Community Fundraising Coordinator

Starlight Children's Foundation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best Self leave

Carer's leave

Reproductive health leave

Pet owner leave

Public Holiday swap

Mental health support

Development opportunities

Job summary

Starlight Children's Foundation in Sydney CBD is seeking a Community Fundraising Coordinator to provide administrative support across flagship campaigns such as Super Swim, Tour de Kids, Super Steps and Trek for Kids. You will help implement campaigns and manage inquiries.

You will work with Marketing & Communications to run events, support live fundraising, build relationships with sponsors and agencies, and deliver budgets and reporting from CRM.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting teams in a busy, collaborative environment.
• Strong project coordination including planning, scheduling and reporting.
• Passion for events with the flexibility to travel interstate and occasional weekends.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Attention to detail with creativity and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of community fundraising campaigns.
• Contribute to the smooth operation of digital and social media including handling inquiries.
• Work with Marketing & Communications to create effective physical and virtual events.
• Represent Starlight and support community live fundraising events.
• Develop relationships with agency partnerships, sponsors and suppliers.
• Provide admin support including reporting, budgets, invoice processing, travel bookings, CRM.

Skills

Organised

Team support

Project coordination

Event planning

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Creativity

Social media

Job description

Starlight Children's Foundation – Sydney CBD NSW

About Us

Our mission is to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families. Our programs bring them fun, joy and laughter when they need it most… because happiness matters. When you join Starlight, you'll:

• Change lives for the better, positively impacting the lives of seriously ill children, young people, and their families.
• Have inspiring and positive work. We work to our strengths; we care about each other, and we work collaboratively.
• Be included in an exceptional team. We've been recognised as a Great Place to Work, we're one of AFR's Most Innovative Companies and we're also the most trusted children's charity in Australia.

About the Role

An exciting role for a coordinator to join our Community Fundraising team providing administrative support across a variety of campaigns including Starlight's flagship fundraising campaigns Super Swim, Tour de Kids, Super Steps & Trek for Kids. Ideal for a proactive, energetic team player who loves bringing ideas to life. A sneak peek into life as a Community Fundraising Coordinator:

• Supporting the implementation of our community fundraising campaigns
• Contributing to the smooth operation of digital and social media such as FB, publishing content and handling enquiries
• Work with Starlight's Marketing & Communication's team to create effective physical and virtual events such as media launches & TikTok Streams etc.
• Representing Starlight and support community live fundraising events
• Maximising Starlight opportunities by developing relationships with agency partnerships, sponsors, and suppliers.
• Supporting the selection, production and supply of campaign merchandise in collaboration with Starlight partners and suppliers
• Provide admin support including reporting , budgets, invoice processing, booking travel, maintaining our CRM

About you

Highly organised and adaptable, you thrive enjoy supporting a team, building strong relationships, and delivering exceptional administrative and project coordination support. You'll bring:

• A positive, can-do attitude and genuine enthusiasm for learning
• Experience supporting teams in a busy, collaborative environment while confidently working independently
• Strong project coordination skills, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, reporting, and delivering outcomes
• A passion for events, with the flexibility to travel interstate and occasionally work weekends
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and negotiate
• Exceptional attention to detail, balanced with creativity
• A natural curiosity and enthusiasm for generating fresh ideas and continuous improvement
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a resourceful approach
• Confidence engaging with social media platforms and a willingness to contribute both behind the scenes and on camera.

Most importantly, you're a team player who brings energy, initiative, and a sense of fun to everything you do while helping create memorable experiences and positive outcomes for colleagues, candidates, and stakeholders.

Benefits

As well as the real joy of seeing the positive difference your work makes in the lives of others, our unique benefits support you at any life stage.

• Best Self leave days and additional carer's leave.
• Leave to support reproductive health.
• Leave options for pet owners (because pets are family too!)
• Public Holiday swap & potential to work from anywhere in the world for 20 days a year.
• A commitment to supporting your mental health and wellbeing.
• Development and growth opportunities in a workplace underpinned by positive psychology.

We seek candidates from diverse backgrounds who will bring rich experience and perspective to the team, which we know will enhance our creativity and collective intelligence. Our aim is for Starlight to reflect the broader community and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with diverse abilities and those who are mature aged or just starting out in their careers.

We are committed to positive employment experiences in an environment where everyone is included, respected, safe and treated fairly, so you can be your best and true self every day.

If we can make accommodations to our recruitment process to better enable you to shine, please include this in your application.

For more information on Starlight's commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, please visit our website. Here you will also find Starlight's vision for Reconciliation and our current Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Successful applicants will undertake a Working With Children Check and a National Police Check as they join the team and throughout their Starlight career.