• Be part of an exciting national premier hiking challenge which takes place in five locations and engages over 10,000 participants and over 30,000 donors annually
• Play a part in fighting the biggest killer of Australians - heart disease
• Generous Salary Packaging available, increasing your take home pay

The role

Coastrek is one of Australia's most iconic charity hiking challenges for women. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with some of the Heart Foundations most passionate Coastrek fundraisers and volunteers nationally.

We are seeking an energetic person to coordinate Coastrek fundraiser support activities, and volunteer recruitment to deliver Coastrek events with our exclusive partnership with Wild Women on Top.

Key accountabilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with prospective, new, and existing volunteers and fundraisers and support event fundraisers to reach (and exceed) their fundraising goals.
• Implement a volunteer recruitment strategy to ensure all events are supported by engaged and passionate volunteers.
• Maintain effective communication with all fundraisers, making calls, sending emails, personalised videos, SMS, meeting with people in person and making presentations (online or in person).
• Work with the business to help to develop and follow a meaningful communication journey to recruit and steward event volunteers and channel them to the Wild Women on Top registration platform.
• Attend all Coastrek events across Australia. Activities include setting up, manning, and packing down the Heart Foundation activation areas and interacting with participants and their families.
• Implement planned and collaborative recognition activities for event volunteers, supporters, and fundraisers (including merchandise).
• Contribute to event working groups with other areas of the Heart Foundation business and event partners to maintain close working relationships and information sharing (includes People and Culture team, Information Technology, Digital Channels, Marketing and Health teams)
• Ensure our records are accurate and available, and fundraiser updates are in relevant databases (Raisers Edge).
• Review and undertake compliance for Community Fundraising programs, including due diligence, accurate processing, and management of Authority to Fundraise documents.

About us

The Heart Foundation is Australia's leading heart health charity, committed to helping Australians lead healthier lifestyles and encouraging those most at risk to take better care of their heart health. Our Connecting Hearts Strategy (2021 - 23) is focused on our life saving work in Research, Support and Care and Risk Reduction, to reduce heart disease and improve quality of life of all people in Australia.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications or demonstrated equivalent experience in a relevant business discipline such as events coordination, fundraising, volunteer management.
• Strong customer service and relationship management experience, across a range of a channels.
• Demonstrated time management, administrative and organisational skills.
• Clear written and excellent verbal communication skills to collaborate and negotiate.
• Understanding of volunteer involvement in an event context (desirable).
• Fundraising experience (desirable)
• Demonstrated ability to work productively both autonomously and as a member of a team.
• Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams, as well as a good understanding of SharePoint, Zoom, Customer Relationship Management database experience (for example Raisers Edge/NXT).

Benefits

• Our team believe in our purpose, they are proud to work at the Heart Foundation and have the opportunity to make a difference every day through challenging and meaningful work. We promote active living and support our employees to have healthy work life balance.
• Generous Salary Packaging
• A positive and supportive culture
• Additional day of leave at Christmas
• Programs and initiatives that focus on your wellbeing at work

To apply

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter addressing the essential requirements via the "Apply Now" button. Please refer to the position description available on our website for further information about the role.

A position description is also attached.

The Heart Foundation is committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We strive to represent the communities we serve and recognise the skills, knowledge and experience a diverse team brings to our organisation. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other diverse groups.

The Heart Foundation has a Covid-19 vaccination policy requiring all staff and volunteers to be fully vaccinated or hold a valid medical exemption. The Heart Foundation may request vaccination or exemption evidence in the pre-employment stage.

Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks which must be completed prior to commencement. This may include a national criminal history check, working with children check and other background checks relevant to the specific role.

We may commence shortlisting candidates prior to the closure of this role, so please don't delay submitting your application. ​