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Organisation : The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation

Location : Melbourne

Work type : Full-time

Sector : Health – General

Salary type : Annual Package

Application closing date : 19 Nov, 2021

About the organisation

Organisation Name : The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Foundation is the fundraising arm of the RCH, one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, and has the vital role of raising, investing, and distributing donated funds to the hospital. To achieve its goals, the RCH Foundation supports a vast network of donors and fundraisers.

About the role

The Role:

The role of the Philanthropy Executive – Major Gifts is an integral part of the Individual Giving Team and will work to research, identify, cultivate and secure potential major gift donors of $100,000 +, with the goal to secure multi year support. The position is responsible for the development and stewardship to ensure relationships with major donors are developed to the highest standard and that donors are invited to continue to develop their commitment to The Royal Children’s Hospital.

The person will make recommendations to the Manager, Individual Giving, Director, Fundraising; and the CEO, regarding potential significant gifts, and will identify donors for further development by the leadership of the Foundation. The position will work with the Individual Giving Team in the advancement of donors through their giving journey and will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders.

This position will have superb communication skills to develop strong donor proposals in collaboration with the hospital priorities and internal grants team. This position requires strong relationship management skills and ability to build rapport with a wide range of stakeholders, from bereaved families to grateful patients and clinicians within the hospital.

To be successful:

  • Significant experience in major gifts fundraising with experience with gifts higher than $100,000, in personal solicitations, portfolio management and the preparations of proposals and reports.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and demonstrated success in dealing with donors, including showing a high level of emotional intelligence and compassion to families of patients at RCH.
  • Superb written and oral communication skills with experience communicating to a wide range of audiences, including major donors, corporate representatives, senior staff, board members and volunteers; as well as experience writing tailored donor proposals.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail, working under own initiative to strict deadlines, and managing accounts and projects simultaneously; including strong ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Commitment to The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation’s values and a working style that reflects these.

What we can offer you:

  • A creative and collaborative culture, focused on the advancement of child and adolescent health
  • A flexible working from home arrangement
  • Salary packaging
  • Professional development plans & ongoing training

More Information & How to Apply:

  • Download the position description here
  • Please submit a cover letter addressing the Selection Criteria in the position description. Applications that don’t address the Selection Criteria will not be considered.
  • For further information or queries about this role, please contact Ally Pekin, Manager Individual Giving, Ally.Pekin@rch.org.au 
  • Apply online by 5pm on 19th November

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

How to apply

Applications not allowed for this job listing.

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Please quote in application: Philanthropy Executive – Major Gifts via Pro Bono Australia.


Profession: #Fundraising
Sector: #Health_–_General
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