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Fundraising Coordinator

Fundraising Coordinator

Adelaide FringeAU
30+ days ago
Job description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Donor Relations & Stewardship

  • Support the growth and stewardship of the Adelaide Fringe Donor Circle, including donor acquisition, upgrades, and relationship management.
  • Coordinate donor engagement activities, including events, exclusive experiences, and fringe-related opportunities.
  • Manage donor acknowledgement processes to ensure consistent recognition across all platforms.
  • Support donor acquisition through research, outreach and diligent data management.

Fundraising Administration

  • Coordinate the planning, delivery and reporting of fundraising campaigns, appeals, and donor renewal cycles.
  • Maintain accurate donor records using the organisation’s CRM system, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
  • Prepare reports, surveys, donor insights, and briefing materials for internal and external stakeholders.

    • Grants & Proposal Support

  • Chair the internal fundraising working group with cross-departmental participation.
  • Maintain the grants register & projects portfolio and monitor deadlines and reporting requirements for grant-funded projects, ensuring timely and accurate submissions and acquittals across the organisation.
  • Coordinate compelling grant applications, funding proposals, reports, and acquittals for philanthropic partners, foundations, and major donors.

    • Events & Campaigns

  • Coordinate logistics for donor and fundraising events during the Adelaide Fringe season and throughout the year.
  • Manage RSVPs, guest liaison, and post-event follow-ups.
  • Collaborate with the wider Adelaide Fringe team to align donor experiences with the festival’s programming.
  • Collaborate with the Ticketing Team to deliver the Adelaide Fringe Community Fund strategy, including ticket allocation and stakeholder engagement with schools, charities, and NFPs
  • Support the Head of Philanthropy & Development, working in collaboration with the marketing team to develop engaging, innovative fundraising appeals throughout the year including but not limited to :

    • Pay it Forward

  • Regular Giving
  • Giving Day
  • EOFY / Fringe Fund
  • Gift in Will

    • Communications & Marketing

  • Work closely with the Marketing team to develop donor communications, such as eDMs, impact stories, and campaign collateral.
  • Contribute to storytelling efforts that highlight the impact of donor support, especially through community and artist-focused narratives.

    • General Support

  • Act as the first point of contact for donor and Foundation enquiries.
  • Support the wider BD Team with administrative and strategic tasks as needed.
  • Uphold Arts Unlimited and Adelaide Fringe’s values of diversity, inclusion, and creativity in all interactions.

    • ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

  • Demonstrated experience in fundraising practices and donor relationships (minimum 5 years)
  • Knowledge of broad community attitudes particularly as they apply to the charity sector
  • Proven ability to negotiate, steward and support income streams through philanthropy
  • Ability to initiate, lead, plan, prioritise and organise work within a set timetable and in an environment of change and conflicting demands
  • Skills in program / project management, including facilitation, planning, development, monitoring and evaluation
  • Ability to liaise and work effectively across Fringe and with external agencies and community groups
  • High level of attention to detail

    • BENEFITS OF WORKING AT ADELAIDE FRINGE

  • 1 week bonus (post) festival leave for year round staff (in addition to 4 weeks annual leave)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 9 day working fortnight
  • 2 days of Volunteer Leave for all full year and seasonal salaried staff
  • Ongoing training opportunities
  • Staff development days and opportunities
  • An Adelaide Fringe Membership
  • Flexible work environment
  • An optional social calendar and events
  • Study leave.

    • Adelaide Fringe is an annual open-access arts festival run over four weeks and five weekends in Adelaide, South Australia during February and March. With free events, ground-breaking work, new talent, innovative thinking and original voices, we’re for everyone. It is one of the largest, most popular and diverse arts festivals in Australia. Thousands of artists from around Australia and across the globe participate alongside home-grown talent, in art forms spanning cabaret, comedy, circus & physical theatre, dance, film, theatre, music, visual art and design.

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