How to apply:
Send an email with your resume and cover letter to info@vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca. Candidates are invited and welcome to include diversity and equity information in their cover letter for us to evaluate from a lens of inclusivity.
About Vancouver Humane Society
The Vancouver Humane Society has existed since 1985 to provide an alternative to sheltering animals. Over time, animals have been helped through trap-neuter-return programming and more recently, providing funding for veterinary assistance for people and their pets who are in need. The Vancouver Humane Society is also an organization working to end the exploitation of animals, and has programming focused both on the reduction of animal use in food and in entertainment.
The organization promotes a vegan culture, with vegan defined as: “a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.”
The Opportunity
The Development Coordinator supports VHS’s fundraising and donor stewardship activities, with a focus on online fundraising, donation processing, donor database administration, tax receipting, donor acknowledgments, and volunteer coordination. This role helps ensure a positive donor experience by maintaining accurate donor records, supporting timely and meaningful communications, tracking fundraising activities, and assisting with appeals, events, peer-to-peer fundraising, Giving Tuesday, the online silent auction, and other development initiatives. The Development Coordinator also supports reporting, reconciliation, and administrative systems that strengthen the Development team’s ability to grow sustainable revenue for VHS.
About You
You may be a great fit if you are someone who:
✔ Is motivated by helping animals and supporting people who care for them;
✔ Love online fundraising, creative social media posts and user journeys;
✔ Notices the small details that help donors feel appreciated and records stay accurate;
✔ Enjoys improving systems, lists, processes, and procedures;
✔ Can balance warmth and professionalism in donor communications;
✔ Is comfortable moving between administrative tasks, campaign support, donor stewardship, and volunteer coordination;
✔ Understands that fundraising is about relationships, trust, and impact;
Job duties
- Coordinating the development, implementation, and tracking of online fundraising, including but not limited to, growing McVitie program fundraising through e-appeals and social media;
- Thanking donors through multiple platforms in a timely manner;
- Entering donations into donor management database, including gifts in kind;
- Supporting the Development team on peer-to-peer fundraising events, the online silent auction, and Giving Tuesday;
- Managing tax receipting;
- Coordinating fundraising volunteers;
- Data management, including:
- Supporting tracking and fulfillment of corporate, business, sponsorship, and in-kind donor recognition,
- Monitoring online giving platforms to ensure donations, recurring gifts, tribute gifts, and peer-to-peer gifts are processed accurately,
- Assisting with donor segmentation, appeal lists, email campaign setup, and tracking of campaign performance, and
- Ensuring donor information is handled confidentially and in compliance with privacy, charitable receipting, and organizational policies;
- Maintaining up-to-date procedures and training documents for donation entry, receipting, acknowledgments, volunteer coordination, and online fundraising systems;
- Providing vacation and wellness coverage for the Development Director and Development Manager;
- Representing VHS in a professional and positive manner at all times;
- Adhering to VHS’s ethical standards in accordance with the Society’s mission and vision whenever representing the Society; and
- Completing other duties as assigned.
Benefits of Joining the VHS Team
Remote work, aside from 4-6 in person gatherings per year.
Supportive & friendly work environment focused on wellness, with 14 wellness days per year.
30-hour work week.
Health and dental benefits.
15 vacation days.
POSITION DETAILS:
Start Date: July 2026.
Permanent/full-time.
Reports to: Development Director.
Salaried, $62,000.