About the agency
Sydney Living Museums cares for 11 of the NSW most important historic houses, museums and their collections: Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Farm, Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Justice & Police Museum, Meroogal, The Mint, Museum of Sydney, Rose Seidler House, Rouse Hill House & Farm, Susannah Place Museum and Vaucluse House. All are listed in the NSW State Heritage Register. The Museum of Sydney and the Hyde Park Barracks on the National Heritage list and the Hyde Park Barracks is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
About the role
This role identifies, manages donor and external grants opportunities to grow philanthropy, meeting Sydney Living Museums’ organisational revenue targets and enabling the organisation to meet its strategic objectives and mission.
Applying for the role
To apply you will need to submit the following:
- A current resume with two referees
- A covering letter 1-2 pages in length
- And respond to the 2 targeted questions (no more than 20 lines per answer). Your responses to the targeted questions should be submitted online during your application and not included in the covering letter.
Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Essential requirements the role holder needs:
- Tertiary qualification and/or significant relevant experience in corporate philanthropy
- Five years plus experience working with donors, High Net Worth individuals, corporate donors and trusts, grant making bodies and private foundations
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and public relations skills that demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with diverse internal and external constituencies in a wide variety of settings.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills and confidence in preparing and delivering compelling presentations, pitches, proposals to potential donors and donor organisations.
- Excellent numeracy skills and the ability to analyse and prepare budgets and forecasts.
- Time management, analytic and problem solving skills and the ability to manage multiple projects with competing timelines.
- Highly developed skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), databases and CRM systems.
- Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
- Passion to make a positive impact in the community and a willingness to work within Sydney Living Museum’s values and behaviours to advance its mission.
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