The CHUM Foundation is seeking an Advisor for whom interpersonal relationships, guidance, and project management hold no secrets. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Foundation’s Community Initiatives Program and will contribute to its visibility, structure, and ongoing development.

Recognized for their advisory approach, rigor, and ability to mobilize people around a cause, the selected individual will support fundraising event organizers while ensuring they have a positive, consistent, and needs-based experience.

The incumbent will also play a key role in the evolution of the program by helping to implement tools, processes, and support pathways that foster organizers’ autonomy, retention, and long-term engagement with the Foundation.

Reporting to the Events and Partnerships Department, they will also collaborate on the delivery of the Foundation’s signature events, internal initiatives, and volunteer committee activities. They will contribute to the team’s collective objectives by bringing their expertise, organizational skills, and collaborative mindset to the various projects led by the Foundation.

At the CHUM Foundation, we are committed to empowering CHUM to act faster than disease. Joining our team where support, excellence, and kindness are valued means contrbuting daily to projects that have a real impact.

Community Initiatives Program:  

  • Manage, coordinate, and deploy the Foundation’s Community Initiatives Program; 
  • Act as the main point of contact for individuals, organizations, and members of the CHUM community wishing to organize fundraising activities for the Foundation; 
  • Evaluate submitted projects and recommend best practices to ensure their success; 
  • Provide personalized guidance and advisory services throughout the lifecycle of initiatives (planning, logistics, sponsorships, brand use, tax receipts, revenue management); 
  • Serve as a trusted partner, supporting organizers in their decision-making; 
  • Ensure rigorous follow-up of files and adherence to commitments and timelines; 
  • Oversee initiatives while ensuring compliance with the Foundation’s policies, standards, and procedures, with professionalism, tact, and diligence; 
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a consistent and high-quality experience. 

Program Structuring and Development: 

  • Participer à l’évolution du programme d’initiatives de la communauté et à l’amélioration continue de l’expérience offerte;
  • Développer des outils, guides, gabarits et ressources favorisant l’autonomie des organisateur·rices;
  • Contribuer à la documentation et à l’uniformisation des processus liés au programme;
  • Identifier les opportunités d’amélioration et recommander des solutions adaptées aux besoins;
  • Effectuer une veille des meilleures pratiques en philanthropie communautaire.

Retention and Recognition: 

  • Develop and implement recognition initiatives for organizers; 
  • Contribute to the design and rollout of engagement and retention pathways; 
  • Collaborate on retention strategies for donors originating from third-party events; 
  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with organizers to encourage repeat engagement and sustained commitment to the Foundation. 

Contribution to Foundation Activities: 

  • Support the planning, organization, and delivery of the Foundation’s signature events; 
  • Assist advisors responsible for various portfolios in delivering events and activities under their leadership; 
  • Take on operational responsibilities during events to ensure their smooth execution. 

Administrative Management: 

  • Track revenues, results, and program performance indicators; 
  • Prepare presentations, reports, and post-event summaries; 
  • Keep community initiative data up to date in the Foundation’s systems; 
  • Contribute to budget tracking, timelines, and administrative processes; 
  • Perform any other related tasks as required. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in administration, communications, philanthropy, project management, or a related field; 
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant experience in an events environment; 
  • Experience in the philanthropic sector; 
  • Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating several files simultaneously; 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; 
  • Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge or a comparable CRM (asset); 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; 
  • Occasional availability outside regular working hours; 
  • Occasional trave
  • A 34-hour summer schedule, with Friday afternoons off; 
  • 11 statutory holidays and 3 days off between Christmas and New Year’s Day; 
  • Up to 7 personal days per year (unused days are paid out at year-end); 
  • 4 weeks of vacation, with recognition of prior experience upon hiring; 
  • Group insurance coverage from day one; 
  • Group RRSP with employer matching; 
  • Annual health and wellness allowance; 
  • Hybrid work policy with up to 3 remote workdays per week; 
  • Option to work 100% remotely for up to 4 weeks per year (perfect for a cottage getaway!); 
  • Employee assistance program for you and your family; 
  • Active social committee; 
  • Close-knit team and dynamic work environment; 
  • The opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause by representing an innovative and forward-thinking hospital.  

The Foundation of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) was established in 1998 through the merger of the foundations of Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Notre-Dame, and Saint-Luc hospitals. It brings together an engaged community that helps transform care, advance research, and shape education at CHUM. 

For over 25 years, thanks to the generosity and mobilization of this community, we have provided vital funding to enable teams to innovate and remain at the forefront of medical knowledge, so that fewer people are left without solutions in the face of illness. 

Major fundraising campaigns, benefit events, third-party fundraisers, planned giving such as bequests, and donation appeals to individuals, private foundations, and corporations—everything we do aims to give CHUM teams the means to act faster than disease. Because disease doesn’t wait. 

Please note that only candidates selected for the recruitment process will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest in the CHUM Foundation and invite you to regularly check our job postings online.

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