Volunteer Fundraising director with Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society

Description of Charity/Foundation:

Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society (OA) is an unbiased organization providing free patient support services in Alberta. We are a group of compassionate volunteers who share a common goal: achieving the best possible care for all patients. Recognizing that each client has unique needs for their healthcare journey, we provide a range of services to support clients; from guidance on specific healthcare questions (i.e. obtaining records, filing a complaint or informing on services available) to providing goal oriented in-person support.

As an independent, non-profit organization we work with Alberta Health Services and other healthcare organizations to seek the best possible care for patients. One of the key ways we do this is by positively contributing to research and education initiatives to support improvements on the existing system. OA has participated in a number of seminars and studies, where we have provided valuable learnings and recommendations for a better overall system.

Our goal is to help patients advocate for themselves. We look for opportunities to build positive relationships between healthcare professionals and their patients so that patients feel empowered to have productive and effective communications with healthcare professionals that result in the best possible outcome. Ultimately, we hope to equip patients with the ability to independently work with healthcare professionals but are also available to support if required.

Our Vision

We strive to inform and empower individuals seeking support with the ultimate goal of experiencing the best possible health care.

Our Mission

Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society provides free, impartial patient support and resources to Albertans through:

Facilitating clear, productive communication between patients and healthcare professionals.
Empowering patients to ultimately self-advocate by providing educational and informative resources.
Providing patients with navigation of the healthcare system in order to achieve their health care goals.
Assisting healthcare professionals to provide the best possible patient care and to continuously improve the patient experience through recommendations and the sharing of valuable learnings.

Description of Role:

Are you looking for a way to make a difference while using your skills in Fundraising Management to make a measurable difference in people’s lives?

Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society is currently recruiting for a Fundraising Director to join our team! We are a not for profit Alberta organization who advocates by walking beside families and patients to help them navigate their health care journey.

The Fundraising Director duties include:

• Seeking out and pursuing fundraising opportunities with emphasis on government and/or foundation giving. Required to research and identify potential grant funders, writing letters of intent and grant proposals.

• Research government agencies and other bodies that could potentially make grants to the organization.

• Write and present proposals.

• Manage the grant application process and ensuring that reporting is tracked and meets donors’ expectations.

• Develop relationships with major donors, identify new potential major donors and nurture relationships.

• Create, implement and manage new fundraising efforts and provide board with an evaluation of the activities. We are looking at a casino in 2022.

• Preparing annual income and expenditure fundraising budgets for approval.

• Record, monitor and report fundraising financial budget.

• Administrative duties: update databases, prepare reports, monitor income and expenditure.

• Manage volunteers for the fundraising projects, with support from the Volunteer Coordinator.

• Source information, statistics, and trends to aid in fundraising efforts.

• Stay apprised of current market trends and use information to improve fundraising activities.

• Work with the Volunteer Coordinator to train and manage new Fundraising Committee volunteers and ensure volunteers possess the appropriate skills and competencies to meet committee objectives.

This position provides the flexibility for an individual to work from home during the hours that are convenient and will stay connected as a Board Member through monthly meetings.

Applicable Interests: Fundraising
Grant writing, Managing teams and projects

Contact:

Gail Nowlan