Job Title
Melbourne-based Fun(d)raising Events Manager
Job Description
fws plans to host a flash fundraiser in Melbourne every year. What this night needs is an Events Manager, who can come in and organise a creative, exotic, fundraising night by:
- 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)
- 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 the Grampians, eco-analysis of your home, etc)
- 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
- Rebecka Darling-Darren, fws 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 Melbourne-based office or home.
Skills
- Experience in fun(d)raising management and events
- A proactive and results-driven personality
- Excellent communication 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 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
paul.broad@foodwatershelter.org.au.