Manager of Development
ABOUT MISSION POSSIBLE
Mission Possible is a growing non-profit organization and social enterprise located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. We support individuals challenged by homelessness, poverty, addiction, mental illness, and other barriers to employment to achieve a renewed sense of dignity and purpose through meaningful work. Through our Employment Readiness Program and our social enterprises, we equip our program participants with the skills, confidence, and support they need to rejoin the workforce and rebuild a self-sustaining livelihood for themselves.
ABOUT THE JOB
Position Type
- Permanent, full time (40 hours/week)
Compensation
- $62,000-$72,000 annual salary
Key Benefits
- 6% vacation accrual (3 weeks)
- 100% Organization-paid life and extended health benefits after 90 days
- RRSP matching after 90 days
- Professional development opportunities
- Optional hybrid work
Requirements
- Willing to complete a Vulnerable Sector Background Check
- Legally allowed to work in BC
- Able to report to our office, in person, 5 days a week
Job Summary
The Manager of Development leads donor momentum across Mission Possible’s fundraising program, ensuring individual and corporate supporters are thoughtfully acquired, welcomed, retained, stewarded, upgraded, reactivated, and connected to the right next step. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer (CDO), this role supervises the Development Operations Coordinator and Donor Stewardship Coordinator and works closely with Communications staff and our contract grant-writer.
This position ensures priorities are clear, donor commitments are fulfilled, and fundraising activity moves forward with excellence. The ideal candidate is a people and fundraising leader who can support staff, strengthen systems, and help grow revenue from individuals, corporations, sponsors, monthly donors, and community supporters.
Working Conditions
This role will interact with donors, sponsors, volunteers, corporate and community partners, program participants, and vendors. Most work will take place in the Mission Possible office. Some indoor and outdoor off-site work will occur for events, donor engagement activities, and community-based fundraising initiatives. Occasional evening and weekend availability is required for events and donor activities.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Donor Pipeline and Relationship Management
- Track donor movement across the full fundraising cycle, including acquisition, welcome, retention, stewardship, upgrade, reactivation, sponsorship renewal, and handoff to the CDO when appropriate.
- Ensure donors and sponsors have clear next steps after gifts, campaigns, events, meetings, reports, and other meaningful interactions.
- Identify donors ready for outreach, stewardship, upgrade, monthly giving, reactivation, or cultivation.
- Use donor data and team insights to guide timely follow-up and relationship-building.
- Lead the Development Team in keeping donor relationships active, organized, and moving toward deeper commitment.
Team Leadership and Development Operations
- Lead the day-to-day work of the Development Team, ensuring staff are focused on the fundraising activities, donor follow-up, stewardship commitments, and campaign priorities that matter most.
- Work closely with the CDO to assess team capacity, clarify priorities, identify risks, and ensure development work is aligned with fundraising strategy.
- Ensure systems support donor follow-up, accountability, and fundraising decisions.
- Support a healthy, collaborative, and accountable team culture grounded in Mission Possible’s core values and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Fundraising Campaigns & Revenue Growth
- Lead the execution of fundraising campaigns, including seasonal appeals, the annual Gala, Community Clean Up Day, monthly giving initiatives, sponsorship campaigns, and donor stewardship campaigns.
- Support fundraising events and sponsorship execution, providing a donor-focused and fundraising-oriented perspective to event coordinators.
- Work with communications staff to provide fundraising briefs, donor audience insights, impact needs, and review of donor-facing materials
- Oversee the Donor Stewardship Coordinator in donor stewardship activities.
- Work with the CDO to set campaign goals, timelines, audience segments, donor journeys, and follow-up plans.
- Ensure fundraising activities are organized, timely, donor-centered, and aligned with Mission Possible’s mission and voice.
Other tasks as assigned by the Chief Development Officer
ABOUT YOU
Our ideal candidate has:
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- A proven ability to demonstrate professionalism, respectful workplace conduct, and alignment with Mission Possible’s core values: Compassion, Humility, Empowerment, Support, and Tenacity
- Strong donor relationship, stewardship, and fundraising instincts, including the ability to recognize when donors may be ready for a next step
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Team leadership and supervision abilities
- Fundraising experience; communications and event experience are assets
- Experience working with donors, sponsors, or community supporters in a thoughtful and organized way
- CRM experience; Blackbaud CRM experience is an asset
- The ability to interact respectfully and professionally with donors, staff, volunteers, program participants, and partners
- The ability to accommodate occasional events on evenings and weekends
- Valid Class 5 driver’s licence and clean abstract is an asset
Education and Experience
- 3+ years experience working in a non-profit, fundraising, donor relations, or related environment with evidence of growing responsibility, initiative, and contribution to revenue or relationship goals
- Experience supervising staff or leading a small team
- Experience with donor stewardship, campaigns, events, sponsorship, or donor relationship management
- Experience working in the Downtown Eastside community is an asset
- Experience working in a structured, goal-oriented team environment with clear priorities, accountability, and follow-through.
- Relevant post-secondary education, diploma, certificate, or degree in a related field such as fundraising, non-profit management, communications, marketing, CSR, or public relations, or an equivalent combination of related skills and experience
HOW TO APPLY
If you feel you're a good fit for this role, please send your cover letter and resume to [email protected] with "Application for Development Manager" as the subject line.
While we appreciate all interested candidates, only those we wish to screen and interview will be contacted. We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until we find the right fit, so we encourage you to get your application in as soon as possible.
Thank you for your interest!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $62,000.00-$72,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
Application question(s):
- Are you familiar with Mission Possible's community, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside?
- Are you able to report to the office in person, Monday to Friday, and work 40 hours every week?
Work Location: In person
