Development Manager - Philanthropic Fundraising - Climateworks Centre
Job No.: 670535
Location: Melbourne CBD
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $116,075 - $128,126 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join us to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
We have an exciting maternity leave replacement opportunity for a Development Manager - Philanthropic Fundraising to join our growing Climateworks team! Reporting to the Philanthropy Lead, you will work autonomously to develop and implement comprehensive major donor engagement plans for Climateworks Centre, whilst ensuring that they are aligned with University objectives.
This role will take accountability for delivering strategic fundraising programs for Climateworks Centre with a specific focus on national development, engagement and major gifts.
We are looking for an individual who has previously demonstrated their ability to:
- Identify and initiate relationships with major donors, and translate those relationships into major gifts
- Think both strategically and tactically about the relationship between potential major philanthropic donors and fundraising goals
- Develop and implement a fundraising strategy with a focus on cultivating and soliciting major gifts and in setting, achieving and reporting on fundraising targets
The Organisation
Climateworks Centre is an expert, independent adviser, acting as a bridge between research and action to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions for Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It also benefits from strong relationships with an international network of affiliated organisations that support effective policies, financing, and action for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Climateworks was co-founded in 2009 by The Myer Foundation and Monash University and works within the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. There’s a certain feeling you get from working at Monash University. It’s the feeling that you’re a part of something special. Something significant. If you’re looking for the next chapter in your career, it’s here. You’ll be given the opportunity to challenge yourself, build on your skills, and make a significant contribution to a workplace that’s filled with energetic and inspiring people. Talent thrives here – and so do truly satisfying careers.
Climateworks values difference and diversity, and we welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
Please submit a current copy of your resume along with a cover letter in which you address how you meet the Key Selection Criteria. Please refer to
'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Simone Rosel, Philanthropy Lead - Climateworks Centre, +61 438 770 027 or simone.rosel@climateworkscentre.org
Position Description: Development Manager
Applications Close: Monday 25 November 2024, 11:55pm AEDT
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