Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships

Job title

Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships​​

Department

Philanthropy

Reports to

Director, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships

Salary range

$83,000 – $94,000

Job type

Full-Time, Permanent, Hybrid working  2 days per week

Location

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Posting period

Monday, August 3, 2026​

The opportunity

Are you motivated by the chance to help all young people in Canada access mental health support and Feel Out Loud at Kids Help Phone (KHP)? 

Kids Help Phone Foundation is seeking a Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships to help inspire generosity and raise funds across Canada to deliver on KHP’s promise to youth.

The Senior Development Manager, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships is a strategic fundraising leader responsible for building and managing a major gifts portfolio across Eastern and Western Canada. Working closely with the Director, Regional Philanthropy & Partnerships, senior executives, and volunteer leaders, this role develops and executes high-impact fundraising strategies to secure and grow six- and seven-figure philanthropic contributions.

The role also provides leadership and mentorship to a national frontline fundraising team, overseeing major gifts, corporate partnerships, and event revenue initiatives. 

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, Board members, and key stakeholders, the Senior Development Manager helps drive donor engagement, strengthen relationships, and advance Kids Help Phone Foundation’s fundraising goals through collaborative planning, strategic execution, and accountability for results. It’ll take courage, collaboration, innovation, resilience and trust. 

If you’re interested in giving more young people’s feelings a place to go with KHP Foundation, you can explore this opportunity today.

The responsibilities

• Collaborate to design, implement, and manage the major giving portfolio, with strategies aimed to grow a pipeline of 6 and 7-figure prospects through identification, evaluation, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.  
• Help develop and lead a sophisticated regional philanthropy and partnerships program, designed to obtain transformational and maximum long-term financial support. Program elements include in-person visits, data mining, proposal development, working with volunteer solicitors, and other means of inspiring major, multi-year pledges and partnership.  
• Manages the forecasting and database records within the portfolio. 
• Stay abreast of philanthropic developments, industry trends and emerging opportunities.  
• Serves as a trusted advisor and liaison to donors, senior executives, leadership volunteers (including Board members), and others, to coordinate strategies and help secure major commitments.  
• Works closely with the Prospect Research team to identify potential prospects.  
• Collaborates with Donor Experience to establish timely and appropriate stewardship plans, ensuring gifts are handled and recognized according to sound Foundation practices. 
• Works with Foundation colleagues on internal communications, briefing notes, research profiles, funding proposals, gift agreements, stewardship reports, and accountability reports. Ensures all necessary constituents are involved in key efforts focused on specific prospects. 
• Develops and maintains an in-depth knowledge of Kids Help Phone’s Funding Priorities and applies this knowledge in matching the interests and needs of prospects.  
• Ensures all contact reports are recorded in a timely fashion in the database.  
• Promotes a culture of inclusion, with a commitment to the equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion initiatives designed to foster an inclusive, supportive, and welcoming work environment for individuals with diverse backgrounds and identities.