About this Opportunity
Melbourne City Mission is a Victorian Not for Profit organisation, highly recognised as being the leader in community services including Disability, Homelessness, Early Childhood Intervention, Education and Palliative Care. Their vision is to advocate for systematic change working across all sectors to sustainability disrupt disadvantage in our communities.
Founded in 1854, Melbourne City Mission prides themselves on fostering a supportive and positive work environment and have a passionate Philanthropy team committed to supporting services and projects through securing fundraising income.
There is now a fantastic opportunity for a talented Corporate and Community Manager to join the team from 2023.
THE ROLE
Reporting to the General Manager Philanthropy and Partnerships, the Corporate and Community Manager plays a key role in connecting the corporate and community sectors with MCM’s strategic and operational services plan. Working alongside the services teams, the Corporate and Community Manager will be instrumental in generating maximum income to enable MCM to deliver vital services to the community through a range of revenue streams.
Brand awareness is key, and the Corporate and Community Manager will also collaborate with the Philanthropic and Marketing team to ensure MCM brand is highly visible to prospective corporate partners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In addition to developing and nurturing corporate and community partnerships, this role is also responsible for the following:
- In collaboration with the Philanthropy and Partnerships team, develop the corporate and community roadmap aligned with MCM’s strategic plan and fundraising strategy.
- Identify and develop key business priorities from the corporate, business and community sectors to deliver income targets
- Drive corporate engagement including sponsorship, gifts in kind and participants for MCM’s signature event Sleep at the ‘G
- Build long term relationships with corporations, businesses, influencers, schools, sporting and service clubs to grow fundraising income and brand awareness
- Research and write impact reports and maintain accurate data in the CRM
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
To become a valued member of this high performing MCM team, you will have the following:
- Qualification in Business, Marketing or a related field.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in corporate and/or for purpose sector.
- Strong proven business acumen including ability to conduct partnership research, due diligence and values alignment.
- Exceptional relationship building and stakeholder engagement skills
- A proven track record in developing and nurturing long term financially lucrative corporate and community partnerships.
- Experience aligning organizational objectives with the interests of prospective partners
- Experience using a donor management system and the ability to evaluate data
- The ability to develop and write successful corporate funding communications including reporting and proposals
If you would like to work in a supportive, flexible environment with a high performing, passionate team, this may be the role for you.
TO APPLY
Interested to know more? Please make it the first step to apply online, for an early assessment of your potential suitability.
All applications and enquiries will be responded to, and the outcome of the process will be made known to all applicants from January 18th 2023.
All applicants must have full work rights for Australia and the preferred applicant/s eventually will undergo full background checks.
