Seed is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth-led organisation and we strongly encourage First Nations young people to apply; however this is one of few roles that is also open to non-Indigenous identifying people to support Seed’s impact and growth over the first year of our new strategic plan, we’re opening this position for the right allies to stand alongside us and help raise the funds for our work!

WHO IS SEED?

Australia’s first Indigenous youth-led climate network. We are building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice. Our vision is for a strong and connected network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who are empowered and leading the fight for climate justice.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Grants & Partnerships Manager will play a critical role in developing and implementing Seed’s fundraising strategy across a range of diverse revenue streams, ensuring that fundraising targets are met in order to achieve Seed’s mission and impact-oriented goals. The specific streams this role is responsible for managing include grants, partnerships and workplace giving. A key part of this role is identifying, building and maintaining relationships and communications with key funding stakeholders, including but not limited to values-aligned businesses, partners, granting bodies and community supporters.

This is an exciting moment in time to join the team and lead this program. Seed has just completed a new strategic plan, outlining our vision and goals for the next three years. By joining our team and taking on this role, you will be able to help us build sustainability over this period and beyond!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Source, write and report on grants that align with Seed’s work; ensuring these opportunities pass our due diligence check and align with approved projects at Seed.
• Input into and implementation of Seed’s fundraising strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the organisation’s values and purpose and can achieve targets. This includes testing new streams and ideas to ensure growth in fundraising whilst maintaining long-term focus on sustainability and diversifying revenue streams.
• Seek, build and maintain meaningful relationships with business partners, foundations and funding bodies who align with Seed’s values and purpose; ensuring timely and consistent communication, positive donor experiences and journeys, and creating relevant pitches, reports, updates and resources.
• Continue to grow Seed’s workplace giving program by inviting values-aligned partners and organisations to take part, ensuring sustainable funding for Seed. This involves acquiring new leads, organising presentations and keeping all workplaces informed and updated.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Formal education and qualifications matter less to us than passion, initiative and drive. If even a couple of these criteria speak to you, you could be who we’re looking for and we’d love for you to apply!

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong commitment to the mission and values of Seed and awareness of the complex issues of climate justice and First Nations justice
• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities
• 2+ years experience working in grant writing and/or partnership development
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with demonstrated ability to think through complex political and social issues and communicate them simply and clearly
• Exceptional ability to build and manage trusting relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders including values-aligned businesses and funding bodies to inspire stakeholders and accelerate them on their allyship journey
• You’re adaptable and agile to make the most of strategic opportunities
• You enjoy supporting others to develop and you value giving and receiving feedback
• Ability to implement continuous improvement strategies and projects to enhance overall efficiencies, effectiveness and reliability
• You are self-motivated, responsive and flexible with a proven ability to work independently and with a team, with competing deadlines, time pressures and priorities
• Willingness and availability to organise, deliver and attend occasional events and other related activities outside standard business hours, as outlined under normal hours of work in the contract

Desirable:

• Willing and able to travel.
• Ability to obtain a Working With Children Check or state/territory equivalent & First Aid Certificate.
• Working knowledge of programs, including Slack, Zoom, Zapier, and NationBuilder.

For enquiries you can contact us by emailing [email protected], using the subject line: Grants and Partnerships Manager - Remote / Work From Home enquiry via EthicalJobs.

For more information about Seed, check out our website seedmob.org.au, find us on Facebook under Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network or find us on Instagram under @SeedMob.