Campaign Manager
About the role
UNITED WAY BC IS PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF CANADA'S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS FOR 2024, 2025, & 2026**!**
ABOUT US – WHY WE’RE HERE:
Across British Columbia, communities are facing urgent and complex social challenges. United Way BC is committed to delivering lasting, community-driven impact in partnership with diverse populations across the province — including Indigenous communities whose territories we live and work on. From Vancouver Island to the Lower Mainland, and across the Thompson Nicola Cariboo, Southern Interior, Trail and District, and East Kootenay regions, we walk alongside communities to create meaningful and equitable change.
Our mission is to strengthen vital connections that support people in need in our communities.
Our vision is to create a healthy, caring and inclusive community.
How do we deliver on our mission and vision – by delivering resources and support for those who need it most, and by living our values of being collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable, and inspiring.
For a more in-depth to look into our work and programs, please visit: www.uwbc.ca.
ABOUT YOU
As the Campaign Manager, you own your part of the annual campaign from start to finish. You have experience with fundraising, volunteer support, and other important campaign aspects. You possess a two-year diploma or equivalent in an applicable field. You have demonstrated skill in setting & achieving financial goals, applying sales & fundraising principles, and motivating others.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Campaign Manager is a fundraising professional responsible for managing accounts and developing targeted relationships for one or more of the divisions within the United Way annual campaign. This includes working with the Director, Vice President, staff and volunteers to plan and carry out campaign strategies to meet United Way's resource development goals and objectives.
** This is a temporary role requiring 35 hours per week, scheduled to end on August 28, 2026.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities: Fundraising
- Developing and implementing the overall campaign plan
- Analyzes data on assigned division and prepares and implements plans for account cultivation, solicitation, stewardship and accountability
- Tracks and monitors activities and results for assigned division(s) ensuring accurate, up-to-date information is maintained in the database; prepares ongoing evaluations
- In conjunction with campaign volunteers, is responsible for setting both financial and non-financial goals, preparing and implementing division campaign plans and strategies in accordance with Resource Development departmental objectives, plans and timetables
- Reporting on Financial Goals and providing portfolio analysis.
- Event Management including donor activations and stewardship.
Key Responsibilities: Volunteer Support
- Provides information, fund-raising expertise, and advice on planning and coordination of workplace campaigns to Employee Campaign Chairs, committees and canvassers to assist them in the management of their campaigns
- Assists with volunteer recruitment, orientation and evaluation
Key Responsibilities: Loaned Representatives
- Supervises the Loaned Representatives on a day to day basis, including:
- Training and orientation to campaign
- Leadership & fund-raising guidance
- Problem identification & resolution
- Final evaluation
General
- Participates as a member of the staff team in regular departmental and interdepartmental activities
- Performs other duties related to the qualifications and requirements of the job
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Two (2) year diploma in an applicable discipline (eg. Fundraising, Marketing, Communications, and Sales)
Experience
- Five (5) years of direct fundraising experience
- Experience as a United Way Loaned Representative is an asset
- Supervisory experience and experience working with volunteers at various levels throughout the community are preferred
Skills
- Ability to independently apply a broad knowledge of fundraising and sales practices and principles
- Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills
- Ability to set and achieve financial goals
- Demonstrated skills managing multiple projects and multi-tasking
- Ability to motivate others, to coordinate and direct the work of others, to follow-up and ensure work plans are fully implemented and executed
- Ability to exercise a high level of tact and discretion in both internal and external interactions
- Ability to motivate and lead a team and work as a team member
- Ability to create and maintain good working relationships with a variety of internal and external constituents
- Strong presentation and training skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, be responsive and meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability in accounting, analyzing and evaluating financial reports
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Additional languages are an asset
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Office programs preferred as well as CRM databases/systems (like Salesforce) an asset
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Require a driver's license and access to a vehicle
CHARACTERISTICS
For success at UWBC and in this role, certain demonstrable characteristics will be required:
- A commitment to building healthy, caring and inclusive communities, internally and externally
- Embodying the organization’s core values to be collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable and inspiring
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and comfortably operate in it
- Drive to succeed as an individual and as a team member
At UWBC, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, programs, donors, and the communities we live and work in. At UWBC, we encourage all applicants regardless of age, sex, gender identity, colour, religion, sexual orientation, or any other basis to apply.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of colour and indigenous people are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every qualification. At UWBC, we are dedicated to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, so if you are excited about this role, but your experience and qualifications are not perfectly aligned, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or other roles.
This is a bargaining unit role with CUPE Local 1760. This position is at pay grade 39 which is $50.72 hourly.
Candidates must live within 80 KMs (commuting distance) from our office as this position is currently a hybrid role and office attendance is required.
Interested candidates are invited to apply by submitting a cover letter and resume to job competition C-2026-11.
We kindly ask for no phone calls, please. Due to the high number of applications UWBC receive, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest in UWBC.