Officer

Michael Garron Hospital provides high-quality, patient-centred healthcare services to families along the continuum of care, from welcoming a new life to facing end-of-life. Serving 400,000 people in East Toronto, we deliver first-rate care on a first-nam e basis—90 per cent of the healthcare people need, at a level of excellence rivaling anywhere else in the city. We are also developing tomorrow’s healthcare leaders, with the largest community and family medicine teaching program affiliated with the Univ ersity of Toronto. MGH is a proud member of East Toronto Health Partners, the Ontario Health Team serving East Toronto.

Michael Garron Hospital’s catchment area is unique in Toronto and one of the most diverse in Canada. Forty percent of the peop le we care for are new Canadians. 20 per cent of our catchment is low income and we are home to the highest proportion of refugees in the city of Toronto. More seniors live alone here than anywhere else in the city. Poverty and isolation—two of the mostc ritical social determinants of health— disproportionately affect people in our neighbourhoods.

In 2018, Michael Garron Hospital Foundation (MGHF) entered the public phase of the Heart of the East Campaign, our $100-million fundraising effort in suppo rt of the hospital’s historic $560-million redevelopment. The Heart of the East will transform our campus, including construction of the new, eight-storey Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre, and the dramatic redevelopment of our existing facilit y.

To learn more, visit mghf.ca.

Currently we have an exciting opportunity for an individual who wants to advance their career as our Events Officer.

Events Officer

With an events portfolio valued at up to $2.6 million annually, Michael Ga rron Hospital Foundation’s signature events portfolio is a key component of the Foundation’s success, attracting support from corporate sponsors, philanthropic individuals, and community leaders.

Working under the direction of the Vice President, Ann ual, Events and Operations, the Events Officer is responsible for building the Foundation’s presence in our community by executing memorable, high-engagement events that drive revenue in support of our strategic priorities, and expand our donor base thro ugh broader engagement.

A key member of a three-person events team, the successful candidate will:

- Act as the project lead for two to three signature event portfolios, overseeing budgeting, fundraising, logistics, planning, execution and post-ev ent analysis
- Act as a primary liaison with two senior volunteer committees
- Support colleagues in the execution of supporting events in the portfolio.

The Events Officer will act as the primary talent management, venue, budget and logistical le ad for our Laughter is the Best Medicine comedy gala, our new Impact Council young professionals event property and play a key role in our other events, including our Golf Classic. The incumbent will have a key focus on revenue generation through thedeve lopment and execution of comprehensive sponsorship tactics including identifying prospects, working with colleagues cross-functionally on cultivating and soliciting sponsors and managing sponsor relationships.

With support from across the Foundation, the successful candidate will act as the overall project lead, developing unique experiences to acquire donors and deepen donor engagement, and make evidence-based recommendations to improve future events. A key component of this role will be actingas a primary liaison with two senior volunteer committees, overseeing meetings, individually supporting members and working with event chairs on event direction.