Our client, KidsCan, a leading not-for-profit organisation in New Zealand, is seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Community Fundraising Manager. This role offers the unique opportunity to make a significant impact on children's lives across the country. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the long-term growth and success of KidsCan community fundraising strategy. With a focus on driving strong ROI for all activity and increasing revenue, this position is perfect for someone with a strategic mindset, exceptional relationship-building skills, and a passion for making a positive impact.

What you'll do:

The Senior Community Fundraising Manager plays a pivotal role ensuring the long-term growth and success of KidsCan’s community fundraising efforts. Leading a small team to develop and execute KidsCan's community fundraising strategy, you will be responsible for managing a range of fundraising initiatives and steward supporters within the community. Your ability to foster relationships and mobilise individuals, schools and community groups to support KidsCan will be key to your success in this role.

• Work with the Head of Partnerships, Fundraising and Individual Giving and Senior Events and Fundraising Manager on developing the annual fundraising and events plan in line with strategic objectives.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Community Fundraising Specialist.
• Develop and implement a long-term community fundraising strategy to maximise revenue growth.
• Lead the development and implementation of innovative large-scale peer to peer community fundraising initiatives to drive engagement with community groups, schools and individuals.
• Develop best practice retention strategies and engagement plans to retain community fundraisers and develop potential lifetime giving. This includes cementing KidsCan as the charity of choice for school fundraising.
• Implement stewardship strategies to grow and recognise supporter contributions.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to develop campaigns and content that highlights impact and drives a pipeline of new fundraisers.
• Manage the budget and expenditure for community fundraising activities.
• Represent KidsCan at community events, schools and small businesses when required.
• Champion the use of NetSuite and Raiser’s Edge CRM systems.

What you bring:

As our ideal candidate for the Senior Community Fundraising Manager role at KidsCan, you bring a wealth of experience in leading community fundraising initiatives. Your proven track record in developing successful strategies to drive revenue growth sets you apart. You possess strong leadership skills with experience managing cross-functional projects. Your exceptional relationship-building skills enable you to engage stakeholders at all levels effectively. With your strategic mindset, you can identify opportunities for growth and drive the organisation forward. Your excellent organisational skills, coupled with your ability to manage budgets effectively, make you a strong contender for this role.

• Demonstrated success in leading and managing the delivery of community fundraising initiatives.
• Experience in developing successful strategies to drive revenue growth.
• Exceptional relationship management skills.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to identify opportunities for growth.
• Excellent organisation, time management, prioritisation, and planning capabilities.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office, ideally with some experience with CRM databases.

What sets this company apart:

KidsCan is a leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing essential resources to children in need across New Zealand. They are committed to breaking down barriers to education and empowering children to reach their full potential. Their values of creating a positive work environment, working together as one team, respecting and valuing all people, being effective and dedicated to their cause, and taking care of themselves and others in everything they do, underpin how they work together and with their customers and suppliers.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Laura Batchelor-Cook on +64 9 374 7300.