Lead the Legacy: Shape the Future Through Generosity

Are you passionate about building meaningful relationships that leave a lasting impact? World Vision Australia is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to champion our Planned Giving program, securing vital support for the world’s most vulnerable children and communities. Reporting to the Chief of Private Funding, you'll lead with purpose—guiding donors, families, and partners to create a legacy of hope through bequests and long-term giving.

If you thrive at the intersection of philanthropy and strategy, and want to be part of a global movement that transforms lives, we invite you to bring your expertise to a role that truly matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead World Vision Australia’s Planned Giving (Future Giving) Program to grow long-term philanthropic support.
• Develop and execute strategies to identify, engage, and steward planned giving donors, including major donors and family offices.
• Provide strategic leadership and performance management to a high-performing, values-driven team.
• Collaborate across departments to align donor engagement with organisational goals and initiatives.
• Use data insights to track fundraising performance and donor engagement outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with fundraising regulations and uphold ethical and professional standards.

What you’ll bring:

• A proactive and adaptive leader with a growth mindset, committed to continuous learning, innovation, and seeking new opportunities to enhance donor engagement and program impact.
• Proven experience in leading successful planned giving, bequests, or major donor programs within a fundraising or philanthropic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strategic donor relationships, particularly with high-net-worth individuals or family offices.
• Experience developing and executing fundraising strategies aligned with organisational goals.
• High level of emotional intelligence with strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Solid understanding of fundraising compliance, ethical standards, and donor stewardship best practices.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Nonprofit Management, Business, Marketing) or similar.

The selection process 

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families.  World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work. 

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, birthday leave, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us  

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