Marketing and Campaigns Coordinator

**Marketing and Communications Assistant**
- Support an important mission to help break the cycle of poverty for families living in developing countries
- Opportunity for an aspiring communications & marketing professional to really kick start their career and learn along the way
- Use creativity, and collaboration to drive brand and revenue growth
- Voice Project Best Place to Work 2021

**About Opportunity International Australia**:
Motivated by the parable of the Good Samaritan, Opportunity International Australia seeks to alleviate poverty in developing countries - one family and one community at a time. By providing small loans to families in need, Opportunity helps them grow their own businesses and generate sustainable incomes so they can lift themselves out of poverty with dignity. To break the cycle of poverty for good, Opportunity also increases families’ access to healthcare and quality education, while strengthening communities to reduce the risk of human trafficking and domestic violence - creating a new future for generations to come.

Opportunity International Australia is part of the global Opportunity Network - a leading provider and pioneer of microfinance, providing a hand up to millions of families in more than 20 countries around the world.

**Role Summary**:
The Marketing and Communications Assistant is responsible for assisting with the management of the internal processes and providing administrative support to the Marketing and Communications team to help grow, engage and retain the Opportunity supporter base. This role will have a critical part in overseeing supporter communications across multi channels for the organisation.

It is a unique opportunity which will suit an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, where no two days are ever the same. You will be happy to wear multiple different hats and pitch in to support a small team as and when required.

The MarComms team are pivotal in Opportunity’s success and so they need a creative, hardworking and passionate individual who is wanting to use their learned Marcomms skills to help engage and inform Australians about Opportunity’s work and raise much-needed funds to help families around the world leave poverty behind. A passion for international development to serve the world’s most disadvantaged, and an alignment with Opportunity’s mission, value and purpose, is critical.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Support the team in managing event logistics and creating marketing collateral for the events
- Provide administration support during an appeal e.g. sharing donation updates to the Development team, data preparation, direct mail fulfilment, liaising with graphic designer
- Manage and upkeep the media library for MarComms and effectively acts as the key contact for the wider organisation
- Oversee Philanthropy activity and MarComms calendars and update stakeholders when required
- Supply assets to Supporters and Ambassadors e.g. for their events or websites
- Keeping stationery inventory i.e. supporter welcome packs, gift cards, liaising with office manager[KJ1]
- Oversee the administration of cross-organisational processes within Philanthropy and Corporate services. This may include fulfilment of welcome packs, appeal coding.
- Conduct welcome and thank you phone calls to single & RG entry level supporters
- Provide marketing and fundraising support to Peer-to-Peer and Facebook fundraisers
- Works across the Communications and Marketing team on a variety of projects as needed

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Highly motivated and able to work autonomously
- Demonstrate a fast-paced attitude to effectively make things happen
- Agile thinking, and resetting priorities as required
- Strong written and verbal communications with high attention to detail
- A high-level of initiative
- A creative thinker and hands on doer
- Ability to exercise high levels of autonomy, while at the same time working effectively in a team-based environment that is outcomes focused
- A passion and interest in working for a value driven NFP
- Proficient in relevant marketing programs, CMS and CRM’s

Your confident, proactive, and professional approach, coupled with the ability to work in alignment with the values of the Christian ethos that motivates Opportunity, will be key to your success.

**HOW TO APPLY**
- Beaumont Not for Profit has been contracted to recruit this role. Beaumont NFP is a non-profit service specialising in delivering unparalleled permanent and temporary recruitment and consultancy solutions to the Not-for-profit sector on a Not-for-Profit basis._