• Use your research, writing, and fundraising skills to support youth wellbeing
• Be part of a dynamic, fast-paced organisation delivering best-practice youth mentoring to over 2,000 young people across Australia
• Permanent part-time, 4 or 5 days per week, Salary packaging available
• Hybrid role (home office + Sydney office preferred, other locations considered)

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 over 180 high schools across Australia, we provide life-changing mentoring to more than 2,000 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 have a real impact.

About the Role

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Prospect Researcher and Grant Writer to help us grow and diversify Raise’s funding base.

This key role is responsible for identifying new funding opportunities, crafting compelling grant applications, and supporting the delivery of high-quality impact reporting.

Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy, Partnerships team, and CEO, you’ll be central to sustaining long-term donor relationships and advancing our mission.

Key responsibilities include:

• Research and qualify new funding prospects across corporate, philanthropic, and government sectors
• Build a prioritised prospect pipeline and develop detailed profiles to support strategic engagement
• Prepare and submit tailored, high-quality grant applications aligned with funder priorities
• Produce accurate and timely acquittals and impact reports for successful grants
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure funding proposals reflect our programs and impact
• Maintain accurate records and dashboards using Salesforce to track funding performance

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

About you

• You are a skilled researcher and writer with a passion for purpose-driven work. You bring:
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in grant writing, fundraising, sales coordination or prospect research
• Demonstrated success securing philanthropic, corporate, or government funding
• Excellent research, analytical, and writing skills with strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in CRM systems (ideally Salesforce) and Microsoft Office 365
• Strong organisational and project management capabilities
• The ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with diverse 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.

Our Values:

At Raise, we have six values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we would like others to see our personality, what we aspire to as an organisation, and how we aim to behave:

Be Courageous – we are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident
Show Heart – we are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic
Give Respect – we believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity
Apply Integrity – we operate with authenticity, accountability, transparency
Bring Vitality – we are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring
Deliver Excellence – we are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry

Interested?

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

A position description is attached.