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Job Title

Brisbane-based Fun(d)raising Events Manager

Job Description

fws plans to host a flash fundraiser in Brisbane every year. What this night needs is an Events Manager who canorganise a creative, exotic event by:
  1. creating an enticing line-up and theme for the evening (must-see entertainment, a live auction, a silent auction, a celebrity MC, a lively and motivating auction caller, a theme that can be carried through dress, food, drinks and decor, etc)
  2. procuring brilliant auction prizes (which would hopefully promote our eco-friendly status and include stuff like a smart car, electric scooter, slow-cooking trip to Italy, eco-retreat in FNQ, an eco-analysis of your home, etc)
  3. getting the right crowd there - high-income individuals and corporate tables that have money to spend and will be enticed to spend/donate it as they realise what a fabulous evening they are having (and of course, what a terrific cause fws supports).

Liaise with

  • Shona Arnei  fws Vice President, at first, and eventually
  • fws National Fun(d)raising Events Manager

Time

Average 2 hours per week, more leading up to event.

Term

Forever more?

Location

From your Brisbane-based office or home.

Skills

  • Experience in fun(d)raising management and events
  • A proactive and results-driven personality
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Intergalatically superb organisation skills
  • Ability to create fun events primarily, ensuring secondarily, that funding follows.
  • Creativity in absolute bucket loads – fws likes “unusual”. We're after a Events Managers who know how to design an event that the general public will go into battle to get tickets to. If you’re up for creating magic for our guests – via masquerade balls, intimate lounge experiences with A-list celebrity performers, and hosting fundraisers on re-furbished lighthouse ships, you’re our person. If you think Richard Branson throws a have-a-great-time event, you’re our person! Relish unlimited artistic freedom? You’re our person.

Up for this fine soiree?

Email ausvolunteer@foodwatershelter.org.au