Women's Health Collective Canada
Women’s Health Collective Canada (WHCC) is an alliance of three leading Canadian women’s hospital foundations formed to develop and solicit funds at a national level.
The WHCC recognizes that women’s health has continuously been underfunded, underserved, not researched, misdiagnosed, and misunderstood, and WHCC is here to change the status quo.
WHCC seeks to break the barriers holding us back from providing women with the knowledge and care they deserve as well as gain national attention for the health of women in Canada. By coming together, members are able to have exponentially greater impact than working alone.
The inaugural Executive Director (ED) role is a unique opportunity to build on the successes of the WHCC’s growing brand – and its exceptional members – and to expand WHCC in making a significant impact on the health of women, social justice, and equity.
Working closely with, and reporting directly to, the WHCC Board of Directors, the ED will be the primary fundraiser and spokesperson for the WHCC and continue to strengthen the WHCC business and operational capabilities. Working with member hospitals and programs across the country, the successful candidate will engage persuasively and confidently in the mandate of the WHCC to ensure the critical linkage between the WHCC and its member institutions is maintained.
This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraiser with a passion for women’s health and – ideally – a background in corporate giving to:
- Be the first employee of an essential new contributor to advancing and supporting women’s health;
- Leverage the strength, reputation, and connections of the three current and future member organizations to build WHCC’s capacity;
- Work independently and entrepreneurially to help shape WHCC’s great future;
- Engage with leading corporations across Canada – and their leaders – in an exciting and important health movement.
Application packages should consist of a cover letter and CV, together in one document, please.
Ideal experience & competencies
- Significant experience in fundraising, in particular and ideally corporate giving, major gift fundraising, or some combination thereof.
- Demonstrated success engaging and soliciting, corporations and establishing mutually beneficial partnerships.
- Demonstrated knowledge of cause marketing and managing cause marketing campaigns.
- An understanding of health care philanthropy and fundraising organizations would be very beneficial, particularly in a medical research context.
- A respectful and inclusive approach to community partnerships.
- Emotionally intelligent, excellent communication skills (verbal and written), interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated superior organization, flexibility, and multi‐tasking skills within a team environment.
- High degree of initiative, highly organized and ability to complete assigned tasks on time, with accuracy and of high quality.
- Bilingualism (English and French) considered a strong asset.
- Previous team leadership is an asset.
- University degree and/or equivalent education and experience.
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