Director of Development and Supporter Engagement

Employer: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility

Work Type/s: full time preferred; 4 days/week considered, ideally with availability across 5 days; flexible hours are available (please specify your preference when applying)

Salary: $115,000-125,000 + super depending on experience, pro rata if part time

Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP)

Location: any Australian location, working from home (supported by ACCR); or Sydney or Canberra office.

Job posted on: 13 December 2021

Applications close: 9am on 10 January 2022 

Role Context: ACCR aims to have a huge impact on the world and our supporters are integral to this impact. This new senior position will oversee the entire experience of ACCR’s key supporters as they partner with us in our work. Our impact is inherently motivating for many of our supporters, but the core of this role is to make it easy and empowering for people to support us, and to encourage others to do so. Whether it is donors, collaborating shareholders, financial advisors whose clients support us, or ACCR members, this person will make it their mission to turn our stakeholders into enthusiasts and ambassadors for our vision. 

The role will be responsible for growing engagement and deepening relationships with donors, and developing new strategic partnerships to support ACCR’s research and shareholder advocacy as we continue to grow. They will establish processes to ensure smooth and highly professional dealings with all potential supporters, harnessing the connections of our existing supporters, the expertise of our team and the power of technology to engage our communities at scale for the greatest impact. This role will also manage staff who build and nurture our shareholder community and file shareholder resolutions.

This role will be for an initial one year contract, starting ASAP, with the aim that the role will become permanent after that. 

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Manages: Shareholder Community Manager and Supporter Campaigns Manager

Key Relationships: workstream Directors, Digital & Marketing Lead

Responsibilities

The role will include the following types of tasks:

• Build and oversee the engagement of ACCR’s key supporter communities in our work, for example, donors, shareholders, financial advisors, ACCR members 
• Mobilise donations from high net worth individuals and into ACCR’s DGR research fund
• Be the point of contact for high value supporters and the gateway partners to those individuals e.g. financial advisers, and host events and organise communications to engage with them
• Plan mutually reinforcing communications to different supporter audiences, in cooperation with ACCR’s Digital & Marketing Lead (who is responsible for our visual brand, website and social media)
• Ensure ACCR’s shareholder community is active and of sufficient scale to partner with us in our advocacy efforts, e.g. filing shareholder resolutions, overseeing staff with responsibility for shareholder communications and management

Criteria

We’re looking for someone with these types of skills and experience in the following areas:

1.Partnerships and Supporter Relations

• Highly effective and experienced strategic partnerships manager and supporter engagement builder 
• Ability to plan and lead supporter communications, events and outreach 

You are likely to bring experience in business development, donor or customer relations, community building, and/or partnerships management. You can spot the individuals to invest in and are  excited by the challenge of bringing supporters into our work in multiple ways.

2. Presentation and People Skills

• An engaging communicator with individuals and to groups, with the gravitas and intellect to present credibly and persuasively, for example, to financial advisors and high net worth individuals
• Genuine interest in and capability to communicate about responsible investment, climate change and human rights

If you don’t already have a good understanding of the investment sector and the process to file shareholder resolutions, we will support you to learn these quickly. You will be able to move  seamlessly from talking about registering shareholdings with ACCR to how donors can support our research work. 

3.Team Management Skills

• Ability to lead and inspire a small team to work cohesively together
• Ability to oversee engagement with different communities to ensure a successful outcome 

Involving our communities in our advocacy is a team effort. We need someone who can introduce ways to make the entire experience for supporters and staff efficient and enjoyable, with really good organisation, risk mitigation strategies, and no concerns about pitching in at peak times with whatever needs doing. 

4.The right fit

• Capacity to build collaborative working relationships and to thrive in a dynamic, dispersed, growing team 
• A strong affinity for ACCR’s mission to promote ethical investment and our work in relation to climate, human rights and workers’ rights, and our values including valuing diversity

Staff at ACCR are deeply committed to what we do. We work hard and laugh a lot. We value what each person brings. We take risks and own our mistakes. We celebrate together. Sound like you?

We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the experience listed above.