Foundation Supporter Manager

Location:
- Melbourne- Job Type:
- Permanent- Salary:
- Base + 11.75% Superannuation + Salary Packaging- Contact:
- Maisie Sheffield**About the company**
As Australia’s largest environmental enterprise, Greening Australia’s aim is to restore balance to our natural landscapes and take on the diverse challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. Greening Australia implements practical solutions to complex environmental problems, from large-scale landscape restoration that creates habitat for endangered species to improving water quality in the Great Barrier Reef.

The independent organisation has 150 staff members with teams dispersed across the country. Collaborating with landholders and First Nations communities, Greening Australia provide industry leadership to create healthy, productive landscapes where people and nature can thrive.

**About the role**
Reporting to Director Foundation, Marketing & Communications, the Foundation Supporter Manager is primarily responsible for both acquisition and retention of individual financial supporters and members, including single and regular giving along with implementation of a bequests program. Greening Australia recognises a significant opportunity for growth of their individual giving segment with this new role working closely with the Director to drive growth in this area.
- Responsible for leadership, development and execution of supporter acquisition programs to acquire, retain, reactivate, and upgrade Individual Givers
- Supporter acquisition is anticipated to be focussed on digital channels however flexibility is required to assess and pivot to other channels as opportunities become apparent.
- Retention of supporters will be achieved through delivery of a compelling donor/supporter journey including engagement activities and events.
- You will plan, project manage and execute stewardship activities and events and will focus on strong internal stakeholder collaboration to drive results.

**Skills & Experience**
- Tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, or with significant work experience in a fundraising lead generation role - with income responsibility.
- Outstanding written communication and interpersonal skills, appropriate to dealing with stakeholders and supporters, including donors
- Ability to demonstrate accountability, reliability and integrity when dealing with internal stakeholders and the donor community.
- Demonstrated experience in meeting financial targets
- Demonstrated experience in developing and executing integrated acquisition strategies/campaigns across diverse channels
- Well-developed numeric skills including in-depth knowledge of fundraising and marketing metrics
- Proven experience in event coordination and logistics
- Highly developed project management, administration and organisational skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
- A high level of drive and initiative with a demonstrated ability to formulate, develop and implement ideas to achieve objectives and manage competing tasks with deadlines.
- A passion for the environmental/sustainability industry

**Culture**
Be part of a fun and energetic team who work collaboratively to make a difference. Great potential for developing and shaping new and exciting ideas and running with them. There is potential for career progression within the company, and opportunity for flexible working arrangements and wellbeing leave, as well as the opportunity to visit projects across the country.

**How to apply**
contact Chanelle Castro or Maisie Sheffield at Six Degrees Executive on (03) 8613 3535 for a confidential discussion.
- Six Degrees Executive are proudly the retained partner for this talent search assignment._