Variety - the Children’s Charity NSW/ACT is committed to improving the lives of children and families who are facing various challenges in the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory regions. Their purpose is to help children who are sick, experiencing disadvantage or living with a disability by providing essential support and creating opportunities for them to reach their full potential. Variety provides financial support, grants, and various programs to assist children and their families in overcoming obstacles that might otherwise limit their growth and well-being.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, this role will develop and implement corporate partnerships and community fundraising initiatives with the view to strategically increase these income streams for Variety NSW/ACT.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the Corporates and Community Fundraising strategy and deliver multiple initiatives within a defined budget that supports the objectives of Variety NSW/ACT.
• Seek new corporate partner prospective opportunities for the organisation.
• Seek new Community Fundraising opportunities.
• Review the current community fundraising initiatives to ensure best practice and income generation according to KPIs.
• Identify opportunities for new sources of income from peer-to-peer and community fundraising, undertaking financial analysis and operational planning to assess the viability of new event initiatives.
• Prepare and execute community fundraising operating objectives, plans and programs.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators for all corporate partnerships and community fundraising initiatives.
• Manage income and expenditure budgets.
• Implement donor recognition strategies to encourage loyalty and acknowledge supporters.
• Proven ability to meet financial targets through strategic planning and relationship building.
• Manage the fundraising platforms for community fundraising.

Key Skills

• 7+ years of experience in corporate partnerships and community fundraising.
• Strong leadership experience and capabilities and a proven ability to engage across teams.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, problem solving and influencing abilities.
• Experience with digital fundraising strategy and platforms (like Raiser’s Edge database, Fundraising platform and campaign monitor).
• Experience in event management.
• Tertiary qualifications in a business discipline or equivalent.
• Hold a current NSW Driver’s Licence.
• Hold a current Working with Children’s check, or agree to apply for one if selected as the preferred candidate.
• Willing to have a National police check conducted if selected as the preferred candidate.

Personal Attributes

• A strong work ethic, trustworthy and reliable.
• Driven and highly motivated, with a willingness to cover all nature of tasks and do whatever needs doing.
• Innovative, flexible and adaptable.
• Strong interest in how to benefit children in Australia who are sick, experiencing disadvantage or living with a disability.

Work Conditions

• The role is full time with occasional evening work based on program needs and occasional travel between offices or to engage with community stakeholders

• We have a hybrid work model, combining 50/50 time in-office and remote work.

The benefits

• Competitive Salary and Not-for-Profit salary packaging (if eligible), increasing your take-home pay.

• Rewarding work—knowing that your efforts directly contribute to improving the lives of children and their families.

• A small, fun, and supportive team environment where your contributions are valued.

• Extra paid holidays between Christmas and New Year

Next steps

Click Apply Now to submit your resume and a cover letter addressing how you meet the role requirements. There's no fixed closing date for this role, the posting will close when the preferred candidate has been identified so please apply promptly.

At Variety, our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the children we help and support, and the communities we live in and travel through. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, males, people of all ages, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply for our positions.