Projects & Communications Executive

• We will treasure and renew the Opera House for future generations of artists, audiences and visitors; 
• Everything we do will engage and inspire people through its excellence, ambition and breadth. We will strengthen our central role in Australia’s life and identity. 

For more information about the Sydney Opera House please refer to our website.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Projects & Communications Executive plays a critical part in delivering the Opera House’s Philanthropy program by:

• Creating and delivering clear, consistent, and compelling messages that enable the Philanthropy team to acquire, develop and secure relationships with Major and Annual Gift donors and secure gifts;

Developing and executing donor projects aligned with the Opera House’s strategic priorities, including those enabled by individual Major Gift donors and by both Major & Annual Gift donor-interest groups; and

• Building efficient systems to track & manage leads & prospects to enable the Philanthropy team to identify, qualify, cultivate, track and report on acquiring prospective and upgrading existing Major & Annual Gift donors.

More detailed information about the role and its requirements can be obtained from the role description.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in roles with comparable responsibility;
• Demonstrated high-level writing, editing, and publication design skills, with the ability to draft clear, concise and compelling messages, and to present information and data in a concise, logical and coherent manner;
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and streams of work simultaneously and effectively, and to address the needs of stakeholders while meeting deadlines in a results-driven environment;
• Experience and demonstrated success in philanthropic fundraising and/or prospect management;
• A strategic self-starter, able to set own priorities, work independently, and exercise appropriate initiative under broad direction from management;
• Able to negotiate conflicting priorities, use flexibility in problem solving, and work collaboratively across teams to achieve strategic objectives;
• Articulate, with excellent oral communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills;
• Professional, sophisticated and welcoming to donors and to external and internal stakeholders, able to represent the Opera House to the required standard in those dealings, even under pressure;
• Clear ethical standards and ability to deal appropriately with the confidentiality and privacy issues associated with donors; and
• A genuine and broad interest in the arts and social investment