Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 3rd Dec 2020
*Starting salary will depend on your level of experience. Salaries are currently being reviewed by the Board and will be most likely increased substantially in March.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with passion, commitment and drive to make a big difference to the way Australia responds to climate change. This role would ideally suit someone with a community organising background who is also comfortable with fundraising, particularly peer-to-peer.
We are looking for a people-person who loves meeting and creating genuine relationships with others who are passionate about solving the climate crisis. You are good at inspiring and enabling people to take on new activities in aid of the things they are passionate about. You have a positive attitude to work and life, and love speaking to people of all walks of life and different backgrounds.
Apart from exceptional interpersonal skills, you are experienced or interested in a career in nonprofit program coordination, community organising and/or volunteer management. The thought of developing and delivering training workshops in the areas of social change, communications and fundraising excites you.
The role is currently for 12 months, but likely to be extended beyond that subject to funding and performance. Our intention is that this will be an ongoing role and may increase to four or even five days a week over time.
Climate for Change (C4C) is a volunteer-powered not-for-profit based in Melbourne. Our mission is to create the social climate in Australia for real action on climate change.
We know our leaders, political and otherwise, will not do what is needed on climate change without a critical mass of Australians demanding and supporting such action. We know the majority of Australians do support action on climate change, but this support is passive and easily displaced by issues that people feel closer to, less confused about and more able to act on. We know one of the best ways to create deep and active commitment is through conversations with people we trust.
C4C aims to bring climate change to the forefront of public concern by: engaging in conversation with people who are sympathetic to action, but not yet engaged with or active on the issue; then inspiring and supporting them to take effective action and to have meaningful conversations with their family and friends about climate change.
We are the only organisation in Australia dedicated to supporting people to have more effective conversations about climate change.
Further information is available at our website: www.climateforchange.org.au.
In this role, you will manage all aspects of our annual Fundraising and Communications Fellowship. The Fellowship is a four-month program, each year training a cohort of people passionate about climate action and social change, with the aim of teaching volunteer Fellows skills they can put into practice during our main annual peer-to-peer campaign where they are expected to recruit friends and fundraise themselves.
Since 2016, through the Fellowship we trained over 100 people in skills including fundraising, communications, campaigning and community organising. In 2020, our Fellowship was rolled out online (due to Covid-19) and we trained over 40 people across Australia, who fundraised and recruited friends as part of our annual peer-to-peer campaign which raised $300,000.
You will manage all aspects of the Fellowship, from planning and delivering the training content and alumni program, to running the day-to-day aspects of the Fellowship each year. You will also play a significant role in our fundraising program, as volunteer Fellows will be asked to help with different aspects of our annual peer-to-peer campaign. You will help organise phone banks where interested volunteer Fellows will call fundraisers, and help organise events as part of the campaign. You will also be asked to take part as a fundraiser in the campaign.
Apart from the Fellowship and the fundraising program, you will also work to develop and build on our existing volunteer program, currently run by the Volunteer Support Team, consisting of two wonderful volunteers. You will work with our existing team to increase the engagement of current volunteers with our organisation and act as a key point of contact between staff and volunteers, making sure they are invited to events, have important information and feel connected to our work.
Reporting to the Fundraising and Marketing Manager, the Fundraising Fellowship and Volunteer Officer/Coordinator will:
Fundraising and Communications Fellowship:
Fundraising:
Volunteer management:
Key skills and abilities you can already demonstrate:
Additional skills, abilities and attributes we desire:
If you don’t have some of the skills or abilities listed above but you are willing to learn and are passionate about this role, please apply. We know that the best people sometimes have no formal experience but are quick learners.
Please click Apply Now to complete the form AND send:
to [email protected] using the subject line: Fundraising Fellowship and Volunteer Officer / Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs and addressed to Marta Zajac, Fundraising and Marketing Manager. For any specific questions, please also email Marta Zajac on [email protected] (noting that our office will be closed between 5pm Friday 18th December and 9am Monday 4th January).
All written applications will be de-identified, and we encourage applicants from a range of genders, cultures, language groups, abilities, and experiences to apply. People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent are strongly encouraged to apply.
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A position description is attached.