Robin Wakelin Email & Phone Number

Oshawa, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Promoted to manage 5 national programs, improving and implementing the new granting processes, overseeing budgets, tracking expenses, and coordinating over $3M in funding allocations yearlyKey Achievements:-Presented “Leveraging UN SDGs and ESG Frameworks in Fundraising” at Habitat’s national conference, as well as created resources for local Habitats to use-Created grading matrices to evaluate and manage allocation of grants, and a Power BI dashboard to display program impact data-Improved processes to increase program engagement, improve reporting to provide useful data to stakeholders, and create new efficiencies in tracking systems-Grew the $320k Meaning of Home contest, with the highest year-over-year growth in 2024 (since its inception 2017), with no extra resources, drove fundraising to continue growth, tested marketing strategies, and worked with branches across Canada to promote

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Promoted to full manager position, following success in previous role, overseeing national granting programs and a national writing contest for kidsKey Achievements:-Helping to secure ~$1million multi-year sponsorship for the Every Youth Initiative-Created Sustainability Grants and helping to raise funds for innovative, energy efficient projects-Provided Reconciliation Education and cultural competency training to local Habitats and corporate sponsors of the Indigenous Housing Partnership-Implemented a sustainability granting program, in addition to managing Every Youth Initiative and Indigenous Housing Partnership, providing additional stream of revenue for Habitat Canada-Increased efficiency of applications and reporting by using SharePoint, delivering satisfaction at local Habitats-Wrote several successful proposals including one for $900k over 3 years with Scotiabank -Built program toolkits for Habitat stores to improve and enhance local programs

Appointed to cover maternity leave, heading a team of 3 and overseeing all stewardship for 100 corporate donorsKey Achievements-Effectively managed team and pivoted to virtual workspace, supporting team to continue to meet targets-Implemented new stewardship strategies to accommodate virtual work-Managed national writing contest, increasing entries even during COVID, with fewer resources

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Account manager for Corporate gift-in-kind (GIK) and cash partnerships-Managed day-to-day partner stewardship and nurture relationships-Created marketing and communication materials (newsletters, one-pagers, sales presentations, etc)-Supported local Habitats in the ordering of Build GIK products-Improved efficiency and assisted with design and implementation of a new ordering system-Trained staff across Canada on use of platform, created documentation

Renfrew, Ontario

Provided scientific evaluation for the company’s range of proprietary water remediation technologies, assisting in sales, marketing, and installation.-Delivered presentations for technical and non-technical audiences of up to 50, at conferences and for stakeholders, engaging and networking with stakeholders to answer questions and promote the technology -Produced creative marketing materials for web pages and brochures, reports and articles, and grant applications, and assisted with marketing strategies, editing web content for search engine optimization-Created technical sales leads, talked to customers, created budgetary proposals, and followed up to closure-Installed water remediation technologies in the field and performed sampling and spectrometer analysis-Implemented Salesforce for call and opportunity tracking and templates to gather all relevant data -Wrote “The rise of simple, affordable, biological treatment for lagoons using fixed film media”, published in WEAO Influents magazine-Presented “High Strength Geosynthetics as a Low-Cost Erosion Protection Solution” at Latornell Symposium 2017

As environmental coordinator, introduced and managed environmental programs including:-battery recycling-paint recycling-LED purchase incentives-In-store sale incentives-Reducing Scope 2 and 3 GHG emissions through above programs and in-store changesManagerial duties included:-Key holder (opening and closing the store)-Inventory management-In-store event management and marketing-Creating aesthetically pleasing displays to engage customers and improve sales

Acted as interim Chair of the board

Honours Bachelor Of Science (H.B.Sc.), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: ThinkRecycle, Biosphere While attending McMaster, I was a part of two environmental clubs (Biosphere.

Certificate, Data Analysis

Foundations of computer programming: -Learned and excelled at writing code in Python for simple programs

Certificate, Climate Change Policy And Practice

Certificate Of Fundraising, Business

Environmental Science