Campaign and Appeals Manager

Posted: 18/06/2025

Closing Date: 18/07/2025

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Macquarie

Job Category: Fundraising

**Our Purpose and Ambition**

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

We are currently creating a world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University that represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project will be a place to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision.

**The Role**

NextSense has an exciting opportunity for a **Campaign and Appeals Manager** to join our team at our brand new centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University. This is a permanent full-time role, working 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday and reports directly to the Head of Individual Giving. You’ll make a difference in this role by:

- growing the Individual Giving Portfolio through innovative approaches;
- creating innovative campaigns for Appeals and Regular-Giving;
- undertaking regular and accurate Financial Reporting, Planning and Analysis;
- developing a donor care and communications strategy;
- seeking continuous improvement and optimisation;
- managing internal and external relationships;
**What we can offer you**
- Competitive remuneration
- Salary packaging of up to $15,900 per annum, allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Extensive personal/carer’s leave
- 2 weeks paid leave over Christmas in addition to 4 weeks annual leave
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer
- Access to industry leading education and professional development
- Collaborative work environment
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the selection criteria as followed and continued in the Position Description.

**Required qualifications, skills or experience**:

- Minimum 3-5 years experience in fundraising and understanding of NGOs and not-for-profit organisations
- Demonstrated strong technical skills and experience in developing integrated individual giving campaigns that drive acquisition, engagement and conversion outcomes
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple project deadlines simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- a verified Working With Childen Check, Criminal Record Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check

**Preferred qualifications, skills or experience**:

- A shared commitment and alignment to be a leader supporting the NextSense strategic vision
- Results driven and self-motivated professional - taking initiative and being proactive
- Big picture yet detail oriented
- Strong team player and enjoys working collaboratively with others
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Creative thinking and solution focussed problem solving ability

For a comprehensive list of the selection criteria, please refer to the Position Description.