Job description
Why Baptist World Aid Australia?
If you have a desire to be part of a passionate, committed, people-oriented team committed to ending poverty, then you’re in the right place!
Baptist World Aid Australia is an international Christian development organisation working in 24 countries. We partner with like-minded organisations overseas to implement community development and disaster projects that empower communities to overcome poverty. Last year, our work impacted close to 900,000 people.
When you join Baptist World Aid, you’ll become part of a rich, over 60-year history. As a valued member of our team, you’ll be integral to achieving our mission of helping Australians tackle the injustice of global poverty.
We’re looking for someone who is team orientated, skilled in project management, with experience in marketing and a desire to grow their career in fundraising, acquisition and/or retention marketing.
About the Role
This is a parental leave contract role (0.6FTE) role and will report to the Regular Giving Team Lead to coordinate income maximising projects, produce retention focused communications and provide administrative support for Baptist World Aid’s regular giving portfolio including Child Sponsorship. Alongside a dynamic team, you’ll be responsible for delivering ongoing growth and retention activities to our regular giving donors—upwards of 6,000 donors raising a total of $4.8 million per year.
You’ll work with key stakeholders to implement projects like the annual Christmas letter writing activity for Child Sponsors and oversee the quality of child partner information as it comes from the field.
You’ll also coordinate the production of impact reports and change stories across all our regular giving products designed to inspire our Regular Givers with the transformative power of their donations. You’ll collaborate closely with our International Programs, Supporter Engagement and Marketing teams to achieve results and help care for and communicate with our Regular Givers.
About you
You’ll be a self-motivated individual, who is a team player, and an innovator looking for the right role to harness your unique qualities.
You are passionate about ensuring loyal donors receive the best possible experience. You may be at the initial stages of your career and a creative thinker with experience in communication, administration or user experience. You may also have experience in project management or want to gain a deeper knowledge of fundraising and retention marketing. You’re naturally excited about data driven trends and will gain satisfaction improving the supporter experience for our trusted and loyal donors. You enjoy the challenge of collaborating with other teams to achieve your goals and no job is too small for you. You want to use your skills and experience to pursue a career in the not-for-profit sector and contribute to a mission close to your heart.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- An ability to manage projects from inception to delivery, achieving outcomes while also delivering day to day tasks
- Administrative experience and ideally, experience working with databases/customer relationship management (CRM) systems, Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Skills as a natural connector and experience in managing stakeholders to achieve an outcome
- A drive to continuously improve and build on prior learning with a commitment to best practice delivery
- An innovative approach to problem solving
- Both passion and interest in the international development sector and Child Sponsorship programming.
Desirable
- Qualifications in a relevant discipline such as project management, communications, fundraising, marketing, or demonstrated transferable skills in a similar role
- Exposure to Asana or a similar project management tool
- Ability to supervise and motivate volunteers
- Experience or interest in copywriting
- A demonstrated understanding of fundraising principles, segmentation tools and their implementation
You’ll share our vision for a world without poverty as God intends.
Why work with Baptist World Aid?
Join an organisation that is as unique as you.
- People: Work with a team of people who are as passionate about ending poverty as you are.
- Culture: Motivated by love, we respect and value all people—starting with each other.
- Salary sacrificing: We offer salary sacrificing, which means part of your pay is paid tax free, giving you more money in your take home pay.
- Flexible working arrangements: We offer flexible working arrangements, which means you can maintain a good work / life balance.
- Other Benefits: We have a range of other benefits such as bonus annual leave between Christmas and New year.