Community Fundraising Coordinator

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Fixed term - Part time

Organisation: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

**Salary**: $74,448 - $80,000

Occupation: Community Services

Reference: 4987
- At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.

**YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE**

**_Community & Event Fundraising Coordinator - Fixed Term, Part Time Role_**
**_Multiple Positions Available_**

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation is the fundraising arm of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Fundraising plays a crucial role in advancing cancer research, with funds raised accelerating the search for cancer cures. The Community and Events Fundraising Co-ordinator will play a key role in inspiring individuals to create their own, or participate in, community fundraising events to make a significant impact in the search for cancer cures. This role is responsible for the co-ordinator of all campaign activities to maximise participation of supporters within the portfolio, including the planning, implementation and stewardship of fundraisers.

You will support delivery of the following:

- Challenge adventures, including the Larapinta trail
- Mass Participation events, including Melbourne Marathon and Run Melbourne
- Great Ocean and Otway Bike Classic
- Unite to Fight Cancer Virtual Peer to Peer event
- Community Fundraising Supporter events

You will be skilled and passionate about fundraising events, including community and peer-to-peer campaigns, and managing relationships internally and externally to maximise participation and fundraising.

**About You**
- Experience in the development and co-ordination of successful event fundraising plans of varying scale in the corporate and/or not-for-profit sector
- Experience in the co-ordination, cultivation and stewardship of a portfolio of fundraisers, corporate supporters and prospects, and servicing donor/sponsor commitments
- Strong relationship management and negotiation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent project management skills with ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines in a fast paced environment
- The ability to exercise tact, discretion and good judgement, motivating people towards a common goal
- Knowledge and understanding of fundraising principles and practices is desirable
- Join an iconic organisation
- Inspire participation in impactful events
- Co-ordinate campaign activities to maximise fundraising
- Part-time (0.8 FTE), hybrid, Parkville location
- 2 x fixed term parental leave positions available, commencing Jan 2025

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to cancer and one of an elite group of hospitals worldwide to have its own integrated cancer research program and laboratories. At Peter Mac, we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people impacted by cancer: changing lives and breaking new ground.

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation is the fundraising arm of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Fundraising plays a crucial role in advancing cancer research, with funds raised accelerating the search for cancer cures. The Community and Events Fundraising Co-ordinator will play a key role in inspiring individuals to create their own, or participate in, community fundraising events to make a significant impact in the search for cancer cures. This role is responsible for the co-ordinator of all campaign activities to maximise participation of supporters within the portfolio, including the planning, implementation and stewardship of fundraisers. You will support delivery of the following:

- Challenge adventures, including the Larapinta trail

**About You**
- Experience in the development and co-ordination of successful events fundraising plans of varying scale in the corporate and/or not-for-profit sector
- Experience in the co-ordination, cultivation and stewardship of a portfolio of fundraisers, corporate supporters and prospects, and servicing donor/sponsor commitments
- Strong relationship management and negotiation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills,
- Excellent project management skills with ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines in a fast paced environment
- The ability to exercise tact, discretion and good judgement, motivating people towards a common goal
- Knowledge and understanding of fundraising principles and practices is desirable

Peter Mac offers its employees salary packaging, 5 weeks pro rata annual leave, flexible work practice