Fundraising and Events Student

Why join CMHA Peel Dufferin

Support your community. Advance your career. Fulfill your purpose.

Joining the Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin Branch means youll be part of something meaningful. For starters were honored to have received the Canadian Non-Profit Employer of Choice Award for our efforts to help people live better. Providing support and services to those who live with mental illness and addictions were committed to increasing awareness and addressing the stigma surrounding mental health. Thats why weve made it a priority to create a diverse organization that represents the communities we serve and the people we help.

We are looking for a post-secondary placement student to join our Corporate Services Team! The student will work with the Fundraising and Events Officer to help raise funds for various programs and initiatives that will help decrease stigma associated with mental illness & addictions. You will be responsible for assisting in the coordination of events (such as Hope in Motion) fundraising assisting in managing donor activities and revenue generation.

The Fundraising and Events Assistant will represent the Agency in a range of community and business settings to help present information in an engaging comprehensive knowledgeable and readily accessible manner to stakeholders staff and clients

Status: Student Placement position geared towards students looking to complete placement hours beginning in Fall 2025.

Salary: Unpaid Placement

Location: This position is based out of our 601- 7700 Hurontario St. Brampton office. Although we operate within a hybrid workplace model staff are required to have on-site and/or community presence as per program and client needs.

What you will do:

• Help edit and coordinate submissions of fund development and grant writing initiatives including assisting with conceptualizing designing and preparing new programs program proposals and related reports and writing and submitting all grant proposals and funding applications.
• Help with the execution of CMHAs annual Ride Dont Hide Event in June
• Assist with the annual United Way Greater Toronto campaign through the development of new ideas planning and execution.
• Prospect new individual and corporate donors as assigned.
• Assist in facilitating CMHA fundraising activities including tracking and post-grant reporting.
• Facilitate plans for securing corporate sponsorships for ongoing activities and events.
• Help design and implement stewardship and recognition strategies which will ensure all donors receive correspondence reports and updates in a timely manner.
• Investigate new ways to lower event costs (ie. new apparel vendors for RDH).
• Follow agency incident and risk policy and procedures when required and ensure follow-up on other issues or concerns in consultation with the Manager
• Provide general administrative assistance to the program and site as requested by the Manager.
  Other duties as assigned.

This posting description indicates the key responsibilities and core functions of the position. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities.

What you need to Join our Team:

• Working towards a post-secondary degree or diploma in Fundraising or related field.
• Superior knowledge and understanding of administrative role supporting teams
• Experience working in the non-profit sector is an asset.
• Fundraising and donor relations experience
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to approach listen build trust and communicate across diverse cultures and intersectionality. Willingness to continually improve understanding around cultural competence.
• Openness to operate from an anti-racist anti-oppressive 2SLGBTQ affirming and intersectional framework.
• Willingness to learn and apply practical understanding of different elements of diversity such as gender identity/expression race/cultural background religion sexual orientation disability immigration and precarious status family status etc.
• Fluency in a second language including ASL (American Sign Language) is considered an asset.
• Ability to travel within and around Peel Region and Dufferin County.
• A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check) report.

Apply Now and EMPOWER your career!

CMHA Peel Dufferin strives to be an equitable employer. We are committed to supporting inclusive recruitment and selection processes work environments and a qualified workforce reflective of the diverse populations we serve. We acknowledge that removing existing barriers and preventing new barriers is required to foster dignity and independence for people of all ages genders cultures and abilities. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized including but not limited to First Nations Mtis Inuit and Urban Indigenous (FNIMUI) populations ethno-racial communities people with disabilities *2SLGBTQIA communities women and gender diverse people low-income communities and all equity-deserving groups.

*2SLGBTQIA (Two-Spirit Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer Intersex Asexual and a range of gender and sexual diversity categories not listed).

Accessibility Statement
When contacted by CMHA Peel Dufferin for a career opportunity please advise the People and Culture Department of any accommodation needs that may make your experience through the recruitment process more comfortable. We are committed to working with you to meet these needs by providing reasonable accommodations ensuring you have access to a fair and equitable process. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs. Should you have feedback please email us at

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Recruitment

To streamline our recruitment process we utilize an applicant tracking system (ATS) to manage and organize applications. While the ATS aids in efficiency the essential review and evaluation of candidates is carried out by members of our People and Culture team. This approach ensures a personalized assessment that allows us to gain a comprehensive view of a candidates experience skills and potential. AI is not used to make any decisions in our recruitment process.

Next Steps
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. We retain all applications submitted for one (1) year after the closing date of the posting for consideration in future career opportunities.