The Position

World Vision Australia is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to join our team as the Head of Individual Philanthropy. Reporting to the Chief of Private Funding, you will lead and manage the individual philanthropy program, focusing on cultivating and securing major gifts from individual donors. This includes providing leadership, management, support, and strategic direction to the Individual Philanthropy Team in identifying or creating opportunities to engage with existing and new donors.

This is more than a job - it's a chance to make a profound impact on the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children and adults.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors
• Build and maintain strong relationships with major donors, providing personalised engagement and recognition
• Contribute to organisation-wide donor initiatives related to Major Donors, Middle Donors, Wills and Bequests, and Trusts and Foundations.
• Develop and implement innovative fundraising campaigns and initiatives to attract new donors.
• Regularly collaborate with other teams to ensure synergies are realised and joint outcomes achieved
• Model effective leadership in line with WVA values as part of the Private Funding Team, both to staff and the wider organisation
• Oversee a team of prospect researchers to ensure effective identification and engagement of potential donors
• Achieve financial and non-financial targets on time and within budget, in accordance with established KPIs
• Conduct market research to identify trends and opportunities for new partnerships
• Utilise data analytics to track and report on donor engagement and fundraising performance

Who we’re looking for 

You will be a seasoned leader with extensive fundraising experience. You are results driven and enjoy a fast paced dynamic environment.

You will have:

• Experience in major donor portfolio management &/or corporate sales/relationship management disciplines
• Management of sales / fundraising / account management teams 
• Experience in developing and implementing moves management approaches
• Experience in liaising with senior management and decision makers
• Ability to create and implement long term fundraising strategies
• Stewardship and relationship building knowledge
• Knowledge of learning principles and modern training techniques
• Degree and/or equivalent experience in a related discipline

The selection process 

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families.  World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work. 

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, birthday leave, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us.