Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation
THE ORGANIZATION
Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation
The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Its primary purpose is to raise funds to support children’s health and for the Stollery Children’s Hospital, which is a pediatric hospital affiliated with the University of Alberta. The foundation plays a crucial role in financing specialized equipment, research, education, and patient care programs at the hospital and beyond.
The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation works towards ensuring that the hospital can provide the best possible medical care and support for children and their families. It organizes fundraising events, campaigns, and community initiatives to gather resources for the hospital’s various needs.
Stollery Children’s Hospital
The Stollery is the most specialized children’s hospital in Western Canada and serves the largest geographic area of any children’s hospital in North America.
It’s also the hub for pediatric heart surgery in the west.
Last year the Stollery responded to 324,425 patient visits, 54,649 emergency department visits, 251,462 outpatient clinic visits, 24,507 surgery clinic visits, 10,965 surgeries, and 2,362 patients with mental health concerns. Of those, 28% of patients were from outside the Edmonton area and the Stollery held 133,027 virtual patient visits.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the President & CEO is responsible for defining and implementing the vision (promise), mission (purpose), values, strategy, and goals of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, enhancing the Foundation’s fundraising efforts, and sustaining and improving its profile and reputation in the community.
The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation was started by parents who strongly believed that the adult health system was not doing enough to serve children who were ill, injured, or in peril. Those humble community roots are partly why the Stollery brand continues to resonate so powerfully across Canada. Twenty years later, that fundamental goal has not changed; the vision of the Foundation is to give kids the best chance at a long and healthy life.
This role will continue to build upon the work done so far. There is a passionate and dedicated team within the foundation, on the board, and in the hospital that are all striving towards that continued goal of healthy children.
With 54 full time employees, the Foundation strives to create a work environment that is both inclusive, diverse and barrier free to employees. Currently, 89% of our team is female, 24% of the team represent visible minority communities.
THE CANDIDATE
Education / Certifications
‒ University degree in business administration or equivalent.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Required:
‒ A well-regarded leader who exemplifies the highest standards for professionalism, integrity, ethics, and honesty.
‒ 15+ years progressively responsible senior leadership experience in complex organizations and environments, preferably in the not-for-profit sector.
‒ Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategic plans in a complex setting.
‒ Experience working in a charity or not-for-profit organization.
‒ Passionate about healthcare and/or personal connection to children’s health.
‒ Experience managing multiple senior level stakeholder groups (both internal and external).
‒ Demonstrated fundraising leadership ability, specifically leading major capital campaigns, and drawing in major donors.
‒ Experience formulating and implementing policies, processes, and procedures.
‒ Experience working with a non-profit board, including familiarity with good governance practices.
‒ Demonstrated ability to drive organizational diversity and inclusion priorities.
‒ Demonstrated ability to lead strategic initiatives, manage change, and achieve positive results.
Strongly Preferred:
‒ Ability to act as a spokesperson for the organization, engaging and inspiring a diverse range of people; Highly developed interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to motivate others.
‒ Excellent leadership skills with highly developed strategic thinking and visioning skills. A strong people leader with experience building strong engagement, development, retention, and succession planning approaches.
‒ A persuasive leader who motivates and inspires their team.
‒ Drives performance without compromising values.
‒ Experience building relationships with government, navigating the political landscape, and mobilizing support.
Working with governments on joint outcomes.
‒ Experience in supporting and leading fundraising and ‘friendraising’.
‒ Experience leading a transformative expansion or growth project.
‒ Experience creating, expanding, and leading new and innovative and successful fundraising campaigns.
‒ Connection to the Edmonton community / Excited about Edmonton.
Preferred:
‒ Experience working in Edmonton and/or an established network within key stakeholder groups in Edmonton
‒ Experience managing a major capital campaign with multiple fundraising streams
‒ Experience managing complex financials with multiple revenue streams
‒ Experience working in an organization of similar size and scale to the SCHF (or larger)
‒ Experience reporting to a large and diverse board of directors
‒ Ability to develop financial plans and manage, allocate and prioritize resources.
‒ Knowledge of public relations principles and practices.
‒ Knowledge of Canadian charitable law and taxation.
‒ Knowledge of the health care setting.
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