Major Gifts Coordinator

**Major Gifts Coordinator**
- Ongoing, Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Sydney CBD - The Domain
- Clerk Grade 5/6
- Total Remuneration Package up to $113,432
- Salary Range ($99,938 to $110,271)
- Hourly Rate $54.72

Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney’s The Domain adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District, the Gallery acknowledges the original custodians of this land - the Gadigal people.

The Art Gallery attracts around 2 million visitors annually and runs Australia’s largest education program with over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With our expanded campus the Art Gallery has a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved building. Providing us with close to double the exhibition space, the expanded Art Gallery enables us to share more art with more people and provide more family, learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

We are seeking diverse, collaborative, supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Art Gallery for the future.

**About the Role**
The Major Gifts Coordinator provides a broad range of administrative and support services to the Major Gift’s team program of work, whilst facilitating the delivery of business objectives

For more information about the role please view the **Role Description** and **Information for Applicants** or contact the Hiring Manager listed below.

**What Technical / Soft skills are required**
- **Demonstrated success in the provision of administrative and project management including high level desktop skills, experience in dealing with confidential and sensitive issues and people in senior roles
- High level of written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in project managing and organising small scale events
- Experience in coordinating reports, documentation, meetings and associated catering along with the ability to determine priorities in an environment of tight and conflicting deadlines, using initiative and independence.
- Willingness and ability to attend events outside of business hours

**Targeted Questions**
- This position maintains diverse administrative responsibilities and can be faced with challenging time constraints. Please provide an example of a situation where you were required to prioritise conflicting tasks involving management and/or stakeholder requests within a complex working environment. (_maximum of 300 words_).
- Describe a challenging project with multiple internal and/or external stakeholders that you were required to co-ordinate and provide administrative support for. Explain the communication strategies you employed to ensure effective and efficient outcomes were achieved. (_maximum of 300 words_).
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the technical/soft skills, as outlined above

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

Pre-employment checks are a critical part of our recruitment process and can include reference checks, working with children checks, criminal history checks, medical assessments, as well as various other checks to ensure your suitability for the role. It should be noted that discretion may be granted from the Art Gallery for those with a background check record. This is dependent on the role, its requirements, and the impact it has on the Art Gallery as a whole. A risk assessment will be carried out before a determination is made in this regard. Any criminal record information is kept in the strictest confidence, is not placed on an applicant's personal file, and is destroyed within very strict timeframes.

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion**

You can also view our Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Framework **here**. For more information about adjustments, please visit: _Information about adjustments available throughout the recruitment process_._

**Closing Date for Applications**:11 November 2025, 10:00AM AEST**: