Fundraising Campaign Specialist

Job Title: Fundraising Coordinator

The Community Fundraising Coordinator is a vital role within our Fundraising Team, responsible for driving fundraising initiatives, managing donor relationships, and community engagement to boost income and create lasting fundraising campaigns.

This position will oversee the planning and coordination of the Community Fundraising program, including organizing peer-to-peer fundraising events, managing high-value community fundraisers, and coordinating local communication campaigns for key fundraising initiatives. The event aspects of these campaigns will be managed, executed, and delivered by the Fundraising Coordinator - Events. Effective collaboration with clear roles and responsibilities is crucial in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and execute the peer-to-peer and community fundraising program to enable community supporters to fundraise for Cure Cancer in new, fun, and flexible ways.
• Assist the Fundraising Coordinator - Events in the effective management of the community for fundraising activations.
• Deliver against tasks set by the Fundraising Manager for various fundraising campaigns, including the placement and sale of merchandise, campaign launches.
• Provide support, materials, and fundraising advice to third-party fundraisers, ensuring they adhere to best practice fundraising policies, and motivating them to achieve the best results.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community fundraisers to ensure they are empowered and supported throughout their fundraising activities.
• Ensure that Cure Cancer's brand, key messages, approval, and privacy policies are applied to all community fundraising activities.
• Generate awareness of Cure Cancer's work by building relationships with local communities, health professionals, hospitals, and healthcare facilities, schools, universities, corporate partners, and businesses, including local service clubs.
• Assist in developing and nurturing relationships with local stakeholders involved with fundraising, including sponsors, sponsor networks, businesses, hospitals, and healthcare professionals, community 'champions', and volunteers.
• Produce reports on community fundraising campaigns to track each campaign and individual fundraiser's income.
• Work with the Fundraising Coordinator - Events to recruit, manage, and communicate with volunteers for fundraising campaigns and activities.
• Assist with other fundraising campaigns and activations as required.
• Achieve annual income and fundraising targets.
• Represent Cure Cancer at various events and activities as a Cure Cancer speaker and brand ambassador, on occasion out of hours or on the weekend (TOIL is given to compensate for irregular hours).
• Ensure all records are accurate and comprehensive and provide all data required for robust reporting.
• Provide input into annual strategic planning, budget process, and related activities.
• Undertake all training required to understand and accurately use Cure Cancer's systems and processes.
• Positively contribute to an excellent high-performing team culture.
• Comply with OH&S requirements.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in project management, comms, and asset delivery, and digital campaign.
• Stakeholder management skills and ability to build constructive and effective relationships with teams, donors, and suppliers.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to build rapport quickly over the phone.
• Excellent project management skills, organizational skills, and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while adhering to deadlines.

Desirable:

• Experience in community fundraising.
• Understanding of the importance of cancer research in the fight against cancer.

Skills & Technical Expertise:

• Essential:
  • Excellent telephone manner.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Deliver on income targets.
  • Ability to build and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders.
  • Communicate to a variety of audiences.
  • Desirable:
    • CRM database experience.
    • Digital campaign delivery.
    • Understanding of target audience segmentation.

Personal Attributes:

• Empathy and ability to talk to people from all walks of life.
• High level of personal accountability and integrity.
• Results driven.
• Ability to think creatively and to contribute innovative new ideas.
• Diplomacy and tact.
• Ability to occasionally work after-hours and weekends (TOIL in return).

Classification:

Profession: #Fundraising
Sector: #Foundations_Trusts_and_Philanthropy