Prospect Research Officer

Union: Non-Union
Site: 700 University Avenue
Department: Campaign
Reports to: Director Research and Prospect Management 
Status: Temporary Full Time (6-month contract)
Vacancy: Existing Vacancy - Backfill 
Hours: 35 hours
Hiring Range: $75000 - $85000 annually
Posted Date: May 22 2026
Closing Date: May 31 2026

Reporting to the Director Research and Prospect Management and working in collaboration with peer Research Officers this role will serve as a strategic partner in advancing the fundraising efforts of the Major and Estate Giving Leadership and Annual Giving and Corporate and Community Partnerships teams and the broader Foundation. This role will play a key role in proactively identifying researching evaluating and providing recommendations on donors volunteers and prospects as well as supporting the creation of robust donor pipelines. By informing strategy and supporting relationship-building this role plays a critical part in achieving The Princess Margarets fundraising goals.

You will:

• Conduct in-depth research on donors and prospects using internal information and external sources to provide strategic recommendations.
• Support effective engagement strategies by evaluating donor and prospect capacity interests relationships and inclination to give.
• Develop detailed and confidential profiles reports and briefing materials for individuals foundations and corporations.
• Lead the systematic and proactive identification of potential donors to build and maintain a robust pipeline for frontline fundraisers.
• Prepare materials for prospect management meetings including recommendations on how best to balance portfolios based on wealth indicators philanthropic interest and past giving history.
• Identify and map relationships to uncover opportunities for engagement with key individuals communities and networks.
• Monitor and communicate news events and issues that impact PMCFs fundraising strategies the philanthropic environment and stakeholders and volunteers.
• Support and improve the prospect clearance process to enhance collaboration across teams.
• Revise templates and compose documents (profiles notes) using style and content appropriate to specific audiences.
• Respond promptly to research requests and deliver tailored insights to fundraising teams.
• Appropriately handle sort and store donor and prospective donor information ensuring compliance with confidentiality and privacy policies.

Qualifications :

• A bachelors or graduate degree in library science information management market research or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience in prospect research fundraising or a related discipline (healthcare fundraising or campaign experience is an asset).
• Proficiency with prospect research tools and databases (iWave Wealth-X RelSci) CRM platforms (Blackbaud CRM) and other online sources.
• Strong analytical skills to assess donor capacity interests and philanthropic alignment with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience synthesizing complex information from diverse sources into actionable insights that inform donor strategy and engagement.
• Excellent writing and editing skills for creating tailored profiles reports and briefing materials.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality work well with others and manage competing deadlines and projects.
• Strong organizational communication and presentation skills.
• A proactive detail-oriented and problem-solving mindset with a collaborative team-first approach.

Additional Information :

We believe that the way we work together is just as important as what we accomplish. By making choices and taking actions that align with our values we achieve greater success and our work lives become happier and more meaningful.

At PMCF we strive to foster a culture built on Collaboration Accountability Respect and Excellence (CARE). Central to these values is our commitment to IDEAA: Inclusion Diversity Equity Accessibility and Anti-Racism.

• Experience a sense of purpose that you wont get anywhere else in any other job. You will be making a difference for millions of people impacted by cancer
• We have an open and approachable culture that enables you to bring your best ideas forward
• We offer a competitive compensation package including competitive salary incentive pay health benefits and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
• We will invest in your growth through ongoing learning opportunities individual development planning and education assistance programs
• We offer a hybrid work environment with Tuesday Thursday and one other day per week in office or as required subject to business needs

UHN is a respectful caring and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility diversity and equal opportunity and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: all religions and ethnicities 2SLGBTQ BIPOC persons with disabilities and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide requirements for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates.  Please ensure you check your email regularly.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time