• Parkville location
• Fixed Term Full Time position

The Executive Director, Philanthropic and Community Investment is a newly created full-time executive position reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Women’s Hospital.

As head of the hospital’s Office of Philanthropy and Community Investment, the Executive Director will spearhead the organisation’s new strategic approach to fundraising and donor investment, and drive a culture of philanthropy, innovation and donor value across the entire organisation. 

About the role: 

The Executive Director will be an integral member of the hospital’s executive team and work closely with the CEO and the Women’s Board to establish a new and highly-effective fundraising enterprise. Leveraging the Women’s considerable profile and reputation as a world-leading tertiary hospital for women and babies, this person will work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to connect philanthropic partners with the story and vision of the Women’s. 

About you: 

You are a highly respected, proactive leader, who inspires confidence, and is capable of building a high-performing and results-driven team. You have extensive experience operating at an executive level and building fruitful philanthropic relationships that exceed strategic and business goals. To be successful, you will need a solid record of achievement working with a diverse range of constituencies, with demonstrated experience influencing and driving highly successful fundraising results. An understanding of the contemporary philanthropic environment, best practice donor partnership approaches, and the ability to influence cultural change will be highly regarded, as will experience in the health sector or similar.   

About the organisation: 

The Women’s is one of Australia largest and oldest specialist hospitals dedicated to the health and wellbeing of women and newborns. Established in 1856, it is now a contemporary and forward looking leader in women and newborn health, as well as a major research and teaching institution with strong university affiliations. The Women’s is committed to gender equity and the social model of health and to advancing healthcare for women by providing exceptional maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, women’s cancer services.

Our offering: 

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please click here.

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “Apply Now” below.

Please include the following in your application:

• A letter of application addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, RWH
• Your response to the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description
• A Resume which also includes 3 referees

For more information, contact Robin Copeland on 03 8345 2971.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.