Individual Giving Advisor

The Organisation

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia, employing more than 600 employees and delivering more than 70 programs across Victoria. VACCA is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Our strength lies with our people. Our team is committed to the organisation’s vision and values; advocates for our children and other vulnerable community members; and shows respect for, observance and compliance with Aboriginal cultural protocols, practice and ceremony. Our Aboriginality is what distinguishes us from mainstream services, and this, paired with our culture of inclusivity, is what enables us to deliver the positive outcomes we achieve for our people.

The Role

Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, you will be responsible for providing a broad range of support, whilst aiming to meet the organisational fundraising strategic growth plans during an exciting growth phase.  You will be required to drive appeal income from individual donors, single giving, regular giving programs, oversee the annual appeals and the development of regular giving.

Specifically you will:

• Establish and manage annual campaigns
• Generate departmental reports and writing
• Improve the loyalty, retention and giving levels of supporters
• Acquire new donors and create engaging donor journeys
• Streamline operational capacity of the Salesforce CRM, creating efficiencies

Skills Required

Key skills required:

• Skilled at developing budgets and reporting
• Understanding of key fundraising practices and metrics
• Experience in conducting multiple fundraising channels simultaneously
• Experienced in single and regular giving campaign creation, execution and post analysis
• Emotional intelligence with a communication style that engages a wide range of people
• Alignment with the vision and values of Aboriginal Affairs and child family sector

You are currently working in a data driven marketing environment, ideally in a fundraising space for a NFP either within the arts, education or alternatively you are working in a like-minded corporate and looking to transition into a NFP sector.

To help advance the work of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter addressing the key skills required above. Alternatively, please call Gemma Schade on 03 8080 8977 for a further discussion.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.