Philanthropy Executive

We've come a long way from our humble beginnings 40+ years ago. However, for 4 decades, our vision has been the same — to save the lives of all children with cancer and improve their long-term health through research. It's not if. It's when.

To accomplish our vision, we're seeking someone who lives our values: owning and delivering meaningful work, collaborating to drive impact, challenging the status quo to create a better future, and balancing logic with empathy. Let's achieve more, together.

Philanthropy is vital to Children's Cancer Institute achieving its vision to save the lives of all children with cancer and improve their long-term health, through research. Securing, retaining and growing high value support is at the centre of our fundraising strategy.

As our Philanthropy Executive your purpose will be to:

• Contribute to the strategy and managing the execution of a growing Philanthropy Event Series that consists of various face-face engagement opportunities throughout the year for our most valuable supporters.
• Understand and execute best practice donor stewardship plans, including sharing of updates, problem solving, thanking, responding to queries in a timely manner and the escalation of issues.
• Support and enable the activities of our long-standing volunteer Committee partners, providing inspiring content and year-round engagement.Support the management and growth of the Mid-Value donor pipeline in collaboration with the Philanthropy Relationship Manager and Donor Optimisation Manager, with a focus on retention and cultivation.
• Manage the timely delivery of key projects, events and activities, through , or similar project management tools.
• Partner with the Data team to evaluate program performance and use insights to influence Philanthropy strategy.
• Identify high potential prospects and deliver a plan to grow partnerships across Australia.
• Have a general understanding of the wider Philanthropic landscape, signposting opportunities for program enhancement.

To succeed you will have…

• 2+ years of fundraising experience or transferrable skills from other work experience.
• Experience working with mid-high value supporters and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Experience managing high-stake events and projects, using project management tools, ideally
• Ability to manage all stages of donor pipelines, from prospect research to cultivation, through Salesforce, or similar CRM systems.

We will support you to be your best with benefits that include but are not limited to:

• Focus on employee wellbeing, including up to 5 gifted wellbeing days off (paid) per year
• Flexible work arrangements from Day 1
• Access to Fitness Passport, with access to an extensive choice of fitness facilities across Sydney at discounted rates
• Corporate discounts and discounts on education through UNSW

Additional information about Children's Cancer Institute can be found on our website at: . We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Children's Cancer Institute and our culture.  We embrace diversity and encourage you to advise of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.