Sandra Niven Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Supports SHARE Family and Community Services mission to Connect, Engage, and Strengthen Individuals and Families by engaging our community, promoting and developing relationships, writing persuasive grant proposals. Community Engagement:• Event planning including strategy, coordination, logistics, budgeting and execution• Ensuring sponsorship commitments are fulfilled at events• Represents the agency at community events and trains volunteers to represent the agency• Manages the corporate volunteer activities • Maintains contact with community groups and donors to promote interest, participation in, and support for the organization• Stewards current donors to support future engagement, including awards and third party events• Supports the development and implementation of strategies to engage new donors and partners for SHARECommunications:• Leads the development and implementation of SHARE’s social media plan and activities, including coordinating posts across various platforms• Monitors social media accounts for community activity, information and posts relevant to the agency• Leads the maintenance of, and updates to, SHARE’s public-facing website• Supports coherent, effective communication across all aspects of the agency, including developing materials.• Supports the implementation of a coherent and effective branding strategy for SHAREGrant Writing• Search for, and identify appropriate opportunities for the agency• Conducts all appropriate research and gather relevant information• Writes and submits persuasive grants and reports, per the conditions of grants received• Monitors grant submissions and reporting deadlines for the agency• Monitors and supports submission of data from relevant program areas• Meets with granting bodies and/or representatives as needed to learn more about opportunities, and promote the agency

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Developed and implemented the strategic events and fundraising strategy. Planned, coordinated, executed, and evaluated activities across BC and Yukon, including donor and volunteer engagement.• Stewardship, cultivation, and activation of multiple, concurrent events in Vancouver and across the region in collaboration with leadership volunteers. Exceeded revenue goals through planning and executing regional marketing and retention strategies, including logistics, budgets, contracts, volunteer schedules, and timelines.• Met and exceeded financial goals through the development of a provincial operating budget and work plan to ensure the provincial operating cost ratio is consistent with set goals.• Inspired and motivated volunteers across BC and Yukon, increasing engagement and awareness.• Produced communications, social media, media and networking activities, and the development of new opportunities to build community awareness.• Relationship management of regional corporate partnerships, securing funding, providing outstanding stewardship, and preparing and delivering reports on events.• Recruitment and support of regional chapter volunteers and community events• Collaboration with internal teams and external agencies in the identification of opportunities, developing and expanding partnerships, sponsorship, and engagement.• Meeting with donors and supporters to increase awareness and revenue.• Supported volunteers during advocacy meetings• Created content and managed multiple regional social media platforms and produced emails and quarterly newsletters for over 8,000 subscribers, ensuring CASL compliance.• Office operations: data management of accounts, mail, banking, reporting, expenses and reconciliation, gaming applications, and team support.• Administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of the regional office including financial preparation for regional revenues and expenses.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Provided corporate groups with impactful, meaningful experiences in our community via relationships with non-profits.Working to fill the needs of our community, volunteers built playhouses for children, socialised with seniors and newcomers to Canada, completed small maintenance work at non-profits, and helped to build community gardens. Speaking engagement bookings for 500+ businesses and tours conducted of non-profit agencies, allowing people to see the direct difference their dollars make in our community.Coordinated corporate volunteers, managed the logistics, planned meetings and events, budgets, and reported on the results.Liaison with internal and external stakeholders as it related to the provision of information, obtaining information, setting meetings, and other related departmental activities.Developed and implemented strategies for increasing engagement and fundraising.Created social media and newsletter content for the marketing department.

Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Planned and developed 350+ unique public events and arts programs per year, collaborating with 52 staff members and 200 volunteers. Provided leadership using a community engagement framework that l developed, successfully executing initiatives, workshops and events with arts organisations, non-profits, businesses and artists. Full-cycle programming including planning, budgets, development, scheduling, promotion, coordination, execution and analysis, and reports to the board.The programs achieved retention and growth targets, more than doubling class revenue and tripling the visitor numbers in two years through communications, partnerships and engagement strategies; developed a Leadership Program for our teen volunteers that included mentorship and coaching; brought the 'Pianos on the Streets' and 'Little Free Library' projects to Port Moody; and created the 'Random Arts of Kindness' project, engaging youth in our community to contribute and distribute art throughout the community. I managed all logistics and operations including the new online registration system; created social media and communications products; a general all-rounder and keeper of the keys.I was fully committed to fully inclusive public involvement and proactively worked with internal and external stakeholders including the City of Port Moody. I collaborated with awesome visual & media arts, music and ceramics instructors and volunteers to meet the needs of the Tri-Cities community.As the volunteer manager, I developed roles, policy and planning that align with the needs of the volunteers and members of our amazingly talented team using a volunteer framework and manual. This includes recruiting, group orientation and training, recognising and retaining long-term and event-specific volunteers and ensuring that roles are fulfilled and everyone is having fun!

Vancouver, Bc, Canada

Managed all aspects of planning public events and meetings including operations, budget and logistics. Research and collation of a variety of materials for reports for consideration by the board.Administrative tasks: drafting correspondence, records management, data entry. Handling challenging phone calls and emails from the public. Responsible for the division’s management of vendors, estimates, purchasing, corporate credit card, and petty cash.Created, implemented and maintained emergency plans and training schedules for the team.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Assistant to the Head of the Department of Medicine• Extensive diary, e-mail, travel & expense management for a very busy professional• Confidential document production, prioritising calls and providing accurate information• Meeting preparation including presentations, minutes and distribution• Drafting letters, procuring information, research, and providing assistance as required• Annual meeting financial report preparation and balancing of chequing account for CAPM• Sustainability co-ordinator for the Diamond Centre, liaising with building managers

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Global media requests for interviews and enquiries, and database management.• Research and collation of assets for internal teams and external stakeholders. • Monthly content creation for publication on the intranet.

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