Outbound Donor Acquisition Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Full-time | In-Office | Toronto, ON, Canada
About The Role We're looking for highly talented, competitive sales professionals to join an outbound tele-fundraising team. If you're passionate about making a difference and have strong sales skills, this is your opportunity to join a growing call centre as an Outbound Donor Acquisition Specialist.
Workwolf is recruiting this role on behalf of our client.
Your Impact Your primary responsibility is to acquire a high volume of quality monthly donors for major charities across Canada and the United States. You'll engage in value-based selling, build relationships with potential and existing donors, and play a key role in the success of fundraising campaigns. Beyond hitting targets, you'll help empower communities by sharing their stories and transforming how Canadians think about charitable giving.
Successful candidates are motivated to grow as sales professionals, cultivate positive relationships, and pursue advancement opportunities.
What You'll Do
- Enthusiastically engage prospective, existing, and lapsed donors to understand their needs, tailor the offering, and acquire monthly donations to meet individual and team weekly targets.
- Participate and contribute in daily team huddles to build sales skills, support team learning, and refine tactics.
- Develop creative solutions to donor challenges including policy changes, technology issues, representative verification, and charity knowledge gaps.
- Execute against departmental donor acquisition strategy, track results, and develop creative new strategies with an entrepreneurial mindset to meet KPIs.
What You Bring Experience: 1–2 years in a sales role as an individual contributor.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills with natural charisma, social intelligence, and persuasiveness.
- Competitive drive and internal motivation to exceed targets from day one.
- Friendly, perseverant self-starter comfortable engaging a wide range of personalities on the phone.
- Bold problem-solver willing to take risks and think creatively under pressure.
- Team player who thrives in a results-oriented, supportive environment.
- Passion for making an impact.
- Proven understanding of the full sales cycle — rapport building, needs analysis, objection handling, and closing.
- Goal-oriented with a track record of meeting daily, weekly, and monthly targets.
Technical Skills
- Digital literacy; comfortable juggling multiple online platforms and using soft-phone programs.
- Quick learner with new technologies and applications.
What The Role Offers
- Competitive pay rate and generous bonus opportunity.
- Company-wide socials and milestone celebrations.
- Team nights and events.
- Paid sick days and Employee Assistance Programs, including mental health resources.
- Group auto and home insurance discounts.
- Perkopolis access — discounts at major attractions including the ROM, CNE, and Wonderland.
- Internal advancement opportunities and role development pathways.
- An open, inclusive, and diverse working environment.
Additional Information Work Hours: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Monday to Friday
Any offer of employment will be subject to employment verification, including a criminal record check. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada at the time of their application.
About Workwolf
At Workwolf®, we revolutionize the hiring process by helping you screen applicants in seconds, not days, and reduce hiring costs by up to 90%. With our AI-driven platform, you can attract top talent faster, automate time-consuming tasks, and eliminate the risk of bad hires.
Key benefits of Workwolf:
- Create perfect job descriptions in seconds and post them across major job boards.
- Centralize all your applications in one place for easier management.
- Cut hiring time by up to 77% with AI Resume Screening and predictive performance tools.
- Benchmark new applicants against your top performers using Packfinder, our AI tool that assesses personality traits to predict success.
- Validate candidate credentials at no cost, ensuring you hire the right person every time.
Let Workwolf handle the heavy lifting, so you can focus on what you do best.
Outbound Donor Acquisition Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Full-time | In-Office | Toronto, ON, Canada
About The Role We're looking for highly talented, competitive sales professionals to join an outbound tele-fundraising team. If you're passionate about making a difference and have strong sales skills, this is your opportunity to join a growing call centre as an Outbound Donor Acquisition Specialist.
Workwolf is recruiting this role on behalf of our client.
Your Impact Your primary responsibility is to acquire a high volume of quality monthly donors for major charities across Canada and the United States. You'll engage in value-based selling, build relationships with potential and existing donors, and play a key role in the success of fundraising campaigns. Beyond hitting targets, you'll help empower communities by sharing their stories and transforming how Canadians think about charitable giving.
Successful candidates are motivated to grow as sales professionals, cultivate positive relationships, and pursue advancement opportunities.
What You'll Do
- Enthusiastically engage prospective, existing, and lapsed donors to understand their needs, tailor the offering, and acquire monthly donations to meet individual and team weekly targets.
- Participate and contribute in daily team huddles to build sales skills, support team learning, and refine tactics.
- Develop creative solutions to donor challenges including policy changes, technology issues, representative verification, and charity knowledge gaps.
- Execute against departmental donor acquisition strategy, track results, and develop creative new strategies with an entrepreneurial mindset to meet KPIs.
What You Bring Experience: 1–2 years in a sales role as an individual contributor.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills with natural charisma, social intelligence, and persuasiveness.
- Competitive drive and internal motivation to exceed targets from day one.
- Friendly, perseverant self-starter comfortable engaging a wide range of personalities on the phone.
- Bold problem-solver willing to take risks and think creatively under pressure.
- Team player who thrives in a results-oriented, supportive environment.
- Passion for making an impact.
- Proven understanding of the full sales cycle — rapport building, needs analysis, objection handling, and closing.
- Goal-oriented with a track record of meeting daily, weekly, and monthly targets.
Technical Skills
- Digital literacy; comfortable juggling multiple online platforms and using soft-phone programs.
- Quick learner with new technologies and applications.
What The Role Offers
- Competitive pay rate and generous bonus opportunity.
- Company-wide socials and milestone celebrations.
- Team nights and events.
- Paid sick days and Employee Assistance Programs, including mental health resources.
- Group auto and home insurance discounts.
- Perkopolis access — discounts at major attractions including the ROM, CNE, and Wonderland.
- Internal advancement opportunities and role development pathways.
- An open, inclusive, and diverse working environment.
Additional Information Work Hours: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Monday to Friday
Any offer of employment will be subject to employment verification, including a criminal record check. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada at the time of their application.
About Workwolf
At Workwolf®, we revolutionize the hiring process by helping you screen applicants in seconds, not days, and reduce hiring costs by up to 90%. With our AI-driven platform, you can attract top talent faster, automate time-consuming tasks, and eliminate the risk of bad hires.
Key benefits of Workwolf:
- Create perfect job descriptions in seconds and post them across major job boards.
- Centralize all your applications in one place for easier management.
- Cut hiring time by up to 77% with AI Resume Screening and predictive performance tools.
- Benchmark new applicants against your top performers using Packfinder, our AI tool that assesses personality traits to predict success.
- Validate candidate credentials at no cost, ensuring you hire the right person every time.
Let Workwolf handle the heavy lifting, so you can focus on what you do best.