AddressFantastic career opportunity for a Fundraiser looking to step into a broad role to lead a team and deliver Fundraising outcomes that promote gender equality for all and impact the lives of diverse women and girls on a national and international scale.
- Leadership opportunity! This is an exciting career opportunity for a Fundraiser who has proven success in donor development to lead a team and ensure the success of a multi-channel Fundraising program across campaigns, appeals, regular giving, mid-major gifts and bequests
- Supported by an inspiring, passionate and collaborative leadership team
- Melbourne based, hybrid work environment
Impact of the organisation
IWDA is Australia’s only development organisation entirely focused on gender equality, and they work to defend and advance the rights of diverse women and girls.
They resource diverse women’s rights organisations primarily across Asia and the Pacific and contribute to global feminist movements to advance the vision of gender equality for all.
They are a passionate and talented team working collaboratively to meet their goals:
- To resource and contribute to a resilient and vibrant feminist movement primarily in the areas of: power, leadership and civic space; freedom from violence
- Promote systemic change towards gender equality for all
- Build a resilient and relevant feminist organisation.
The impact you will have in this role
As the Fundraising Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape and implement the Fundraising strategy to optimise the donor journey and impact growth across individual giving campaigns and appeals, mid and major gifts, and bequests.
You will lead and inspire a team of three to meet Fundraising goals and apply your expertise in donor development to focus on enhancing and growing the Fundraising portfolio across all channels.
This is an opportunity to work strategically and hands-on with a collaborative and talented team to care for donors and supporters on their journey to invest in gender equality for all.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the growth and success of the Fundraising program across multiple income streams that include direct mail, regular giving, major gifts and bequests to achieve IWDA’s ambitious income targets
- Implement donor acquisition programs across appeals, campaigns and regular giving to ensure a steady increase in new donors and engagement
- Develop and implement supporter engagement models to increase donor retention and conversion through targeted communication and relationship management initiatives
- Lead and inspire a team of 3 to meet Fundraising goals and support them through their development
- Provide a high-touch commitment to every donor throughout the development of their engagement and donor journey
- Deliver and communicate results through strong data analysis and insights from campaigns to improve return on investment and to ensure supporter metrics are meeting Fundraising goals
- Maximise growth opportunities and drive income generation by working to budgets, completing data analysis and reporting, and evaluating measurements of success and return on investment
- Contribute to annual operational planning to meet strategic fundraising objectives
- Identify opportunities to raise awareness of IWDA in relevant markets and recommend priority engagements for the CEO and Leadership to positively promote to expand IWDA’s reputation and profile with funders
- Proven experience in a Fundraising role focused on donor development and program growth with proven success implementing fundraising acquisition, retention and growth initiatives to meet income targets
- Strong ability to analyse data, create reports and share recommendations based on data-driven decisions
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with high levels of collaboration with stakeholders at all levels
- The ability to lead a team through initiatives that meet Fundraising goals, while promoting a positive and collaborative team culture
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organised with strong project management skills and a proactive approach
- A collaborative approach to Fundraising and a passion to promote gender equality for all and a desire to impact the lives of diverse women and girls on a national and international scale
Applications
Please apply by submitting your resume and direct all enquiries to Rosheen Singh at Impact Advising on *******@impactadvising.com.au
0437877***
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) has an EO exemption (H69/2022) and requests applications from people who identify as women only (including trans women).
IWDA welcomes people with different skills and life experiences, and encourages women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women with disabilities and First Nations women to apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in, or strong community ties to, one of the countries in which IWDA supports partners.
Any offer of employment will require a National Police Check and endorsement of IWDA’s Child Protection Code of Conduct. All applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in Australia.
