Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager

**About Guide Dogs Victoria**

Guide Dogs Victoria is a leader in breaking down barriers that enable our people to live a life without limits.

Guide Dogs Victoria recognises and responds to the diverse needs and choices of our Clients. We specialise in providing high quality and safe services and supports to people living with low vision or blindness and other disabilities. We are one of Australia’s most trusted charity and an employer of choice in the disability and aged care sectors. We recognise and celebrate the diversity of our employees and volunteers and the benefits this brings to our organisation. Our people enjoy an inclusive and culturally safe work environment free from all forms of discrimination. Guide Dogs Victoria is a place where talent is recognised and innovation is encouraged.

**Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager**

Guide Dogs Victoria has an exciting permanent full time opportunity, for an experienced professional to join our Fundraising Team, in the role of Community and Corporate Fundraising Manager.

The Community and Corporate Fundraising Manager is an integral role in the Fundraising team, responsible for managing a direct team to secure significant funds and grow revenue from state-based community fundraisers and corporate partnerships.

This position is critical in ensuring future viability and growth by broadening and strengthening our fundraising base through the development of strong and lasting relationships with our community fundraisers, supporters, event attendees and corporate partners.

**In this role you will be responsible to**:

- Develop and implement a rolling three-year Community and Corporate Fundraising strategy and annual business planning process, to drive growth from the current and future portfolio and maximise net income.
- Monitor ongoing performance of the Community and Corporate Fundraising strategy, providing analysis of results, including performance against revenue targets and registration/participation targets, recommending areas for improvement and identify avenues for further development.
- Manage, advise and utilise all relevant web and digital based solutions for the generation of optimal levels of additional income.
- Lead the development and implementation of holistic and segmented supporter journeys to increase retention across returning supporters.
- Contribute to the development of policy in relation to third party events.
- Implement and monitor partnerships, events and community fundraising policy and procedures within area of delegation.
- Monitor general industry and market trends, interpret and share how they can be used to improve Guide Dogs’ community and corporate fundraising.
- Contribute to the development of the strategy and oversee the execution of national corporate partnerships and community fundraising programs in NSW, ACT and VIC.
- Work collaboratively with the national corporate partnerships team to secure new business partnerships to grow the Donation Dog program and identify opportunities to engage the staff of corporate partners in community fundraising activities.
- Attend key events to thank organisers and participants as well as promote Guide Dogs.
- Demonstration of community and corporate engagement experience, with proven success in direct marketing and or fundraising. Excellent communication, collaboration and negotiation skills.
- Excellent program reporting abilities.
- Strong data, analytical and reporting skills.
- Sound knowledge of fundraising legislation, practices and philosophy of charitable giving.
- Demonstrable enablement of team success through motivational leadership.
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage competing priorities in a fast paced, high volume environment.
- Innovation and problem solving skills to analyse new opportunities and remedy existing inefficiencies.
- Excellent planning and organisation skills and the ability to prioritise effectively.
- Experience working with customer relationship management systems (Salesforce and Marketing Cloud would be advantageous) and strong Microsoft office skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work productively both autonomously and as a member of a team.

**Benefits that Guide Dogs Victoria offer**:

- A competitive remuneration package is available commensurate with skills and experience, which includes tax free salary packaging of up to $18,550;
- Flexible working arrangements;
- 6 weeks paid parental leave;
- Support towards your professional development including paid study leave, educational assistance and an external mentoring program;
- Wellbeing program which includes an annual wellbeing calendar, discounted health insurance, employee assistance program, skin checks and annual flu vaccinations; and
- Reward and Recognition program.

**Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion**

Guide Dogs Victoria is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a work environment that embraces and values diversity, equity a