Philanthropy Adviser

Victoria based role - Hybrid / WFH Available
- Commencing innovative new strategic direction, with a focus on bespoke giving
- A supportive, ambitious, growing team
- **Victoria based role - Hybrid / WFH Available**:

- **North Melbourne Office, VIC, 3051**:

- **Commencing innovative new strategic direction, with a focus on bespoke giving**:

- **A supportive, ambitious, growing team**

**The Organisation - Australian Red Cross**
Australian Red Cross is an internationally recognised organisation, bringing people and communities together, both domestically and internationally, in times of need and building on community strengths. They do this by
**mobilising the power of humanity**.

**The Role - Philanthropy Adviser / Major Gifts Manager**
You will join a small but passionate team who are almost two years into a growth strategy focusing on strengthening philanthropic and major donor relationships and income.

As Philanthropy Adviser, you will
**steward and grow relationships** with major philanthropic supporters and partners from end to end (donations of $15,000 +), drive strategic value, and secure both financial and non-financial support for Red Cross' work. You will have the opportunity to try new thinking, imagination, and creative flair in developing effective strategies and managing major gifts and philanthropy.

**Culture & Team**
Red Cross is committed to building a culture informed and characterised by the principles of
**diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging**. Their people are supported to understand and embed these principles into their leadership of self, others, teams, and workflow.

The role of Philanthropy Adviser will sit within their Partnerships team, which leads all things
**fundraising relationships**. You will work closely with program teams, marketing and communications, fundraising, and customer experience team, to ensure
**best practice communications and collaboration.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage & develop a portfolio of existing relationships with major philanthropic supporters & partners
- Identify, initiate & cultivate new relationships including Major Donors, Private Ancillary Funds, Trusts & Foundations & others
- Use research, insights & targeted networking to ensure an ongoing prospect pipeline
- Develop (or support with) high-quality pitches & funding proposals & grants/tenders
- Monitor & coordinate timely receipting, banking & contract approval for all funding secured
- Ensure legal compliance to fundraising legislation within programs.

**Your Skills & Attributes**
- Experience driving meaningful and long-term, high-value relationships
- Highly motivated, creative & results-driven
- Confident working autonomously yet thrives in a collaborative, team environment
- Success in building cross-team relationships to communicate success, value & initiatives
- High-level communicator, with the ability to initiate, convert & steward individual relationships, foundations & potential partner cultivation and research & special events
- Confident utilising Customer Relationship Management databases
- Work effectively under pressure to achieve individual and wider team financial targets
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, reliable & solution focussed

**Benefits of working for Red Cross**
- **NFP Salary Packaging** - allows you to pay for certain expenses before tax is taken out of earnings. This reduces the amount of tax paid, helping staff make the most of their income
- **Employee Assistance Program (EAP)**:

- **Flexible work policies**:

- **Social & Wellbeing Committees - **regular activities arranged
- **Paid Parental Leave**:

- **Personal & Career Development Policy**
- Please be aware that on occasion you may be required to undertake additional work and support organisational priorities such as disaster response, which may require additional duties outside of usual working hours.
- You will be required to complete a Police check every 5 years
- All employees are required to provide evidence of up-to-date vaccinations against COVID-19 or a relevant exemption certificate.

If you are not making a clear move from another philanthropy role, please also provide a cover letter that outlines your experience building high-value, long-standing relationships with individuals.