• Part time (14 hours per week), fixed term contract for 12 months
• Location: Based in South-West Sydney
• Remuneration: SCHADS Award, Level 4, year dependent upon qualifications and experience.Some above award conditions and salary packaging available.

About the Organisation

Bonnie Support Services Ltd (BSSL) is a not-for-profit charitable organisation. We help women and children escape domestic and family violence and homelessness.

Bonnie’s has delivered services in the Fairfield and Liverpool community for almost 50 years. Join us and our many partners in contributing to Bonnie’s vision of a safe world where women and children flourish and reach their full potential.

BSSL services are based on a feminist model aimed at assisting women to safety and to maintain and sustain their tenancy in a violence-free environment. BSSL's aim is to be a leading provider of support services in Sydney's South-West to “at risk” women and their children.

BSSL operates its services on Darug land and has a history of working closely with local Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse communities to provide holistic and cross-cultural, client centred support.

Training and professional development opportunities are available to all staff.

About the opportunity

This is a new role providing an experienced relationship-based fundraiser with the opportunity to contribute to Bonnie’s vision and mission and to assist us to increase our philanthropic engagement and support. In this role you will create, execute and direct Bonnie’s fundraising strategy and coordinate fundraising activities. You will engage with and build relationships with new and existing partners, supporters and donors, providing them with positive and inspiring experiences, both in person and across our platforms.

We are looking for someone who has experience in a similar role, preferably in the not-for-profit, social purpose sector. You will have strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with an ability to manage competing demands and deadlines. The role would suit someone who likes to work collaboratively as part of a team and who is interested in working in a feminist organisation with a commitment to ethical fundraising.

Selection criteria:

Essential

1. Relevant qualifications and/or minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role
2. Experience in relationship-based fundraising
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
4. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build a good rapport with a range of stakeholders
5. Understanding of digital fundraising platforms
6. Highly developed organisational skills, with an ability to manage competing demands and set work priorities to meet deadlines
7. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
8. Commitment to feminist philosophy
9. A well-developed understanding of and commitment to ethical fundraising
10. Computer literacy, particularly MS suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint)
11. Must be willing to undergo Working with Children and National Police Checks
12. Current Driver’s Licence

Desirable

1. Experience working in a not-for-profit, social purpose organisation
2. Understanding of the issues facing women and children escaping domestic and family violence and at risk of homelessness

Being a female is a genuine requirement as specified under section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.

A Working with Children Check and a National Police check are requirements of the role.

Enquiries: Please call 9729 0939 or email: [email protected], using the subject line: Fundraising Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.