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Coast Mental Health Foundation
Campaign Director
Coast Mental Health Foundation is the philanthropic fundraising arm of Coast Mental Health, mobilizing philanthropy to support recovery-oriented mental health care in our communities. Coast Mental Health is the largest provider of community-based mental health services in British Columbia and one of Canada’s leading mental health non-profit organizations. Through donor and community support, the Foundation raises awareness, builds partnerships, and secures charitable funding to advance innovative mental health services, recovery programs, supportive housing, wraparound supports, and major capital initiatives.
Coast Mental Health Foundation is seeking an exceptional, relationship-driven fundraising leader to serve as Campaign Director, helping shape and advance a bold, multi-year comprehensive campaign in support of Coast Mental Health’s mission, vision and long-term community impact.
This is a standout opportunity for a strategic and hands-on fundraiser to help lead a campaign with unusual depth, visibility, and significance: the redevelopment of Coast’s 293 East 11th Avenue site and related programmatic priorities. Working closely with the Foundation’s Interim Executive Director, Cheryl Bosley, together with Coast Mental Health’s CEO Keir MacDonald, Board leadership, and the Campaign Cabinet, the Campaign Director will play a leadership role in advancing campaign strategy, donor engagement, and long-term fundraising success in collaboration with Foundation and community leadership.
The successful candidate will be both architect and catalyst. They will bring both strategic leadership and hands-on campaign experience, helping advance prospect strategies, mobilize volunteer engagement, coordinate campaign leadership activities, and personally cultivate and solicit major gifts. The role offers the rare chance to build fundraising momentum around a once-in-a-generation project, one designed to reimagine how housing, mental health care, and community well-being can come together to create lasting change across Metro Vancouver.
This is a rare and energizing opportunity for a fundraising leader to:
- Help shape the most ambitious comprehensive campaign in Coast’s history, supporting recovery-oriented mental health care, supportive housing, and wraparound services across Metro Vancouver.
- Build on growing public awareness and support for mental health through a campaign story grounded in dignity, hope, recovery and human connection.
- Play a leadership role in advancing campaign strategy, donor engagement, and long-term fundraising success in collaboration with Foundation and community leadership.
- Translate philanthropy into visible, community impact by helping expand housing, care, and wraparound supports that strengthen stability, belonging, and recovery for individuals and families.
For more information read the full candidate brief, or to apply, please get in touch by email or fill in this confidential form.
Ideal Traits & Competencies:
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Commitment to the mission and values of Coast Mental Health Foundation.
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Significant progressive fundraising experience, with a focus on capital or comprehensive campaigns.
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Proven success in securing major or transformative gifts.
- Experience executing capital or comprehensive campaigns.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.
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Strong relationship-building skills.
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Demonstrated ability to support and engage leadership fundraising volunteers.
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