Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Tui tui hono tangata, whenua me te moana.
Auckland War Memorial Museum: Connecting through sharing stories of people, lands and seas
Auckland Museum is a much-loved culture and heritage organisation at the heart of Auckland’s identity, committed to outstanding management of its world-class collections, developing and sharing engaging content through its galleries, exhibition, events, educational programmes and the permanent and volunteer staff who tell the Museum’s stories. We are Auckland’s home of commemoration as well as the country’s oldest research institution and a major tourist destination.
Job Description
The Research Development Executive will support the fundraising objectives of Auckland Museum, with special focus on the funding priorities of Auckland Museum’s Research Strategy. They will have a robust understanding of the fundraising and research priorities of the Museum. The focus will be on maintaining an up-to-date and accurate funding plan to enable timely, personalised and targeted funding applications and proposals, communications and events. This role is fixed term until September 2025.
Desired Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will offer:
- A relevant tertiary qualification
- Experience in fundraising, philanthropy and community engagement
- Outstanding relationship management
- Excellent communication skills including research, applications, reporting and presentations
- A positive flexible and collaborative mindset
- A minimum of five years administrative experience in the fundraising environment, ideally research-focused
- Exposure to a broad range of fundraising disciplines
- Experience within the New Zealand research funding environment
- Demonstrated success in relationship management, particularly in dealing with high level donors, family trusts and other social profit organisations
- Proven and extensive fundraising or relationship management database (CRM) experience with systems such as Tessitura or Raisers Edge
- Experience producing and writing accurate and detailed reports, budgets, funding applications and donor communications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven effective relationship-building abilities
- Proven effective organizational skills, with the ability to successfully plan and prioritise workloads of self and others
To apply: https://aucklandmuseum.elmotalent.co.nz/careers/opportunities/job/view/107
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Auckland Museum offers a rich and fulfilling work life where we embrace diversity and nurture our bicultural capability as demonstrated in our Teu le Va and He Korahi Maori strategies. We also offer a range of great benefits such as flexible work and leave and an award-winning wellbeing programme.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to be part of a fabulous New Zealand organisation committed to telling our national and Auckland stories, reflecting our unique place in the South Pacific.
He Oranga Tangata ka ao
Enriching lives: Inspiring discoveries
