Fund Development Officer

Job Posting: Fund Development Officer

Position Type: New Position

Location: 700 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario

Experience Required: 4 – 6 years’ experience

Salary Range: $70,000 - $75,000 (compensation is commensurate with experience)

Reporting to: Director of Operations

Who We Are:

StepStones for Youth (www.stepstonesforyouth.com) is an innovative and dynamic charitable organization in Toronto dedicated to providing intervention and sustainable support for children and youth. Many of these youth are exiting the foster care and group home system or are currently living in foster homes and shelters. Our goal is to create positive and meaningful connections; increase overall school engagement, including high school graduation, and post-secondary enrolment; and increase stable housing, improved mental and physical health, and strong support networks. StepStones adheres to a "whatever it takes" approach to servicing youth. We go above and beyond to support their needs.

Your Impact as a Fund Development Officer

• Annual Fundraising:
• Manage a process of current qualified prospects and engaged donors (e.g., 75-100) in the annual gift range of upwards of $100K to ensure we strengthen their engagement opportunities.
• Research and develop relationships with new prospects (e.g., 20 - 25) to move them through the full donor cycle: developing and executing an in-person cultivation and solicitation strategy, including planned giving, and preparing stewardship opportunities.
• Grant Writing and Reporting: Lead the development of applications and completion of reports as required to secure funding, review all prepared grants and budgets, and ensure alignment with funding priorities and funder requests.
• Stewardship: Engage in direct communication and stewardship activities, including thank-you cards, tax receipts, donor recognition, social media posts, facility tours, and consistent, timely information updates.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Lead comprehensive reporting for public and private stakeholders, including budgets, metrics, and financial statements for fundraising activities.
• Data Management: Maintain donor records, input related activities and produce reports in the DonorPerfect CRM database, ensuring high data entry accuracy and timely record-keeping of donor interactions and contributions.
• Events: In collaboration with fellow staff members, organize and execute donor stewardship and community engagement events, including booking vendors and venues and coordinating volunteers.

Perform other related duties as required or assigned to support the organization's overall goals and fund development efforts.

Who You Are: Fund Development Officer

• Passionate: Inspired by the work of StepStones and eager to build on our vision of seeing a country where all young people thrive and have a sense of belonging and success, surrounded by people who love and support them.
• Experienced: 4 – 6 years of proven fundraising success with experience in soliciting and developing new relationships and stewarding long-term donors.
• Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborative: A positive and inclusive working style. Highly developed interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and confidentiality when working with members, staff and donors.
• Organized: Excellent project and time management skills. Very keen attention to detail, coupled with the ability to multitask.
• Capable: Familiarity with using Microsoft 365 tools. Proficiency in using (CRM) systems and experience in DonorPerfect is considered beneficial.

We value and celebrate diversity

We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier-free. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities and are committed to building a team with diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. We actively encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ applicants, and we value the positive impact diversity has on our teams. We are committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion within our workforce and in all opportunities provided at StepStones. Accommodations will be provided, upon request, in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code.

What to expect working at StepStones

• Comprehensive Benefit Package: includes $3K to paramedical services, and Short Term and Long-Term Disability, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & Grief counselling available free of charge (in addition to benefits) for work-related incidents.
• Time-Off: 3 weeks of vacation with a 1-day vacation increase per year worked, up to 35 days' vacation.
• Leave: 8 sick days, 1 personal day, 1.5 medical appointment days, bereavement allowance.
• Professional Development: Training allowance of up to $700 per year.
• Reimbursements: Mileage is provided at a competitive rate, and all staff are given a petty cash budget.
• Tools you need to succeed: All staff receive a MacBook and access to our mobile-friendly CRM system.
• Extended Break: One and a half hour (1.5) long lunch break, healthy living program, when you exercise for 30 minutes during lunch.
• Working Conditions: Working in a shared office environment or in the community, meeting with donors. Office work may require sitting for 4 hours or more each day. Required to perform repetitive movements, including keyboarding, for four or more hours daily. May be required to lift and move material under 25lbs.
• Hybrid Work Schedule: You will be responsible for balancing your workweek with 2-3 days in the office and external meetings with donors and community partners, Monday to Friday.
• Onboarding Requirements: Signing a confidentiality agreement and obtaining a criminal records check are required.

Application Deadline: April 3, 2026

Expected start date: May 11, 2026

Apply here or at www.stepstonesforyouth.com/about/careers/

Hiring Timeline: Applications for the Fund Development Supervisor position will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Friday, April 3, 2026. Interviews will take place virtually and in person. The ideal starting date for this position is Monday, May 11, 2026, with flexibility for candidates currently employed. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Statement on AI Usage: AI will not be used to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.