• One of Australia’s leading children’s charities
• Cultivate and steward your own portfolio of existing Major Donors
• Flexible hybrid working with offices across Sydney

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a step up in your philanthropy career and relationship manage a portfolio of major donor partners with one of Sydney’s most well known and loved charities.

This role is a key part of the team responsible for managing existing donors with the capacity to give from $10K per annum.

Focussed on income generation, donor engagement and helping partners receive a suitable and consistent level of recognition, this role will promote opportunities to existing major donors across Sydney.

As a member of the Philanthropy team, the Relationship Officer - Major Gifts works closely with others in the Engagement and Philanthropy teams to deliver donor stewardship activities that reinforce engagement and provide acquisition opportunities and/or donor recognition.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 100-150 existing donors
• Develop and implement qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned donor pool
• Work with stakeholders to identify and prioritise areas of funding need
• Match funding opportunities to donor interests in order to maximise donation potential
• Ensure each donor has a personalised and strong relationship with the organisation that is built on mutual respect and sensitivity to the donor’s needs and interests
• Build relationships with clinicians and researchers to maximise donor engagement and help build donor referrals
• Give donors the opportunity to have a deeper relationship with the Foundation; are regularly stewarded through engagement activities, and receive feedback and acknowledgement
• Monitor, manage and evaluate all major gifts project outcomes providing regular, accurate and clear feedback to the donor

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated understanding of fundraising principles, techniques and strategies, in a similar role in major gifts/mid value/annual giving
• Experience in managing (and building on) donor relationships either through telephone or face to face activities
• Proven ability to plan, develop, deliver and monitor large projects with evidenced success in achieving agreed outcomes and timelines
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including the ability to negotiate, be persuasive and develop trust, and manage a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• High level oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write high quality cases for support/proposals and make engaging presentations
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team and to collaborate across teams to achieve enhanced outcomes
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and manage multiple projects

Applications

Beaumont People has been contracted to recruit this role, therefore please direct all general enquiries to Rosheen Singh at Beaumont People on [email protected], using the subject line: Relationship Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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