Business Development Manager, Events

• Position Type: Temporary Full-Time (18 month contract)
• Shift Type: Day
• Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 hours
• Posting Number: 9272

Job Summary:

As the Business Development Manager you will help deliver the Mattamy Homes Bike for Brain Health event, Ontario’s largest cycling fundraiser, and the MCOCI Pro-Am for Alzheimer’s, Canada’s largest on-ice hockey fundraiser.

You will be the heart and soul of both events, ensuring a remarkable experience for the participants, stewarding and driving forward business development opportunities, processing donations - supporting and guiding our participants as we ensure their success while we continue to deliver exceptional events. Does this excite you?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Fundraising & Revenue Management

• Supporting the CESO, execute the strategy on recruitment of participants and sponsors for the implementation and execution of tools and best practices, including but not limited to reports and analysis for fundraising and event recruitment campaigns.
• Effectively recruit, manage and steward new participant and sponsorship opportunities and outbound gratitude and welcome programs.
• Provide holistic department support to ensure efficient and effective practices that advance Baycrest’s revenue and recruitment goals.

Other:

• Collaborate with Marketing to support the Events team on outbound recruitment (of participants and sponsors) communications, and event website updates as required.
• Support the Events Team with picking, packing, and mailing Bike for Brain Health & Pro-Am for Alzheimer’s items to our supporters and participants as needed.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests as required.

Qualifications include but are not limited to:

• Completion of a Bachelor of Arts degree. Strong asset but not mandatory.
• Certificate in Fundraising Management or equivalent is an asset, but not mandatory
• Minimum of two (2) years of related experience; sales; fundraising; relationship management and partnership development.
• Sales experience in a health care environment is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Certified Fund Raising Executive (‘CFRE’) certification is an asset.
• Outstanding verbal, written, listening and presentation communication skills with the ability to communicate with ease and comfort in highly professional corporate and foundation environments.
• Excellent relationship building, management, networking and stewardship skills
• Enthusiastic self-starter who is able to function well in the Baycrest Foundation’s collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Police Reference Check, including a Vulnerable Sector Search is required.