Position Details

• Continuing | Full-Time
• HEO Level 9 |$127,224 - $140,337 pa
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role
This is a crucial leadership role, elevating the University's philanthropic profile and driving substantial fundraising efforts. As a key partner to the Director of Alumni and Advancement, this role is instrumental in refining operations and processes to drive scalable and sustainable growth in philanthropic performance over time.

Driving the development of an integrated fundraising strategy, focusing on cultivating and strengthening relationships, you will lead a high-performing fundraising team, setting and achieving ambitious metrics and targets, along with carrying a portfolio of the University's most significant donor relationships, ensuring these partnerships are nurtured and expanded to maximise their impact. The teams approach and focus is co-designing with donors, this is meaningful work - delivering impact that is bespoke and donor centric.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing a best practice environment that empowers the Advancement team and encourages the highest ethical standards in all fundraising, inclusive communication, a culture of sound planning and monitoring of cultivation of prospects and solicitations and adherence to KPI's
• Demonstrating leadership to the team through exemplary relationship management (utilising phone calls, email, face-to-face visits, writing proposals and developing bespoke cultivation plans) and the achievement of personal financial and engagement goals, typically but not exclusively working at the $100k-$1million level.
• Working with Senior Executives, Academics and major donors to further the University's internal and external objectives through the development of strategies and approaches
• Overseeing the development of a successful annual giving and bequest program

For a more comprehensive list of Key Position responsibilities, please view the Position Description

About You
With proven success in implementing highly effective fundraising programs, (particularly face-to-face solicitation of gifts), and a high-level capacity for managing relationships across the full spectrum of current stakeholders, potential new donors and other interested parties you are a master negotiator.

Your exemplary administrative skills and the ability to juggle outstanding people management and individual achievement are matched by your high-level written, verbal and electronic communications skills, which are capable of inspiring others and persuading them to commit to a cause.

A self-described dedicated major gifts practitioner, you also:

• Hold postgraduate qualifications with relevant extensive management experience; or an equivalent combination of event or marketing experience and / or education and / or training.
• Possess high-level negotiation and engagement skills, with the ability to develop and utilise networks at a strategic level.
• Identify and handle impediments to achieving outcomes; deliver outcomes within deadlines, and demonstrate personal energy and enthusiasm for programs and projects
• Have demonstrated experience in working with Senior Executives, Chairs, Boards/Councils and Committees and ability to use political astuteness to negotiate and reach agreement at a senior level on complex issues.

About the Office of Alumni and Advancement
The Alumni Relations team is committed to actively engaging our graduates in the life of the University through meaningful programs, benefits, services, and communications. The Alumni team also help facilitate class reunions, as well as provide opportunities for professional development, mentoring and presenting. The Advancement team initiate and develop fundraising activities for the University, due to the strong support from its community of donors.

Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000013596 Senior Advancement Manager, Philanthropy and Impact.
• As well as a CV, you are required to submit a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Ted Wynn, Director Alumni & Advancement

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) on Monday, 9 June 2025.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.