Advancement Officer, College of Medicine

University of Saskatchewan•Saskatoon, SK

1d•CA$69,035 - CA$107,868•Hybrid

About The Position

The College of Medicine raises between $6 million and $10 million annually in philanthropic support. The Advancement Officer, Annual and Leadership Giving, plays a key role in achieving fundraising goals by managing a portfolio of annual, leadership, and emerging major gift donors and prospects, while contributing to the College's overall fundraising and donor engagement objectives. The Advancement Officer, Annual and Leadership Giving, is responsible for growing philanthropic support for the College of Medicine through annual giving, leadership giving, donor stewardship, and donor pipeline development. The position builds and advances donor relationships, helping move supporters from engagement and discovery to deeper, long-term investment in the College's priorities.

Requirements

A diploma, certificate, degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field is required.
Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising: including annual, leadership, major gift, or planned giving, with demonstrated experience in donor relations and stewardship.
Demonstrated success in building meaningful relationships, managing competing priorities, and achieving fundraising and engagement goals.
Exceptional interpersonal skills with the confidence and initiative to build relationships and engage donors, alumni, volunteers, and community partners.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong writing, editing, proofreading, presentation, and interpersonal abilities.
Demonstrated ability to prepare professional correspondence, reports, presentations, donor proposals, and stewardship materials with accuracy, strong grammar, and attention to detail.
Strong meeting facilitation, listening, and questioning skills, with the ability to gather information, identify opportunities, and advance relationships.
Highly organized with strong project management skills, time management, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate records, prepare meaningful contact reports, and document activities within a CRM environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and collaborate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

A Certified Fund Raising Expert (CFRE) designation is preferred.
Experience using donor databases, CRM systems, and fundraising technology is an asset.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement annual and leadership giving strategies that strengthen donor retention, renewal, upgrading, and long-term philanthropic engagement.
Manage relationships with annual, monthly, and leadership-level donors, generally below the major gift threshold.
Conduct discovery and qualification conversations and meetings with new, existing, and lapsed donors to deepen engagement and identify future giving opportunities.
Collaborate with central Annual Giving and Planned Giving teams to maximize donor engagement and philanthropic growth.
Support class giving initiatives and other annual fundraising activities in collaboration with Alumni Relations and Engagement, where appropriate.
Identify planned giving opportunities arising through annual giving and stewardship activities and advance them for strategy development.
Lead stewardship coordination activities for the College of Medicine, including serving as the primary contact for annual donor impact reporting.
Ensure donors receive timely acknowledgement, meaningful recognition, and clear reporting on the impact of their philanthropy.
Coordinate stewardship activities with Advancement, faculty, Finance, UGME, PGME, Communications, and University Relations colleagues.
Build strong donor relationships through stewardship calls and face to face meetings, ongoing engagement, and proactive communication.
Support donor-funded student awards and bursaries by working collaboratively to ensure donor expectations and student impact reporting are fulfilled.
Develop and strengthen stewardship processes, donor touchpoints, and engagement tracking to enhance the overall donor experience.
Manage a portfolio of approximately 100–125 annual, leadership, and emerging major gift donors and prospects while maintaining appropriate frontline activity to advance relationships through the philanthropic pipeline.
Conduct discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities that advance donors through the philanthropic pipeline.
Identify alignment between donor interests and College priorities while collaborating with the Director of Advancement and Advancement colleagues on strategy and prospect movement.
Identify and refer major gift and planned giving opportunities emerging from annual giving and stewardship activities.
Maintain appropriate frontline fundraising activity and pipeline metrics consistent with a blended annual and major gift portfolio.
Contribute to annual and multi-year fundraising and donor engagement plans aligned with College priorities.
Support donor engagement activities related to the Dean's Philanthropy Advisory Circle and other strategic initiatives.
Foster a culture of philanthropy by building meaningful relationships with donors, faculty, leadership, and community partners.
Collaborate across Advancement, Alumni Relations, Communications, faculty, and College leadership to achieve fundraising and stewardship goals.
Ensure donor activity, stewardship interactions, and relationship management are accurately documented within the CRM system each week.
Use donor data and reporting to improve segmentation, outreach planning, stewardship coordination, and portfolio management.
Contribute to continuous improvement of advancement processes related to donor communications, stewardship, qualification, and pipeline management.
Help ensure donor relationships have clear ownership, documented next steps, and coordinated engagement strategies.