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Events & Donor Relations Manager

St Vincent's Institute
  • (12-month maternity leave cover)

The Organisation

St Vincent’s Medical Research Institute (SVI) is an independent institute that conducts the highest quality biomedical research into the cause, prevention and treatment of common diseases such as cancer, heart disease, type 1 diabetes, obesity, bone disease and Alzheimer’s. For over 60 years, SVI has taken on the challenge of fundamentally understanding and conquering these diseases to create better health outcomes for all Australians. Based in Fitzroy on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus, SVI has a dedicated team of 200 staff and students who are committed to improving the health and life expectancy of Australians through medical research.

The Role

We are seeking a full-time Events & Donor Relations Manager, for a 12-month maternity leave contract. Reporting to the Foundation CEO, this role will be key member of the SVI Foundation team focusing on building relationships that advance the mission of SVI and focus on creating genuine engagement with donors and stakeholders to inspire increasing involvement and investment over time. The Events & Donor Relations Manager will successfully deliver a program of donor events and stakeholder engagement initiatives in line with the organisation’s strategic objectives. This role will also coordinate programs that engage the broader community in discussion and debate on issues related to health and common diseases with the goals of creating SVI donor leads, fuelling SVI’s individual donor pipeline, and raising philanthropic revenue. This role plays an important part in enabling SVI’s medical research.

Who we are seeking:

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in events management
  • Experience and demonstrated competency in the financial management of events to meet agreed objectives.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the critical success factors of an events program.
  • Superior time management and organisational skills, including ability to work under pressure with competing deadlines.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven presentation skills
  • Proven success in relationship management and experience in sourcing and negotiating sponsorship

The Victorian Government has mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for all essential services staff unless a medical exemption applies. The successful incumbent must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 prior to commencement and will be required to show evidence of a COVID-19 vaccination prior to commencing employment.

Salary: Commensurate with experience ranging from $94,477, plus salary packaging and 10% Superannuation.

Position Descriptions: https://www.svi.edu.au/careers_students/careers/current_vacancies

Further information: David Drysdale on [email protected] using the subject line: Events & Donor Relations Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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