Community Engagement Specialist

Help drive the community engagement strategy for a purpose-driven organisation where you can make a real difference.
- Full-time permanent role, based in Bedford Park
- Inspiring vision
- Supportive, successful and passionate team environment with a variety of strategic projects

**About the Company**:
Working together to prevent, cure and care. That simple sentence sums up Flinders Foundation’s purpose - to work together with individuals and organisations in the community to support health and medical research and improve patient care across the Flinders medical precinct. Together, they raise vital funds to support the leading clinicians and researchers across Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University to make medical discoveries and improve the care available to patients and their families. Flinders Foundation has strong values and takes a team-based approach to achieving success and celebrating success together with donors, supporters and beneficiaries.

Due to an internal promotion, Flinders Foundation has an exciting opportunity for a Community Engagement Specialist to join the team.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager, Community Partnerships, the Community Engagement Specialist is primarily responsible for implementing a variety of community-based fundraising initiatives that enhance the profile of Flinders Foundation, and engage a broad range individuals, groups and organisations in the community to generate philanthropic support. This role plays a critical part in facilitating community fundraising activities and events with the community.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Implement a variety of community fundraising activities and events (including peer-to-peer strategies, beneficiary and community engagement campaigns) that engage a broad range of stakeholders, generate philanthropic support, deliver revenue, growth in participation and raise the profile of Flinders Foundation.
- Implement the community partnerships strategy which includes engaging individuals, community groups and organisations at various stages such as welcoming, motivating, and supportive coaching to help them achieve their fundraising goals.
- Work in partnership with the Manager, Community Partnerships and Engagement Manager to ensure connectivity between the community and the Flinders precinct.
- Welcome, motivate, coach supporters of Flinders Foundation and help them to achieve their goals.
- Monitor, measure and report on all community fundraising and engagement initiatives as part of a continuous improvement process.
- Maintain the integrity of all engagement-related information in the Salesforce database, ensuring all records are accurate, comprehensive and up to date.
- Contribute to income and audience growth in fundraising programs

**About You**:
To be successful in the role you will demonstrate:

- Prior experience in a role that involves high empathy/service levels to clients, supporters or the community.
- Prior exposure to community fundraising and engagement programs or similar community services.
- Proven success in coordinating and maintaining relationships.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships across a highly diverse group of stakeholders.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and ability to relate well to different audiences, and inspire them to be involved and support a cause.
- Proven organisational skills, ability to multi-task, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- Upbeat, friendly, courteous and respectful phone manner as well as comforting personal demeanor.
- Experience in coordinating projects, events and activities.
- Strong computer literacy skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite of products.

**Why consider working for the Flinders Foundation?**
- Be part of purpose driven business passionate about their Vision.
- Supportive leadership team and structure to support professional development and growth.
- Opportunity to make a significant difference.
- Supportive, values-based team environment, with inspiring work and projects.
- Discounted carparking rate.
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