Careers

At Covenant Foundation, we proudly support Covenant Health, Covenant Care and Covenant Living and their more than 155-year legacy of healing the body, enriching the mind, and nurturing the soul, by raising funds to help support specialized programs and services, leading-edge research and education, and state-of-the-art equipment at 21 Covenant facilities across Alberta.

Thank you for your interest in working with our foundation!

Job Openings

Our foundation is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to age, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, veteran status, Indigenous or Native American status, or disability.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The CEO is responsible for the overall strategic management and leadership of all activities of the Covenant Foundation. This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative leader who has proven success to maximize revenues, source new revenue generating streams and drive growth. The CEO’s focus is to be creative with alternative fundraising methods and creating sustainable capital generation outside the traditional models. The Board seeks a progressive leader with inclusive fundraising talents to orchestrate an inspiring provincial vision.

This includes the development and execution of strategies tailored to maximize contributions to Covenant Foundation through philanthropic sources within the context of exemplary charitable sector governance, capacity building, appropriate recognition of existing donors and the stewardship of positive, meaningful relationships with donors to ensure continued support of Covenant Health facilities.

The CEO must demonstrate exceptional leadership to make the Foundation's mission a success by effectively leading human/financial resources and by providing direction and support to the Board as it carries out its governance functions.

A highly competitive compensation package will be provided including an attractive base salary and excellent benefits. Further details will be discussed in a personal interview.

How to apply: Please email a cover letter and resume (PDF or Word Document only) to edmonton@leadersinternational.com and indicate the role title in the email subject line. For more information, contact Ardyce Kouri or Wendy Romanko of Leaders International Executive Search at 780.420.9900.

This posting will remain open until filled.

Annual Giving Officer

Reporting to the vice-president, philanthropy, the annual giving officer is responsible for managing a complex portfolio of prospects and donors, developing multidimensional annual and monthly giving programs to grow and diversify fundraising revenue for Covenant Foundation-supported facilities.

As a key member of the development team, the annual giving officer contributes to meeting fundraising goals by prospecting annual giving donors, developing strategies for cultivating relationships and soliciting gifts; managing direct mail campaigns; writing proposals, conducting a high volume of phone and face-to-face meetings with prospects; closing a substantial number of solicitations, and effectively stewarding donors.

How to apply: This position is open to applicants based in Edmonton, Calgary, Banff and southern Alberta. Please email your résumé and cover letter to foundation@covenanthealth.ca ** Please include “ANNUAL GIVING OFFICER” in the subject line. This position will remain open until filled.

Development Officer

Reporting to the vice-president, philanthropy, the development officer is responsible for managing a complex portfolio of individual donors, corporate donors, community partners, grants and foundations, developing and implementing programs to grow and diversify fundraising revenue for Covenant Foundation-supported facilities.

As a key member of the development team, the development officer contributes to meeting fundraising goals by identifying, profiling and prospecting mid-major level donors, developing strategies for cultivating relationships and soliciting gifts; writing proposals, conducting a high volume of phone and face-to-face meetings with prospects; closing a substantial number of solicitations, and effectively stewarding donors.

How to apply: This position is open to applicants based in Edmonton, Calgary, Banff and southern Alberta. Interested applicants are asked to email their résumé and cover letter to foundation@covenanthealth.ca ** Please include “DEVELOPMENT OFFICER” in the subject line. This position will remain open until filled.

Covenant Foundation respectfully acknowledges that our central office and several foundation-supported Covenant sites are located on Treaty 6 territory and Region 4 of the Métis Nation of Alberta, a traditional land and gathering place of diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others. We also support Covenant sites all across Alberta on Treaty 4, 6 and 7 territory, as well as the Regions 2, 3 and 4 of the Métis Nation of Alberta. We honour and respect the people whose histories, languages and cultures have been here for thousands of years and continue to influence our vibrant community. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.