MANAGER, LEADERSHIP & LEGACY GIVING

Location: London office | Travel within Elgin and Middlesex Counties is required. 

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. –   4:30 p.m. | 35 hours \ week | Required to work outside of business hours on occasion. 

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Leadership and Legacy Manager to join our dynamic team. The team member will lead strategies and build strong relationships with our donors, supporters, and volunteers to inspire lasting support across our region. 

Compensation Structure

Based on the salary band for this role, candidates can expect to be offered a starting salary in the range of $67,500 - $72,550 ($37.09 - $39.86 / hour). When determining the wage, we consider the market, candidate experience, as well as internal equity. Additionally, we offer … 

• Three weeks paid vacation time to start
• Paid shut-down between Christmas and New Years
• Paid personal days
• Summer office hours
• On-site vehicle and bike parking
• Extended Health Benefits and RRSP (with employer match) 

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage, cultivate, and grow a portfolio of individual donors 
• Develop and execute a results-driven donor cycle plan that encompasses donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship 
• Implement strategies to cultivate and steward planned-giving donors
• Establish and achieve fundraising targets; analyze and report progress on specific metrics 
• Ensure donors are appropriately recognized and stewarded 
• Integrate the leadership and legacy fundraising plan into the workplans and targets
• Engage influencers and volunteers from across the region to support giving 
• Manage affinity groups that target leadership-level giving
• Coordinate cultivation, solicitation, and recognition events 
• Create and update marketing materials, e.g., cases for support, stewardship reports, and newsletter content
• Complete administrative tasks associated with the role
• Perform other duties as required 

Our Ideal Candidate Will Possess 

• Post-secondary credentials in business, communications, or non-profit management, or a combination of education and work experience, e.g., sales, fundraising, high-level client support. 
• Minimum of 3 years of individual-giving experience. 
• Successful gift solicitation the $2,500+ level
• Experience handling highly confidential and sensitive information and issues discretely
• Planned-giving experience is an asset, but not a requirement
• Strong ethical and donor-centred fundraising acumen 
• Ability to effectively manage relationships with business and community partners, colleagues, donors, and volunteers
• High attention to detail and initiative.
• Strong organization, time, and project management skills; comfortable with changing priorities and demands.
• Proficiency using word processing, spreadsheet, and accounting software 
• Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRMs is an asset 
• Valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a vehicle with a minimum of $1,000,000 insurance coverage.

Application details

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Please email your cover letter and resume as a single document (in docx or pdf format only) to Lisa Simmons, Executive Assistant and Human Resources Partner | e. [email protected]

Deadline: Monday, June 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m. 

We appreciate all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. 

Artificial Intelligence usage (AI)

United Way Elgin Middlesex does not use AI to screen, assess, or select candidates. Each application is reviewed by a real person, and human decision makers are involved at each stage of the recruitment process. United Way is committed to diversity and encourages applications from people who are Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+, women, persons with disabilities, and other overlooked and underestimated groups.

As an equal opportunity employer, United Way is committed to accessibility and to protecting the human rights of its employees. In support of this aim, United Way Elgin Middlesex has an accommodation process in place to provide. accommodations to employees with disabilities or when otherwise required under human rights laws.

About United Way Elgin Middlesex

United Way’s mission is to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. The most important thing United Way can do for our community is to use our reputation, relationships and expertise to bring together our community’s resources of people, time, talent, relationships, expertise, technology, money and more. By channeling our community’s power behind solid strategies, we can achieve lasting changes in the social conditions of individuals, families and our community.