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Newly created permanent, full-time management position with WFH flexibility
$115,000 salary + increase take home pay with salary sacrificing benefits!
Rare opportunity for an accomplished fundraising professional to join the team at South Australia's independent, not-for-profit health and medical research institute, SAHMRI. Be inspired overlooking the beautiful Adelaide landscape whilst working from the signature ‘cheese-grater’ building!
This role presents an exciting opportunity to progress your career within a newly restructured team where you can work across a variety of different projects, bring your innovative ideas, and make the role your own!
About the Opportunity
For this newly created opportunity within SAHMRI’s Fundraising and Marketing division, you will be responsible for revenue generation, donor acquisition, and stewardship by creating, implementing, and evaluating multi-channel fundraising campaigns to increase donors' value and length of support.
Reporting into the Head of Fundraising and Marketing, you will steer campaigns, manage existing donor relationships, and proactively identify new relationships to grow consistent revenue streams supporting research at SAHMRI. The Fundraising Manager will also lead a small team to acquire, renew, upgrade, and thank donors at all levels and be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the donor database.
Your key responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
Acting with initiative to create, develop and implement multi-channel fundraising programs to increase philanthropic revenue
Designing and implementing strategies to acquire, engage, renew, upgrade, acknowledge and thank donors at all levels
Liaising with marketing roles to create tailored and appropriate communication journeys
Liaising with the events and engagement roles to create donor events and activities
Managing the Fundraising Assistant in their role of managing the donor database
Managing the Philanthropic Grants Coordinator to drive income from trusts and foundations
Working with the VIP-donor and Bequest Manager to drive engagement strategies to increase the value and length of support from current and prospective supporters
Assist with delivering community BRIGHT Week events successfully
Preparing reports and evaluating campaign successes
About You
To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced fundraiser with a proven track record of donor-centric fundraising and stakeholder management in a not-for-profit setting. With a strong people-focussed approach, you will have a history of achieving significant revenue targets and a demonstrated ability to create and lead the execution of successful direct mail appeals, donor circles and regular giving programs.
Working closely within a small team, flexibility, adaptability, and a can-do attitude are critical for this varied role, and we’re looking for someone who is passionate about building meaningful relationships with people at all levels.
In addition to the above, to be successful in this role you will have/be:
Minimum 3+ years in a fundraising role
Demonstrated experience using social media and other channels to drive fundraising income
Experience implementing and maintaining a detailed donor database, including administration, segmentation and analysis
Ability to lead and manage projects independently and in teams to meet demanding timelines and expectations
Excellent interpersonal skills and a clear, communicative and collaborative style and the ability to form strong relationships with a diverse range of people
Possess the ability to identify philanthropic opportunities and develop them into potential support
Excellent attention to detail and an understanding of the importance of engaging and recognising supporters in an appropriate manner
Current Australian Driver’s Licence
It would also be great if you:
Have a relevant tertiary qualification
Have previous experience managing staff
Are a member of FIA or similar fundraising organisation
Special requirements:
Some out-of-hours work may be required
DCSI Employment Screening and Police Checks may be required
A detailed position description document is available to download when you click the apply button.
About Our Client
SAHMRI is the independent, not-for-profit heart of world-class health and medical research in South Australia. Their priority is to help every person not just live longer but live better.
SAHMRI's headquarters is in the largest health and medical research precinct in the Southern Hemisphere. It is currently home to around 700 researchers, partners, students and support staff, all searching for solutions to medical conditions that cause human suffering to find better ways to treat, heal and care for people.
SAHMRI’s core values underpin everything they do, and their institute is dedicated to growing a culture that pursues, enables and demands research excellence. They are proud of their work and work hard as a team to make a positive difference in the community. SAHMRI’s values of excellence, innovation, courage, integrity and teamwork help us achieve our goals. If these are also your values and goals, apply today.
You can learn more about SAHMRI through their website here: https://sahmri.org.au/
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To apply, please ensure you click the Apply button, upload a CV and cover letter contained in one document. Please do not email your CV. All applications MUST be made online. The position description is also available to download when you click 'apply'.
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