Associate Director Philanthropy

Your role at St John of God Foundation

This is a fixed term full-time opportunity offered on a 2-year contract.

The Position

• Assist the Director of Philanthropy & Campaigns in developing implementing and delivering a fundraising strategy to maximise philanthropic income.

• Responsible for delivering the WA philanthropy program including the supervision of the WA major gift fundraising team and chairing of relevant forums.

• Provide leadership and direction to caregivers responsible for the delivery of successful major gift fundraising in WA.

• Produce implement and review annual operational plans including annual performance management and review processes agreed budgets and other operational targets for the WA region for any given performance period.

• Ensure senior leadership and volunteers are effectively briefed for meetings and events. Prepare reports on fundraising activities for internal dissemination.

• Collaborate closely with other caregivers across the Foundation Hospital and Services to ensure a consistent and well-coordinated Philanthropy program for the Foundation.

• Responsible for meeting individual KPIs significantly contributing to the Foundations impact. Works towards achieving agreed fundraising targets for the Philanthropy portfolio (major gifts and gifts in wills).

• Manages a portfolio of philanthropic relationships and potential donors (major donors trusts and foundations and gifts in wills supporters) through a customised and donor-centric engagement process to cultivate solicit and steward ongoing philanthropic gifts.

• Responsible for securing major gifts for hospitals and services at the $20000 to $1m gift/donor level and for securing gifts in will.

• Identifies and approaches potential new funders for campaigns and develops a portfolio of existing and potential philanthropic relationships in collaboration with Foundation Services team and external sources.

• Prepares and presents comprehensive reports project briefs submissions proposals stewardship reports.

• Ensure that donor experience and stewardship is of the highest quality by developing and implementing donor cultivation and stewardship plans in line with Foundation policy.

You will have 10 years experience in in a professional fundraising or development manager role with a strong track record in major gifts gifts in wills or equivalent experience in sales partnerships or business development. You will demonstrate knowledge of major gift fundraising including portfolio management and the identification qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship of major capital campaign corporate and gifts in wills supporters. You will hold high standards of personal and professional integrity.

To succeed you will have proven success in meeting substantial financial targets and KPIs including track record of personally securing gift commitments and gifts at the $10000 to $500000 level and coaching influencing and negotiation skills to promote a culture of philanthropy among Executive Board Hospital and Services CEOs Clinicians and other senior stakeholders. It is essential you are proficient with computer programs particularly MS Office and have experience using a Donor Management System such as Raisers Edge or similar.

This role requires flexibility to work outside of usual business hours as required on events important to the Foundation as well as intrastate and interstate travel to support the local and national philanthropy function.

Above all people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary $154196 per annum plus 12% Superannuation

• Fixed term fulltime position working 76 hours a fortnight

• Contract initially offered on a 2-year basis

• Located in Kings Square Perth CBD office

• 40% work from home option

• Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Paid Parental Leave

• End of trip/shower and bike facilities

• Close to public transport

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements

For enquiries please contact Preema Wong Director of Philanthropy and Campaigns on

Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted at this time. If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.