Fundraising & Events Assistant

  • Toronto, ON
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Museum of Toronto is a not-for-profit charitable organization founded in 2014. It connects Torontonians to the city and to each other. For over a decade, we have defined how Toronto communities tell, share, and learn about our unique and ever-evolving city through our histories and aspirations for the future.We are seeking a Fundraising and Events Assistant who will play a crucial role in supporting the museum’s fundraising efforts and organizing engaging events for our supporters and stakeholders. This individual will be responsible for supporting fundraising strategies, managing event logistics, and building relationships with donors and community members.Responsibilities:
  • Support the Director of Fundraising by cultivating, maintaining relationships and building trust with individual donors, foundations, corporate sponsors as well as government funders
  • Assist Director of Fundraising with grant applications, work with relevant team members to gather figures and relevant information and background for grant proposals and manage process and tracking of grant applications.
  • Track moves management and fundraising progress in CRM software and report on results to the Director of Fundraising and Executive Director.
  • Plan and coordinate a variety of donor cultivation and stewardship events to support fundraising efforts and activities.
  • Assist in developing event budgets and ensure timely payments to vendors and suppliers.
  • Under the guidance of the Director of Fundraising, oversee event logistics, including venue selection, catering, staffing and volunteers
  • Work with the marketing team to develop donor solicitation and cultivation assets, including quarterly newsletters, invitations, annual report, and donor acknowledgement web pages
Conditions of Employment
This is a full-time, hybrid position. Occasional evening work can be anticipated in relation to Museum events, with a time-in-lieu system in place.The Museum of Toronto is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified candidates from visible and invisible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identities and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We are committed to hiring on merit and to removing barriers in employment policies. Reasonable accommodation for disabilities will be provided, on request, to support applicant’s participation in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

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