• Use your coordination, relationship-building, and business development support skills for good 
• Be part of a dynamic, fast-paced organisation delivering best-practice youth mentoring to over 2,000 young people across Australia 
• Permanent full-time | Salary packaging available 
• Hybrid role (Sydney office + home office) 

About the Role

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive business development coordinator to support the growth of Raise's fundraising pipeline. This role sits at the centre of Raise's fundraising activity, helping to identify opportunities, coordinate outreach, generate meetings and keep fundraising opportunities moving from first contact through to proposal and partnership. 
 
Working closely with our fundraising team, your primary focus will be generating meetings that maximise Business Development Manager utilisation and maintaining strong CRM discipline to ensure opportunities continue moving through the fundraising pipeline. 
 
You'll help bring structure, momentum and follow-through to a busy environment while supporting the systems, processes, and relationships that underpin fundraising success. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Generating and coordinating meetings and introductions to maximise BDM utilisation 
• Maintaining strong CRM hygiene (Salesforce), ensuring every opportunity has a current status, owner and next action 
• Researching and identifying prospective donors, corporate partners, trusts, foundations and government opportunities 
• Coordinating outreach campaigns, prospect engagement and follow-up activity 
• Tracking opportunity progression and ensuring opportunities continue moving through the fundraising pipeline 
• Supporting proposal development workflows and funding submissions 
• Supporting fundraising team effectiveness through strong coordination and operational support 

A full list of responsibilities is available in the Position Description.

About you

You are highly organised, proactive and detail-oriented, with experience supporting fundraising, business development, partnerships, sales, or customer engagement activities. 
 
You bring: 

• Experience in fundraising coordination, business development coordination, sales support, partnerships, account coordination or a similar role 
• You love creating momentum, keeping things organised and ensuring opportunities don't fall through the cracks 
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines 
• Experience using CRM systems, ideally Salesforce 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality data and reporting 
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders 

Most importantly, you are inspired by Raise’s mission and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your work directly impacts young people’s lives. 

About Raise

At Raise, we exist to help young people. We do one thing, and we do it really well—youth mentoring. Our best-practice, early intervention mentoring program is proven to create lasting impact. By matching trained and trusted volunteer mentors with teenagers who need extra support, we help young people feel heard, valued, and hopeful for the future. 
 
Operating in almost 150 high schools across Australia, we provide life-changing mentoring to more than 2,300 young people every year. Join our passionate village of people dedicated to making a difference. At Raise, you’ll work in a flexible, positive, and collaborative environment where your contributions make a real impact. 
 
As a Youth Safe organisation, all roles at Raise contribute to maintaining safe and supportive environments for young people. This includes upholding our Youth Safety Code of Conduct, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, and actively supporting the safety and wellbeing of young people in all interactions. 

Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility

At Raise, we’re committed to creating safe, inclusive and empowering spaces — for young people, mentors, employees and our wider community. 
 
We welcome and value people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability (both seen and unseen), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from all social classes, and those diverse in gender identity and sexual orientation. We recognise and respect all differences in people and believe that lived experience from marginalised communities brings essential perspectives and diversity of thought.  
 
Raise is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages flexible work arrangements and is committed to creating an environment where all employees feel respected, supported and able to thrive. 
 
Raise is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you have any questions about your application or require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at 
[email protected] using the subject line: Fundraising Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Interested?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application, including a cover letter addressing the selection criteria.