position title

team

position purpose

responsibilities

• Liaise with fws fundraising team members to ensure fws generates a regular, reliable, ever-increasing income via our various fundraising income streams, such as:
  • Grants, managed by fws grants manager
  • Corporate sponsorships, managed by fws corporate sponsorship manager
  • Large fundraising events, managed by fws state fundraising managers
  • Small fundraising events, held by fws supporters, managed by fws public fundraising officer
  • Final Founding Fifty Membership drive, (currently unmanaged)
  • Supporter and member donations, managed by fws memberships officer
  • Families for Families Sponsorship Program, managed by fws sponsorship program manager
  • Other sponsorship programs yet to be introduced, managed by fws sponsorship program manager
  • Sale of fws merchandise and selling of goods on eBay, managed by fws merchandise officer
  • Any other fundraising revenue streams identified and established by fws in the future
• Work with the above managers to drive these funding initiatives
• Provide a monthly report to fws board, fws programs manager and all program leaders on the current and predicted status of fws in-bound funds overall
• Work with the fws Program Manager and fws board to balance in-bound funds with out-bound program-specific funds
• Trouble-shoot potential funding sustainability issues around programs in a timely manner and where appropriate, escalate concerns to the fws board
• Lead a dedicated funding team, motivating them to generate funding for fws in a planned, sustainable, regular and reliable manner
• Set funding targets for each team member commensurate with the area of responsibility, and support the team to reach the targets
• Work with fws-Australia to identify and propose and implement new funding initiative

key performance indicators

• Communicate funding objectives and targets to the wider fws management group
• Report monthly to the fws board on individual funding area performance against plan
• Develop funding opportunities for broad discussion
• Motivate a dedicate funding team, giving clear direction based on an agreed PD
• Receive weekly funding updates from relevant fws sources

liaise with

• fws program manager + program leaders
• fws treasurer
• fws grants manager + team
• fws corporate sponsorship manager + team
• fws fundraising events manager + state managers + state teams
• fws public fundraising officer
• fws sponsorship program manager  + team
• fws merchandise officer
• fws memberships officer
• fws board
• fws management committee

report to

time

term

location

skills & requirements

• Excellent communication and strategic planning skills
• Ability to lead and motivate a dedicated team
• Experience in fundraising concepts and processes
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Support the broader fws vision by offering input where relevant
• Understand and adhere to the values of fws, as outlined on fws website
• Desire to be make a difference while contributing to a fun but dedicated group of volunteers

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