Philanthropy Relationships Lead

Posted:

25/08/2025

Closing Date:

08/09/2025

Job Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

Australia wide - Hybrid

Job Category:

Marketing

Company

For more than 20 years, people in Australia have placed their trust in Beyond Blue as a reliable source of mental health information, support, and hope.

We are one of Australia’s most well-known, trusted, and visited mental health organisations. We never take this for granted. With it comes a deep responsibility to listen, to understand people’s needs and aspirations, and to ensure they are at the heart of everything we do.

Job Description

About the role

Are you a relationship-builder with a passion for driving meaningful impact, and connecting purpose with generosity?

Beyond Blue is seeking a Philanthropy Relationships Lead to shape and grow our major donor and philanthropic partnerships. In this pivotal role, you'll spearhead major donor engagement, manage high-value relationships, and craft compelling applications to individuals, corporates and foundations.

As a key contributor to our Fundraising and Development Strategy 2023–2028, you'll play a vital part in achieving ambitious targets and delivering meaningful support for mental health across Australia.

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Identify and engage prospective donors through research, qualification and a strategic acquisition lifecycle.
• Develop tailored strategies for cultivating lasting relationships with major donors and philanthropic trusts.
• Create compelling, donor-focused proposals that align with funding priorities and inspire financial support.
• Manage donor communications and reporting, including solicitation, stewardship, recognition and internal collaboration.
• Oversee donor events and representation, leading cultivation initiatives and attending key engagements.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and apply data insights to improve donor engagement and pipeline development.
• Track and report performance across fundraising metrics, including bi-monthly updates to the Board.
• Lead budget management and work planning, delivering results within defined timelines and financial targets.
• Promote inclusive practices, aligning with Beyond Blue’s RAP and engaging communities at greater risk.
• Ensure ethical standards and compliance with internal policies for donation handling and relationship governance.

Desired Skills and Experience

About you

To be successful you will hold:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in fundraising, marketing, business development, community engagement or communications.
• Substantial experience in philanthropy, fundraising with a strong working knowledge of giving in Australia, including donor motivations and sector-specific trends.
• Demonstrate the ability to story tell, pitch ideas, and engage audiences in various formats
• Stakeholder engagement expertise, including needs assessment, service standards and satisfaction evaluation.
• Demonstrate relationship management skills, building trusted partnerships with donors, trustees and internal teams.
• Demonstrate grant writing capabilities, with a track record of securing high-value philanthropic support.
• Financial and project management acumen, including budgeting, reporting, risk management and donor (CRM) data analysis.

Benefits of Working with Us

In return, at Beyond Blue, we offer a:

• A well-connected location that supports your active lifestyle: Based centrally in Naarm (Melbourne CBD), with modern office facilities and end-of-trip amenities so you can walk, jog, or ride to work with ease.
• Flexibility to suit your life: Remote and hybrid work arrangements, part-time and job-sharing options, plus purchased leave opportunities.
• Various benefits and leave entitlements: $15,900 salary sacrifice packaging, meal and entertainment benefits, and various leave options—including parental leave, family and domestic violence leave, gender affirmation leave, and community service leave.
• Inclusive and values-driven policies: Cultural, ceremonial, and discretionary leave, ensuring our team members can honour the days that matter most to them.
• Commitment to professional growth: Secondments and blended learning opportunities to support career development and continuous learning.

If you’re excited about this role, but don’t meet every requirement, that’s okay— we would still encourage you to apply! When you apply, let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make during the interview process. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.

As part of our WGEA and Innovate RAP commitments, Beyond Blue is committed to fostering and preserving a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. We aim to grow and thrive as a diverse team with individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and talents.

In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of stage in life, education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, ability, sexual orientation, opinions and beliefs.

Culture & Values

Our values are the unseen drivers of our behaviours and ultimately become the organisational culture.

• We're focused
• We're brave
• We rise
• Together

How to apply

To apply, applications should include a current CV with a cover letter that highlights how your qualifications, skills, and experience align with the role and how you’d contribute to Beyond Blue’s culture.

For detailed information about this position including the closing date, please refer to the position description on our careers page (candidates who are viewing from a job board such as SEEK or LinkedIn, please refer to our careers page on our website).

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check and where required, a Working with Children Check.

Applications close: Monday, 8 September 2025 12:00pm AEST.

We encourage early applications as interviews may commence before the closing date.

Keywords: Advancement, Prospect Development, High-Net-Worth Giving, Major Donors, Philanthropy, Gift Strategy, Impact Partnerships, Supporter Relations, Resource Mobilisation, Mission-Driven Fundraising, Donor Experience