Major Gifts Executive

Exciting role with Australia's Most Reputable Charity. Want to progress your Philanthropy career? Manage & develop engaging major donor relationships.
  

Major Gifts, Senior Coordinator

• Collaborative team, making an incredible impact supporting & driving long-term fundraising growth with major donors
• Be part of a highly successful philanthropy team
• Flexible, hybrid working options, Head Office in Surry Hills, Sydney 2010
• Permanent Full-time role

The Organisation - Royal Flying Doctor Service - South East Section
  
The Royal Flying Doctor Service - South East Section (RFDS SE) provides lifesaving aeromedical and primary healthcare services to rural, regional, and remote communities. The RFDS was recently recognised as Australia's Most Reputable Charity in the Australian Charity Reputation Index, for the 11th time in 12 years. 
  
This is an exciting time to join as the Philanthropy team has been incredibly successful at growing fantastic relationships with an engaged portfolio of high-net-worth donors, and they are in the first year of an exciting new 5-year strategy. 

About the role - Major Gifts, Senior Coordinator

This is a great opportunity to add to an established Major Gifts program that has grown rapidly and experienced significant success within the past 5 years.

The Major Gifts, Senior Coordinator will join a team of 3 others, in a relationship management role. You will nurture and develop relationships with an engaged portfolio of major donors and trusts and foundations. You will have the opportunity to manage your donor development process and to prospect to build new relationships. 
  
This is a donor-facing role. You will implement personal stewardship techniques to retain and upgrade donors, identify and develop new relationships, and create and execute highly curated, intimate major donor cultivation events.
  
You will also be responsible for developing, writing, tracking, reporting and acquitting proposals for funding, to secure and grow income from philanthropic trusts, foundations and other grant-making entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, nurture and manage relationships across a portfolio of major donors and trusts and foundations
• Develop and nurture major donor journey and framework to energise existing major donors and attract prospects
• Develop compelling applications for funding from trusts and foundations and grants
• Proactively undertake research to identify, and cultivate relationships with known and potential high-net-worth supporters
• Grow and develop long-term and long-lasting relationships with donors, increasing their level of giving
• Manage gift solicitation conversations 
• Communicate and inspire donors via phone calls, letters, in-person meetings, events and tours
• Work with the internal and external stakeholders to collaborate with donor engagement across all programs

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated success in a relationship fundraising role, including experience in building a pipeline, identifying and researching opportunities, and cultivating and stewarding relationships
• Excellent presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Confidence to engage with supporters in person, over the phone and with highly developed written communications
• Extremely organised with the ability to multitask, and prioritise
• Pro-active and highly motivated self-starter, able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• The ability to travel (on occasion) to remote regional locations where programs are delivered to meet with your donors

Applications
Apply now by sending your up-to-date resume and covering letter through the “apply” option. These will be reviewed regularly.
  
*Please note if successful in your interview process you will be required to obtain a NSW Working With Children Check and undergo satisfactory completion of a National Police Check
  
Beaumont People has been contracted to recruit this role, therefore please direct all general enquiries to either: Rebecca Robinson *******@beaumontpeople.com.au / 02 5629 7*** or, Leish Thomasian ***************@beaumontpeople.com.au / 02 5629 7***
  

At Beaumont People we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.