• Join an award-winning animal rescue organisation
• 22.5 hours per week with flexibility to work from home
• Work with a dedicated and engaged team
• Ongoing contract with potential to convert to a full-time role
  

About Forever Friends Animal Rescue (FFAR)

Established in 2011, Forever Friends Animal Rescue is a registered charity founded and run by animal-loving volunteers. We save homeless companion animals and farm animals on death-row in pounds and shelters, provide the necessary rehabilitation and find them loving forever homes. We also operate an Animal Rehabilitation Sanctuary on 100 acres in the Yarra Ranges of Victoria.

We are governed by a Board of four, a management committee of twelve, headed by President and Co-Founder Saskia Adams, and currently have in excess of 1000 active volunteers.

We are one of the largest rescue organisations in Victoria, and to date we have saved more than 11,000 lives (June 2022). In 2021 Forever Friends received the nationwide award for Outstanding Rescue Group in the Pet Insurance Australia Companion Animal Rescue Awards.

About the Role

Forever Friends Animal Rescue is seeking a motivated, professional and well-organised Partnerships Manager. We are looking for someone with expert communication skills who believes in our mission and will demonstrate exceptional drive to further our existing fundraising efforts and help strategise and deliver new ones.

Objectives of the Role

• Promote awareness of the organisation’s mission and work
• Identify, research and develop prospects to achieve revenue growth and generate funds
• Help establish annual income targets and implement strategies to achieve those targets through major donors, corporates and business, trusts and foundations
• Develop an engagement strategy for attracting and retaining major donors, corporates and business, trusts and foundations
• Write tailored proposals and applications to solicit funds where appropriate
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders and granting partners.
• Maintain and complete orderly records of donors and manage regular donor communications.

KEY AREAS

• Corporate and Small Business Partnership Program
• Bequest Strategy & Program
• Individual Donors
• Philanthropic Funding & Grants

REQUIREMENTS

• A love of animals!
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and forward planning
• Degree qualification or demonstrated experience in the not-for-profit sector, in the areas of fundraising, communications, philanthropy, business development or corporate partnerships.
• Excellent written skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders
• Confidence in delivering presentations / public speaking
• Working successfully with volunteers
• Ability to work unsupervised and to achieve deadlines and targets.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in managing and reporting on a budget
• Experience managing a portfolio of major donors, Trusts and Foundations and/or Corporate Partners
• Demonstrated skills with CRM databases

For any queries, please contact our President Saskia Adams via [email protected] using the subject line: Partnerships Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.