Fundraising Manager
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Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Hybrid- Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: $110,000 AUD / yearly
- Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 07/01/2026
- Location: Australia
About CSMC Council of Single Mothers and their Children is a non-profit organisation founded 56 years ago by single mothers to secure a better life for women parenting alone and their children. We achieve change by amplifying the agency, rights and needs of single mothers and their children and providing specialist support services.
KEY DUTIES
Working from CSMC Fundraising Strategy 2025-2028, signed off by the Board in May 2025: • Develop an implementation plan for the Fundraising Strategy.
• Identify priority fundraising opportunities and potential diversified revenue streams.
• Review and update annual fundraising targets and strategies with the CEO and report regularly on progress to the CEO and the Board’s Fundraising and Communication Sub-Committee.
• Manage, expand and cultivate relationships with major donors and philanthropic partners, including opportunities to experience and understand CSMC’s work.
• In partnership with the CEO and program team, prepare compelling project plans, grant applications, theories of change, cases for support, acquittals and impact reporting. • Maintain a grants and donor pipeline, moves management strategy, and calendar.
• Collaborate with the Digital Communications Officer to produce fundraising content including two annual appeals, regular giving campaigns and gifts in wills content.
• Expand and cultivate relationships with major donors and the philanthropic sector including donor stewardship and recognition processes, welcome journeys, impact reporting, and opportunities to experience and understand CSMC’s work.
• Build, manage and segment CSMC’s Salesforce donor database and maintain accurate CRM records.
• Ensure compliance with fundraising legislation and ACNC.
• Engage in staff meetings, professional development and other organisational activities. A Fundraising Assistant is planned to be employed in approximately 12 months (budget dependent).
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
• Is or has been a single mother.
• Commitment to social justice, gender equity and the philosophy of CSMC.
• Demonstrated success securing income through some or all of the following: major giving, trust and foundations, gifts in wills, partnerships and community campaigns.
• Understanding of and networks within the philanthropic sector and knowledge of ACNC and fundraising compliance.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills. • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Experience using CRM systems for donor management and fundraising communications; CSMC uses Salesforce.
• Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, platforms such as Raisely, Campaign Monitor and CANVA, and general digital literacy.
• Ability to work in a self-directed, consultative and accountable manner.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
KEY DUTIES
Working from CSMC Fundraising Strategy 2025-2028, signed off by the Board in May 2025: • Develop an implementation plan for the Fundraising Strategy.
• Identify priority fundraising opportunities and potential diversified revenue streams.
• Review and update annual fundraising targets and strategies with the CEO and report regularly on progress to the CEO and the Board’s Fundraising and Communication Sub-Committee.
• Manage, expand and cultivate relationships with major donors and philanthropic partners, including opportunities to experience and understand CSMC’s work.
• In partnership with the CEO and program team, prepare compelling project plans, grant applications, theories of change, cases for support, acquittals and impact reporting. • Maintain a grants and donor pipeline, moves management strategy, and calendar.
• Collaborate with the Digital Communications Officer to produce fundraising content including two annual appeals, regular giving campaigns and gifts in wills content.
• Expand and cultivate relationships with major donors and the philanthropic sector including donor stewardship and recognition processes, welcome journeys, impact reporting, and opportunities to experience and understand CSMC’s work.
• Build, manage and segment CSMC’s Salesforce donor database and maintain accurate CRM records.
• Ensure compliance with fundraising legislation and ACNC.
• Engage in staff meetings, professional development and other organisational activities. A Fundraising Assistant is planned to be employed in approximately 12 months (budget dependent).
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
• Is or has been a single mother.
• Commitment to social justice, gender equity and the philosophy of CSMC.
• Demonstrated success securing income through some or all of the following: major giving, trust and foundations, gifts in wills, partnerships and community campaigns.
• Understanding of and networks within the philanthropic sector and knowledge of ACNC and fundraising compliance.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills. • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Experience using CRM systems for donor management and fundraising communications; CSMC uses Salesforce.
• Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, platforms such as Raisely, Campaign Monitor and CANVA, and general digital literacy.
• Ability to work in a self-directed, consultative and accountable manner.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
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