Manager, Foundations and Major Giving
$100k per yearCifar
MANAGER, FOUNDATIONS AND MAJOR GIVING (9 month contract)
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This is a 9 month contract hybrid position based out of the CIFAR office located in the MaRs Discovery building. Staff are required to be in the office three days a week, ensuring a balance of in-person collaboration and flexibility.
About CIFAR:
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is a globally influential research organization proudly based in Canada. We mobilize the world’s most brilliant people across disciplines and at all career stages to advance transformative knowledge and solve humanity’s biggest problems, together.
For more information please visit our website .
Purpose of the Position:
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Manager, Foundations and Major Giving to join our Advancement team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to our fundraising success by building and stewarding relationships with individual, family, and corporate foundations. Reporting to the Senior Director, Advancement you will lead the foundation giving portfolio, cultivating meaningful connections that inspire significant philanthropic support for CIFAR’s mission. This is a 9 month contract position.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the strategy and execution of CIFAR’s foundation giving portfolio, with a focus on securing gifts of $100K+.
- Build and sustain strong donor relationships through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities—individually and in collaboration with colleagues, volunteers, and researchers.
- Identify and develop new foundation prospects, growing the donor pipeline.
- Create and deliver compelling proposals, reports, and communications that inspire investment and highlight impact.
- Partner with senior leadership on strategies for transformational-level foundation donors, including research, proposal writing, and engagement planning.
- Manage donor deliverables and deadlines, working collaboratively with colleagues across departments.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of CIFAR’s programs and priorities to align donor interests with funding opportunities.
- Ensure donor information is accurate, current, and effectively managed in CIFAR’s database (Salesforce experience is an asset).
- Contribute to a culture of collaboration, professionalism, and excellence across the Advancement team and organization.
Qualifications:
Education/Experience required:
- University degree or college diploma in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive fundraising experience, with proven success in major gift and/or foundation giving.
Core Professional/Technical Knowledge & Skills required for the position:
- Excellent relationship-building, interpersonal, and communication skills. Strong writing ability with demonstrated experience in drafting donor-facing materials (proposals, reports, briefing notes, etc.).
- Outstanding attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Knowledge of the philanthropic community and best practices in major gift fundraising.
- Demonstrated integrity and adherence to AFP’s Code of Ethical Principles and Standards.
- Comfort using databases for donor management; Salesforce experience preferred.
- Understanding of finance/accounting principle s in the non-profit sector is an asset.
Apply:
Qualified applicants are invited to apply by September 24, 2025. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted via email.
CIFAR is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We recognize that bringing together individuals from multiple backgrounds, perspectives and experiences is integral to advancing excellence and increasing the impact of our organization. Our leadership, staff and volunteers strive to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace and, in turn, an environment that will give our diverse global community of researchers the support to successfully address the most important questions facing science and humanity. Ensuring that every person feels valued and welcome, regardless of age, education, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, parental status/responsibility, immigration status, Indigenous status, religion, disability, language, race, place of origin, ethnicity, culture, socio-economic status, and other attributes is vital to achieving our mission. We strongly encourage applications from members of our society who face systemic barriers and biases, including, but not limited to, women, Indigenous persons, members of visible minority/racialized communities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, members of marginalized gender identity communities, and persons with disabilities. Applicants may confidentially self-identify at the time of application.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES - CIFAR is committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and the Ontario Human Rights Code. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email View email address on jobs.jobcopilot.com and include the term ‘Accessibility’ in the Subject Line, or call View phone number on jobs.jobcopilot.com. Please provide your name, preferred contact method, and a detailed description of the nature of any accommodation that you may require. Please include any materials or processes that may be used to ensure your equal participation.
CIFAR frequently communicates in both official languages and our preference is to hire employees who are fluent in both English and French where possible. Other languages are also considered an asset. For a French version of the job posting, please visit .
CIFAR is supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec as well as international partner organizations, individuals, foundations, and corporations.
RESPONSABLE, FONDATIONS ET DONS MAJEURS (contrat de 9 mois)
English version above
I l s’agit d’un poste hybride basé dans le bureau du CIFAR situé dans le bâtiment MaRs Discovery. Le personnel doit être présent au bureau trois jours par semaine, garantissant un équilibre entre collaboration en personne et flexibilité.
À propos du CIFAR :
L’Institut canadien de recherches avancées (CIFAR) est un organisme de recherche d’influence mondiale fièrement établi au Canada. Nous mobilisons les personnes les plus brillantes du monde, dans toutes les disciplines et à tous les stades de leur carrière, pour faire progresser les connaissances transformatrices et résoudre, ensemble, les plus grands problèmes de l’humanité.
Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez visiter notre site Web .
Raison d’être de ce poste :
Nous sommes à la recherche d’une personne dynamique et dotée d’un fort esprit stratégique pour occuper le poste de responsable, Fondations et dons majeurs, au sein de notre équipe du développement. Dans ce rôle, vous contribuerez de manière décisive à la réussite de nos campagnes de financement en nouant et en entretenant des relations avec des fondations privées, familiales et d’entreprise. Sous la responsabilité de la haute direction, Développement, vous dirigerez le portefeuille de dons provenant de fondations et cultiverez des relations porteuses afin de susciter un soutien philanthropique important envers la mission du CIFAR. Il s’agit d’un poste contractuel de 9 mois.
Responsabilités :
- Assurer le leadership stratégique et opérationnel du portefeuille de dons de fondations du CIFAR, en ciblant tout particulièrement les dons de 100 000 $ ou plus;
- Développer et entretenir des liens solides avec les donateurs et donatrices grâce à des activités de prospection, de mobilisation, de sollicitation et de gestion de la relation, menées tant individuellement qu’en collaboration avec les collègues, bénévoles et chercheurs et chercheuses;
- Cibler et développer de nouvelles occasions de partenariat avec des fondations afin d’enrichir le bassin de donateurs et donatrices;
- Rédiger et présenter des propositions, communications et rapports convaincants qui encouragent les investissements et mettent en valeur les résultats obtenus;
- Collaborer avec la haute direction à l’élaboration de stratégies destinées aux fondations qui offrent un soutien transformationnel, en participant à la recherche, à la rédaction de propositions et à la planification de l’engagement;
- Superviser les livrables destinés aux donateurs et donatrices tout en assurant le respect des échéances en étroite collaboration avec des collègues de divers services;
- Se tenir au fait des programmes et priorités du CIFAR pour faire correspondre les intérêts des donateurs et donatrices avec les modalités de financement offertes;
- S’assurer que les données relatives aux donateurs et donatrices sont exactes, à jour et gérées efficacement dans la base de données du CIFAR (la connaissance de Salesforce est un atout);
- Favoriser une culture de collaboration, de professionnalisme et d’excellence au sein de l’équipe du développement et dans toutes les sphères de l’organisation.
Qualités :
Formation et expérience requises :
- Diplôme collégial ou universitaire dans un domaine pertinent (ou toute combinaison équivalente de formation et d’expérience professionnelle);
- Minimum de cinq ans d’expérience progressive en philanthropie, assortie de succès concrets dans la sollicitation de dons majeurs ou de financement provenant de fondations.
Connaissances et compétences professionnelles ou techniques de base :
- Excellentes aptitudes interpersonnelles et relationnelles, doublées de talents de communication;
- Solides compétences en rédaction, assorties d’une expérience confirmée dans la préparation de documents à l’intention des donateurs et donatrices (propositions, rapports, notes d’information, etc.);
- Minutie remarquable, sens de l’organisation et capacité à gérer plusieurs priorités à la fois;
- Bonne connaissance du milieu philanthropique et des pratiques exemplaires en matière de collecte de dons majeurs;
- Intégrité reconnue et respect du Code de déontologie de l’AFP et de ses normes de pratique éthiques;
- Aisance avec l’utilisation de bases de données pour la gestion des donateurs et donatrices (la connaissance de Salesforce est un atout);
- Compréhension des principes de gestion comptable et financière dans le secteur des organismes sans but lucratif (un atout).
Postulez:
Les personnes qualifiées sont invitées à soumettre leur candidature d’ici le 24 septembre 2025. Nous vous remercions de votre intérêt pour ce poste et communiquerons par courriel uniquement avec les personnes sélectionnées pour une entrevue.
Le CIFAR accorde une grande importance à l’équité, à la diversité et à l’inclusion. Nous reconnaissons qu’il est essentiel de réunir des personnes d’origines, de perspectives et d’expériences diverses si nous voulons faire progresser l’excellence et accroître les retombées de notre organisation. Les membres de la direction, le personnel et nos bénévoles s’efforcent de créer un milieu de travail équitable, diversifié et inclusif; en retour, ce milieu donnera à notre communauté mondiale de recherche le soutien qui lui permettra de se pencher avec succès sur les questions les plus importantes auxquelles la science et l’humanité sont confrontées. Pour mener à bien notre mission, il est essentiel que chaque personne se sente valorisée et accueillie, peu importe son âge, son niveau de scolarité, son orientation sexuelle, son expression et son identité de genre, son statut ou sa responsabilité parentale, son statut d’immigrant ou d’Autochtone, sa religion, son handicap, sa langue, sa race, son lieu d’origine, son ethnicité, sa culture, son statut socio-économique ou toute autre caractéristique. Nous encourageons vivement les membres de la société qui sont confrontés à des obstacles et à des préjugés systémiques à présenter leur candidature, y compris, mais sans s’y limiter, les femmes, les membres des Premières Nations, les membres de minorités visibles ou racisées, les personnes LGBTQ2S+, les membres de communautés d’identité de genre marginalisée et les personnes handicapées. Les candidates et candidats peuvent s’identifier de manière confidentielle au moment de la présentation de leur candidature.
ACCESSIBILITÉ POUR LES CANDIDATES ET CANDIDATS PRÉSENTANT DES HANDICAPS – Le CIFAR s’engage à offrir un accommodement raisonnable aux personnes présentant des handicaps pendant les processus d’embauche et de sélection, conformément à la Loi sur l’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées de l’Ontario, 2005, et au Code des droits de la personne de l’Ontario. Pour faire une demande de mesure raisonnable d’adaptation, veuillez écrire à l’adresse View email address on jobs.jobcopilot.com et mettre en objet « Accessibilité » ou appelez au 416 971-4251. Veuillez fournir votre nom, le moyen de communication que vous préférez, ainsi qu’une description détaillée de la nature des mesures d’adaptation dont vous pourriez avoir besoin. Veuillez mentionner tout matériel ou processus susceptible d’être utilisé pour garantir votre égalité d’accès à l’emploi.
Le CIFAR communique fréquemment dans les deux langues officielles et désire embaucher des employés qui maîtrisent la langue française et la langue anglaise, autant que possible. La connaissance d’autres langues est également considérée comme un atout.
Le CIFAR reçoit le généreux soutien des gouvernements du Canada, du Québec, de l’Alberta, de la Colombie-Britannique et de l’Ontario, de partenaires canadiens et étrangers, ainsi que de donateurs individuels, de fondations et d’entreprises.
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