• Become part of our family and make a difference to young Australians through supporting their education
• Newly established opportunity to create your niche within Endowment
• Permanent full-time position
• Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane based

The Smith Family is an independent children's charity helping Australian children living in disadvantage to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. As we head towards our Centenary next year, we are now seeking an experienced Philanthropy Manager to join our growing team. This role opens up an opportunity for a proven Philanthropy Manager to establish a HNW (High Net Wealth) portfolio of partners (or donors) with The Smith Family, creating value for future students.

Reporting to the National Manager, Major Gifts and working with a collaborative and innovative team, the role of the Endowment and Philanthropy Manager is responsible for generating income for The Smith Family’s Endowment and other priority programs. The Endowment is a priority area for The Smith Family to safeguard the future education of disadvantaged young Australians and give philanthropists and visionary Australians the opportunity to create a named scholarship in perpetuity. The role requires an individual with the right level of gravitas to proactively identify new business opportunities and proactively leverage relationships to secure funding from high net worth individuals.

A day in the life of our Philanthropy Manager might look like this, but every day can be different. Primarily, your responsibilities will be to:

• Create strategies, products and plans for the Endowment in conjunction with the National Major Gifts Manager
• Proactively identify new business to secure funding for the Endowment and other priority areas
• Plan and execute marketing and promotional activities and events for the Endowment
• Develop a pipeline of donors, build relationships with potential donors and convert those to donations
• Manage and steward a portfolio of high net worth Endowment donors
• Create persuasive proposals and acquittals to attract and retain donors to The Smith Family.

It takes a special kind of person to be our Philanthropy Manager. Our successful candidate will bring the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline or transferrable skills in a similar or related role
• Experience in major gift fundraising and relationship management
• Demonstrated experience working with Endowments is desirable, not essential.
• Documented track record of meeting and exceeding financial targets by attracting new donors
• Extensive experience of managing relationships with HNWI
• Experience with a Moves Management or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database
• Outstanding communication skills, high level of professionalism and executive presence with strong influencing skills.

Here’s why we think you’ll love The Smith Family:

Living up to our employment promise, our team members tell us that working for The Smith Family they have great job flexibility and the ability to work alongside committed, passionate and professional team members whilst engaging in challenging, interesting, and purposeful work. In turn, our team members believe that they offer commitment to our vision, mission and values and effective collaboration with fellow team members to deliver strong performance outcomes and make a difference to the lives of Australian children every day.

If you are passionate about what you do, committed to make a difference and this sounds like your next role, please apply, we’d love to hear from you. You may view the position description attached. For any other information, please contact Gemma Elliott, National Manager, Major Gifts at [email protected] using the subject line: Endowment & Philanthropy Manager - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

A position description is attached.