• Part-time (22.5 hours/week) maternity leave cover (4 months with a view to extend)
• Little not for profit making a big difference – Fitzroy Vic.
• Join a proactive, positive and outcomes focused team and learn from some great mentors

About us

St. Mary’s House of Welcome (SMHOW)is a purpose driven and faith based organisation. Inspired by the spirit of the Daughters of Charity, St Mary’s House of Welcome seeks to further social justice by standing with disadvantaged people offering support, solutions and hope. We have almost 60 years’ experience providing services to people experiencing marginalisation, disadvantage, social isolation and homelessness and have a non-judgmental ‘open door’ service approach to our community.

About the role

Reporting to the Fundraising and Communications Manager, and working closely with other members of the Fundraising & Communications team (including volunteers) and external stakeholders, the Events Coordinator works to ensure the financial and operational success of all fundraising activities and events against budget and KPI targets. This will include:

• The development, planning, implementation and evaluation of all new and existing SMHOW fundraising events
• Planning for growth in event profile, participation rates, and net income raised through existing events and activities
• Delivering events/campaigns within budget ensuring maximum return on investment
• Collecting and collating information for reports
• Setting, communicating and maintaining comprehensive project plans and records
• Working with the Senior Coordinator Mission and People to recruit and manage volunteers assigned to events/campaigns
• Liaising with speakers, performers, MCs, venues, AV companies and other suppliers

Key requirements

It is essential that you have previous experience successfully managing large scale fundraising events and projects. You will also have:

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – with well-developed interpersonal skills enabling you to develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with others
• High level ICT skills including MS office suite
• A high level of organisational ability to juggle multiple tasks to deadlines and with limited resources
• A strong customer service orientation and a willingness to pitch in and help others
• A values-based approach to work aligned with the mission of St Mary’s House of Welcome

We are looking for an engaged, vibrant, helpful and proactive person who has a preference for part-time work and who has the availability to also help out after hours from time to time on fundraising events.

Specific questions are to be forwarded to Melissa Jones, Senior Coordinator Mission & People [email protected], using the subject line: Events Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.