72 hours bi-weekly

Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

The Development Officer manages a portfolio of up to 120 donors and is responsible for establishing and managing effective relationships with major donor prospects and existing donors that generate gifts greater than $25,000. The Development Officer will develop and implement gift strategies in support of Saskatchewan Polytechnic priorities using operating/business plans, to ensure the successful identification and qualification of prospective major donors. The Development Officer is responsible for the design and implementation of cultivation and solicitation strategies and negotiating the appropriate gift stewardship for each prospect/donor. The Development Officer will solicit prospects and identify and motivate those individuals, organizations, and foundations who can advance Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s mission through their charitable giving. Creating submissions to foundations takes sophisticated skills to be able to navigate internal and external stakeholders. The Development Officer is expected to perform within their performance management metrics which includes performance targets such as prospect identification, engagement, and solicitation to overall financial targets of $1M.

Duties include:

1. Work collaboratively with the Advancement team to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major and planned gift prospects.

2. Work independently to manage relationship building, cultivation, and solicitation within an assigned portfolio of major gift donors and prospects.

3. Develop major gift structure alternatives that meet and reflect the needs of major gift donors.

4. Develop and manage a portfolio of assigned major gifts and planned giving donors and prospects which generates a minimum of $1,000,000 per year in gifts and sponsorship received.

5. Maintain and build donor and prospect files, file timely and complete contact reports, develop and submit reports as requested, and follow Advancement recording procedures to ensure effective prospect management systems.

6. Identify opportunities for alumni involvement in the major gift program.

7. Represent Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the Advancement as appropriate at key community and business events.

8. As requested, identify, recruit, train, and assign internal and external volunteers to maximize outcomes and resources.

9. Assist VP’s, Deans, Program Heads, senior management, and external volunteers in preparing, requesting, and disseminating information related to major gift initiatives to/from internal and external stakeholders/employees as required.