Planned Giving Estates Officer (contract)
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Job Summary
Applications will be accepted until 9:00am EDT on Tuesday 23 December 2025
Salary Grade: Level 14 - $70676 in starting year (12 month contract)
At the core ofDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canadas identity is a commitment to medical ethics independence neutrality and go where peoples medical needs are greatest. These ideals have driven every aspect of our work from medical care and logistical coordination to finance and communications since MSF was established in 1971.
The Planned Giving Estates Officer manages the estates portfolio of MSF Canadas legacy program overseeing the administration and status of over 300 estates to contribute to raising over $19 million of unrestricted funding. Using their relationship management negotiation and compliance skills the Planned Giving Estates Officer is responsible for building meaningful relationships with executors lawyers and professional advisors as well as devising and implementing a strong stewardship plan to maintain these relationships.
MSF Canada is looking for someone to:
- Build strong relationships with family and friend executors as well as lawyers notaries and trust officers. Manage these sensitive relationships with tact empathy and compassion while simultaneously achieving ambitious Fundraising goals.
- Escalate when executors do not operate with integrity and adhere to donor wishes outlined in the will applicable laws regulations and internal policies. Work with Planned Giving Manager to escalate potential issues and outsource decision making to legal counsel.
- Supervise the day-to-day functioning of the estates portfolio administration projects and stewardship ensuring the efficient and effective administration of estates.
- Manage a portfolio of over 300 open estates keeping track of the status of each one following up with old extraordinary and/or complex estates and escalating when needed.
The successful candidate will bring MSF Canada:
- Proficiency in English and French
- Strong database management skills specifically in Raisers Edge
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to build excellent working relationships with donors colleagues field workers and suppliers to attain goals.
- Capacity to work both independently and with a dynamic team in a fast-paced office environment
- Ability to analyze and synthesize complex and sensitive material and use it to make sound decisions on behalf of MSF and well-informed messages to donors.
- Demonstrated professional experience in the fields of fundraising planned giving or direct marketing or equivalent related experience.
- Experience in all aspects of donor cultivation (research writing follow-up and stewardship)
- Experience working with donors foundation staff and/or board members.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong understanding of Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression practices and ethics through education or lived experience.
A detailed job description is availableHERE.
MSF Canada will provide:
- Starting 4 weeks of vacation per year
- Access to an Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Flexible work hours and a hybrid working model (minimum 40% in office)
- An accessible open concept shared office space with bookable workstations (consisting of sit/stand desks swivel chair laptop with dock and double monitors) and various sized meeting rooms
- A commitment to incorporating equity diversity and inclusion in everything
- 5% RRSP contributions (no employee matching required)
- Health Spending Account
- Group insurance (Life Dependent Life AD&D)
- Peace of Mind plan (prescription drugs accidental dental hospital care etc.)
- Annual professional development budget
- A positive and innovative office culture is based on core values of humanity integrity and results
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada; MSF Canada is not able to support or relocate candidates from outside Canada.
NOTE: Any questions or concerns regarding accommodation and accessibility may be addressed to .
MSF adopts a safeguarding culture where personnel and communities are and feel safe and valued throughout their involvement with the organization where individuals know who to go to with any concerns and are confident that they will be listened to and heard without personal or professional repercussions and where the organization strives to adopt the highest standards of practice across all areas of safeguarding rather than setting for the minimum standard in order to be legally compliant.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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About Company
MSF - Belgium Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliatio ... View more
