers, government, academic institutions and a coalition of People for Salmon, we are on a mission to conserve salmon for the benefit of generations to come.

Position Overview

The Senior Development Officer is responsible for leading and executing fundraising strategies to help the Pacific Salmon Foundation achieve its mission and goals. The position will implement activities to advance philanthropic revenue, with a focus on corporate partners and individual donors. The Senior Development Office is a member of the development, marketing and communications team, reporting to the Director of Development, with regular interaction with the Vice President, Marketing, Communications, and Development, as well as occasional engagement with the President & CEO, and other senior organizational program staff.

What You Will Do

The key responsibilities of the Senior Development Officer include:

• In collaboration with the development team, support the development and execution of a comprehensive fundraising plan, focused on major gifts, to support the PSF’s mission and revenue goals.
• Lead the development and growth of the organization's corporate partnerships and major gifts portfolio at the $10,000+ level in support of annual fundraising goals and strategic priorities and to help grow PSF's donor base.
• Manage a portfolio of major gift donors and prospects, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts of $10,000+ through personalized engagement strategies.
• Identify, develop, and maintain new corporate sponsorships and partnership opportunities while strengthening relationships with existing corporate supporters.
• Work with the development team to research and identify prospective donors, corporate partners, and major gift opportunities to expand the organization's fundraising goals.
• Play a leading role in stewardship of donors within portfolio, aligned with the organizational process for major donors.
• Prepare custom fundraising documents, proposals, sponsorship packages, donor presentations, stewardship reports for individual and corporate donors.
• Collaborate with internal PSF teams and leadership to ensure fundraising is aligned with programmatic goals.
• Collaborate with marketing and communications to implement communications strategies that support fundraising efforts.
• Maintain accurate donor records within the CRM, ensuring effective donor management, reporting, and accurate progress reports.
• Aid in the preparation of reports on portfolio metrics and key activities as required.
• Aid in the promotion and implementation of PSF’s key donor cultivation events, recognition opportunities, and key fundraising initiatives.
• Other duties as required.

What You Bring

• Undergraduate degree in commerce, communications, marketing, or other related fields with exposure to fundraising
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a non-profit development role.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, research and donor engagement skills with a particular focus on initiating and maintaining relationships with donors and partners.
• Strong customer services attitude and skills.
• Experience writing and developing fundraising materials.
• Computer skills required (Word, Excel, Internet research, database/CRM and email).

What We Offer

• Mentorship and development: PSF is committed to lifelong learning. Team members benefit from ongoing mentoring and skill-building opportunities to support career growth.
• Work–life balance: 15 paid vacation days (with additional days based on seniority), paid sick days, paid personal days for family or personal matters, and office closure during the winter holidays.
• Benefits: Extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a group retirement savings plan with a 4% employer-matching contribution (eligible from the start date).
• Base pay: The salary range for the Senior Development Officer position is $73,711 - $90,000. The actual salary offered will be commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience, as well as the contribution they are expected to make in the role. In the normal course, employees are hired at a salary between the minimum and midpoint of the established range for a position.

Reporting and Supervision

The Senior Development Officer reports to the Director of Development and works collaboratively with peers on the Development, Marketing and Communications team to support organization and department goals.

Location

This is a hybrid role for candidates based in the Lower Mainland, with a requirement to work in the Vancouver office at least two days per week. The schedule will be determined in consultation with the Director of Development and may vary based on donor meetings or seasonal demands. Travel will be required for in-person meetings, workshops, and staff gatherings.

Diversity and Inclusion

We believe diversity is key to excellence and actively encourage applications from Indigenous persons, people with disabilities, members of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, and members of groups that commonly experience discrimination based on race, ancestry, colour, religion/spiritual beliefs, or place of origin.

This recruitment is being led by Gerard Search on behalf of Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Application deadline: We are accepting rolling applications until the position is filled.

Check the status of the search process here