Senior Manager, Foundation Services

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Full time Parental Leave position until December, 2026
• Senior Leadership opportunity

About the Role

The Senior Manager, Foundation Services is a leadership position within St Vincent's Foundation, responsible for strengthening fundraising operations and ensuring the effective use of data and financial systems to drive philanthropic growth. The role provides oversight of the Foundation's database, serves as the primary liaison with Finance, and ensures operational excellence across the full donor cycle.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Foundation, and managing one direct report (Database Analyst), the Senior Manager delivers strategic insights and recommendations to support cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities. The position also ensures compliance with policies and regulations, and oversees all financial disbursements and reconciliation processes.

Key responsibilities of the role:
- Manage end-to-end gift processing and implementation, ensuring funds are receipted, recorded, and disbursed in line with donor intent and compliance requirements
- Provide data analysis and research to inform fundraising strategies, pipeline development, and portfolio management
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive suite of fundraising activity, performance, and KPI reports for leadership and Board reporting
- Lead financial forecasting, budget management, and reporting in collaboration with Finance
- Support donor cultivation and stewardship through data insights, network mapping, and cross-team collaboration
- Drive continuous improvement in systems, processes, and reporting to enhance donor experience and fundraising effectiveness

Your Contribution

• Relevant Tertiary qualification and/or extensive relevant experience
• Highly motivated and pro-active with 5+ years of experience and a proven track record in fundraising operations management within a major organisation
• Demonstrate strong financial management skills, including an ability to continuously improve financial management processes, such as disbursements and reconciliations
• Intimate knowledge of data privacy and security laws and relevant legislation
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate respectfully and sensitively with a broad range of stakeholders
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain
  
  What we Offer
• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne's best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

Working at St Vincent's

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.