Fundraising Specialist

**Date**:4 Feb 2025

**Location**: Osborne Park, WA, AU, 6017

**Company**:Silver Chain Group Limited

**Fundraising Specialist**
- Fixed term full time or 0.8 FTE part time opportunity for 12 months parental leave cover
- Find your work-life balance with hybrid working conditions
- Love what you do and make a difference in people’s lives
- Join a growing and collaborative team of fundraising professionals

**The opportunity**

At Silverchain, we’re looking for a dynamic Fundraising Specialist to join our growing Silverchain Foundation team on either a full time or part time basis (0.8 FTE) for a period of 12 months to cover parental leave. This role involves working closely with the Fundraising, Strategic Communications (Comms and Marketing), and Research & Innovation teams to develop, draft and execute direct mail fundraising campaigns, appeals and our regular giving program ‘Sterling Supporters’. The Fundraising Specialist plays a key role in Silverchain Foundation’s day-to-day activities, driving donor communications and shaping the voice of Silverchain Foundation.

This is a hybrid working opportunity, with a great network of colleagues to connect and collaborate with. We are offering this role in Perth, Melbourne, or Adelaide.

**Key responsibilities**

The Fundraising Specialist is responsible for the development and implementation of the organisation’s community fundraising initiatives and donor cultivation. Including:

- Responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing fundraising campaigns and appeals, including but not limited to direct marketing activities.
- Build on existing programs and support new opportunities to increase the income of the fundraising portfolio across Australia, including but not limited to regular giving, major gifts and acquisition and retention.
- Liaise and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to identify fundraising opportunities.
- Provide high level customer service and stewardship to supporters, ensuring supporter queries and complaints are handled sensitively and effectively in a timely manner.
- Meet campaign deadlines and budgets, including accurate reporting of campaign expenditure and Revenue.

**About you**
- Minimum three years in a similar role.
- Demonstrated ability to create and distribute relevant and consistent fundraising appeals through Direct Mail and eDM following fundraising best practice to achieve budget goals.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills: ability to write using clear, compelling and grammatically correct language tailored to the needs of specific donor profiles.
- Experience in the use and management of CRM systems, particularly fundraising specific modules or systems.
- Experience in implementing regular giving initiatives, and/or digital fundraising is desirable.
- Ability to cultivate strong donor relationships, ensuring continued support and high retention rates through excellent stewardship skills.

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary + Super + the ability to salary package up to $18,550.
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing resources and support.
- Exclusive fitness and health insurance discounts.
- Option to purchase an extra 2 weeks leave per calendar year.
- 17% Leave Loading.
- Subsidised gym membership with participating gym partners.

**How to apply**

**About Silverchain Group**

For 130 years, Silverchain has been a leading provider of high-quality health and aged care in the homes and across Australia. It is our ambition to create a better home care system for all Australians.

Join our team of more than 5,800 staff, including corporate staff, nurses, doctors, allied health, care experts and a dedicated research and innovation division, operating as Silverchain, RDNS Silverchain and KinCare. We care for more than 140,000 clients across Australia. We’ll provide you with opportunities to help you develop and grow in your career, with training and education programs to help you achieve your goals.

We reserve the right to commence the recruitment process and extend or withdraw this advertisement prior to the closing date.