Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. MSF’s actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

Benefits of working with MSF Australia

• Flexible & hybrid working arrangements  
• Salary packaging plus insurance benefits & allowances 
• Annual salary review
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Meditation & wellbeing classes 
• Strong culture of diversity and inclusion
• Career growth & development opportunities
• Additional leave & purchased leave options 
• Monthly Friday afternoons off!
• Plus more!

Responsibilities of your role

Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Manager – Gift in Wills, this accountable role will drive future revenue through building and nurturing meaningful connections with confirmed and intending Gift in Wills donors across Australia and New Zealand.

You will play a central role in:  

• Managing a portfolio of donors using both mass marketing strategies to inspire and engage new donors, and highly personalised stewardship to develop
• Contributing to the development and implementation of Gift in Wills strategies
• Supporting the development of reporting and insights, communications, and event delivery
• Collaborating on the creation of supporter materials
• Managing aspects of estate administration; and
• Ensuring compliance with relevant fundraising regulations and ethical practices.

To ensure a unified approach you will working closely with the broader fundraising team and Engagement department including Digital and Communications and will liaise externally with estate professionals.

What you will bring

As an inspiring (and aspiring!) fundraising professional, you will feel comfortable engaging with donors and take pride in developing thoughtful and meaningful donor experiences.   You will thrive in a global humanitarian aid organisation and ideally can demonstrate: 

• Proven fundraising experience in Gift in Wills fundraising and/ or estate administration.
• Demonstrated relationship management experience – particularly in donor retention.
• Knowledge of broad fundraising principles and industry best practices.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, including experience with project coordination
• Excellent communication and social skills, with the ability to articulate complex information clearly and compassionately.

Applications

Select the Apply button and upload your resume and cover letter via the MSFA Careers Portal.  Applications will be reviewed on receipt. 

For more information, see the Job Description or contact the MSFA Talent Acquisition team with any questions via MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org   

At MSF Australia, we believe the following five values form the foundations of our culture – Transparency, Respect, Understanding of Diversity, Stepping In and CollaboraTion. 

We value T.R.U.S.T as an essential element to how we operate and believe that these organisation values flow from this trust that we build. 

MSF Australia (MSFA) is committed to developing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and fostering a culture of belonging for all our staff. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us better achieve our social mission of providing aid without agenda. We strongly encourage First Nations peoples, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, people from diverse cultures and language groups, and people who live with a disability to apply. We invite all requests for a reasonable adjustment to the recruitment process if this will support your application. For more information, call or email MSFA Human Resources on +61 2 8570 609   MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org

MSF Australia has a Child Protection Policy and COVID-19 vaccination policy in place, all employees are required to comply with these policies. 

In support of the Child Protection Policy, a criminal background check will be required during the recruitment process for selected candidates. A criminal record will not automatically preclude anyone from the position they have been selected for.