Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator/Senior Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator

Location : Boorloo | Perth, WA

Benifits: NFP Salary Packaging

Employment status: Full Time Permanent
Job number: 3894

Hey you!

Want to help grow Western Australia’s most iconic fun run?

We’re looking for an energetic, warm, and well-organised partnerships and fundraising professional to join genU’s Events Team as a Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator or Senior Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator (dependant on your level of experience).

Chevron City to Surf for genU has been part of Perth life for more than 50 years. In this role, you’ll help it grow, along with genU’s other fundraising, community, and internal events across Western Australia. Right now, that means three City to Surf events (Perth, Karratha, and Virtual), plus events such as genU’s charity golf day and Big Day Out, with opportunities for new events in the future.

Growing the events in the right ways is at the heart of this role. That means improving what we offer participants, partners, and the community, not just adding more. You’ll secure new partners who make bib collection days and event day better, bring more groups, schools, and workplaces to the start line, and help us reach our fundraising goals. There’s nothing quite like seeing a school team smash its fundraising target, or a new partner’s stall buzzing on bib collection day, and knowing you helped make it happen.

This role suits someone with energy and warmth who loves bringing people together, can juggle a lot without dropping the ball, and wants their work to make a difference. We’re open to appointing at either level, depending on your skills and experience.

Every dollar raised through City to Surf provides support to Australians living with disability, so your work makes a real difference beyond event day.

What you’ll do

In either role, you’ll:

- Build and manage partnerships and stallholder relationships, including sourcing new opportunities, preparing proposals and partnership packs, ensuring excellent partner experiences, and providing post-event reporting.

- Drive fundraising outcomes by developing and delivering engagement campaigns, creating participant communications, tracking performance against targets, and recognising fundraisers through incentives and rewards.

- Promote City to Surf and Schools Cup events to schools, workplaces, community groups, sporting organisations, and businesses to increase participation and engagement.

- Coordinate event delivery, including entertainment, event-day activities, operations partners, timelines, and stakeholder management to ensure successful event execution.

- Support the planning of community and internal events, while maintaining branded partnership and fundraising materials, managing budgets and invoicing, and keeping accurate records and reporting.

At Senior level, you’ll also:

- Lead the partnerships and fundraising plans and set targets with the Events Manager.

- Manage a portfolio of partners and lead negotiations.

- Identify, approach, and look after major donors and supporters.

- Manage partnership and fundraising budgets with the Events Manager.

What you’ll bring

- Qualifications in events, business, marketing, communications, fundraising or a related field (or equivalent experience), with 2+ years’ experience in partnerships, sponsorship, fundraising, events or marketing; 5+ years required for Senior-level roles.

- Proven experience securing and managing sponsorships or partnerships, including preparing proposals, delivering partner commitments and reporting outcomes; Senior candidates will have a strong track record in negotiations and achieving revenue targets.

- Demonstrated success in fundraising and engagement activities, ideally within event-based environments, supported by excellent written communication skills across proposals, reports and stakeholder communications.

- Strong relationship management and project coordination skills, with experience working across multiple stakeholders, suppliers, deadlines and competing priorities while maintaining exceptional organisation and attention to detail.

- Sound financial and administrative skills, including expense tracking, invoicing, CRM management and Microsoft Office proficiency; Senior applicants will also have experience managing budgets.

- Positive, proactive and adaptable approach, with willingness to undertake occasional physical event duties, work outside standard hours and travel when required; experience in events, sport or the not-for-profit sector and established community, business or sporting networks will be highly regarded, along with major donor or corporate giving experience for Senior roles.

(You’ll also need an NDIS Worker Screening Check and Orientation Module Certificate – but don’t worry, we’ll help guide you through this.)

Why you’ll love working at genU

At genU, our differences make us stronger. We celebrate all kinds of diversity and the unique perspectives each of us brings. We’re committed to creating a welcoming, safe, and respectful space where everyone feels valued and can thrive.

You’ll also get

• Salary packaging: up to $15,900 tax-free plus meal/entertainment benefits

• Discounts: savings at 450+ retailers including Coles, Woolworths & JB Hi-Fi

• University Study Discount : enjoy a 25% fee reduction for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University

• Wellbeing support: 24/7 access to a holistic employee assistance program

• 15 days personal leave: 5 days extra to National Employment Standards*

Ready to make a difference? Click apply to complete your application. Don’t wait to apply! We are reviewing applications as they come in.

You can view the full position description on the genU careers page HERE

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