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Fundraising Director

ChildFund Australia
  • Be a part of an organisation that works with children and their communities to create positive change
  • Flexible work environment, with the potential to work from home 2 days per week

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

As the Fundraising Director, you will be responsible for driving the planning, development, and implementation of ChildFund’s marketing and fundraising strategies among public audiences in Australia. This critical role is focused on income generation using a multi-channel approach, strengthening donor retention strategies, examining new fundraising opportunities, and supporting the development of a high-performing team. The position reports to the CEO and serves as a member of the Executive team.

KEY DUTIES

  • Contemporary expertise and direction across a broad range of fundraising activities, including Regular Giving, Philanthropy, Digital Marketing, Direct Mail and Marketing Communications.
  • Significantly contribute to innovation and business improvement, closely collaborating with the Business Development Unit.
  • Initiate, establish and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Maintain strong programmatic awareness across ChildFund Australia’s work in Country Offices and across the Pacific.
  • Manage competing priorities and strategic directions when achieving team project outcomes in line with ChildFund strategic goals and objectives.
  • Develop and influence strategy, policies, priorities, and operational practices in support of ChildFund strategic objectives.
  • Ensure in-depth knowledge of fundraising and compliance, legislative, financial, and administrative frameworks, government decision-making processes and agency guidelines and regulations.
  • Contribute to the overall leadership of ChildFund Australia, as a member of the Executive Team.
  • Assure consistent communication of the organisation’s identity and voice through all marketing activities, while seeking to raise organisational profile among key donor audiences.
  • Engage with risk, including the conduct of risk assessment and risk management activities for area of responsibility
  • Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding or sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment (SEAH) risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding and PSEAH policy and procedures, and conduct yourself consistent with those policies.

Are you?

  • A visionary thinker and innovator, driving business improvement
  • A change champion, comfortable managing ambiguity in the workplace
  • An excellent stakeholder manager with strong interpersonal skills
  • A strong leader, supporting others in achieving their & the organisation’s goals
  • A strategic thinker with exceptional implementation & decision making capability
  • Passionate about international development and child rights.

If this sounds like you, please view the full position description and click apply now!

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