Stewardship Lead in Toronto

Covenant House helps youth ignite their potential and reclaim their lives. As Canada’s largest agency serving youth who are homeless, trafficked or at risk, we offer the widest range of services to hundreds of young people every day. More than a place to stay, we provide life-changing care with unconditional love and respect. We meet youth’s immediate needs and then we work together to achieve their future goals. We offer 24/7 crisis shelter, transitional housing options on-site and in the community, health and well-being support, training and skill development, and ongoing care once youth move into the community. For over 40 years, Covenant House has been dedicated to its mission of serving youth on the street and to protect and safeguard all youth with absolute respect and unconditional love. Since 1982, Covenant House has supported more than 100,000 young people.

This is a unique opportunity to help build Covenant House Toronto's stewardship program during a transformational period of growth. As Covenant House Toronto prepares for the largest capital campaign in our history, the Stewardship Lead will play a central role in designing and delivering an exceptional donor experience. As part of a $150M campaign, this role will oversee stewardship for more than 200 campaign gifts of $25,000+, helping ensure every donor receives a meaningful and personalized experience.

As an early member of the campaign team, you'll shape Covenant House Toronto's campaign stewardship program, building on the strong foundation established by our Donor Experience and Development Services teams. Working collaboratively across the organization, you'll develop campaign-specific stewardship strategies, donor recognition programs, reporting frameworks, and engagement opportunities that elevate the donor experience and support the success of the campaign. Most importantly, you'll help inspire the philanthropic support needed to ensure young people at risk of and experiencing homelessness have the opportunity to heal, grow, and build stable futures.

We are currently recruiting for 1 Full Time, Permanent Stewardship Lead. This is a new role within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Stewardship Strategy & Donor Experience (40%)
  • Develop and oversee individualized stewardship plans for campaign gifts of $25,000+, working closely with gift officers to ensure stewardship commitments are delivered.
  • Develop and implement the stewardship strategy, frameworks, processes, tools, and service standards that will support campaign donors throughout the lifecycle of the campaign.
• Donor Recognition & Naming Opportunities (30%)
  • Develop creative recognition opportunities that reflect donor impact, correspond with gift levels, and inspire future giving.
  • Lead the development and implementation of campaign donor recognition programs, including naming opportunities, donor walls, plaques, signage, and digital recognition.
  • Collaborate with architects, designers, consultants, and internal stakeholders to integrate donor recognition into the new facility.
  • Ensure recognition commitments align with donor agreements and organizational policies.
• Donor Engagement & Campaign Support (10%)
  • Design and coordinate meaningful donor engagement opportunities, partnering with frontline fundraisers and with the Donor Experience team.
  • Represent Covenant House Toronto at donor and community events, as required.
  • Contribute to campaign planning, fundraising initiatives, and donor engagement strategies.
• Impact Reporting & Stewardship Communications (10%)
  • Partner with the Donor Support team to develop and deliver donor impact reporting, stewardship communications, and measurement frameworks.
• Stewardship Operations & Performance (10%)
  • Maintain campaign stewardship systems and workflows to ensure donor commitments, reporting, and recognition obligations are fulfilled.
  • Monitor campaign stewardship performance and identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and donor experience for the campaign.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of progressive experience in stewardship, donor relations, fundraising, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing donor stewardship, engagement, recognition, or donor experience programs.
• Strong project management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working with donor databases, reporting tools, and fundraising technology.
• Experience supporting a large capital campaign, major gifts program, donor recognition initiative, or naming opportunities is a strong asset.
• A passion for creating meaningful donor experiences.

What we Offer:

• Meaningful work.
• Competitive compensation.
• Benefits such as Health, Dental, Vision, Personal Days, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement and more.
• Employee perks which include discounts on gym membership, city bike rentals, auto & home insurance and more.

Interested candidates are welcome to apply directly to this posting on or by October 20, 2026. Only those selected to move forward in our recruitment process will be contacted. No agencies or phone calls please.

Commitment to Equitable Recruitment: At Covenant House Toronto we believe in a workplace culture of inclusion that is welcoming, respectful and safe for all staff. It is critical to Covenant House Toronto success to eliminate barriers and promote the inclusion of equity groups.