Senior Advisor Regular Giving

at  New Zealand Red Cross

Posted: 18/03/2024
Closing Date: 08/04/2024
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Wellington
Job Category: Community Services and Development,Voluntary, Charity & Social Work

The Individual Giving team is responsible for ongoing development and delivery of the following portfolio of fundraising programmes and products:

• A full portfolio of direct marketing activities.
• One of New Zealand’s most effective and largest regular giving programmes.
• An emerging portfolio of planned giving products and services (major gifts and bequests).

The Senior Advisor Regular Giving takes responsibility for the effective delivery of a large regular giving programme within the Philanthropy Directorate.
In line with the Directorate Business Plan, this role will lead the implementation of operational work plans that will ensure that the regular giving products provided by New Zealand Red Cross are effective and that donors are recruited, engaged and retained resulting in the delivery of agreed performance targets.

In this role you will:

• Develop and manage a portfolio of regular giving products that are attractive to and meet the needs of donors;
• Mentor and support junior advisors, including task management;
• Manage the operational relationship between New Zealand Red Cross and specialist 3rd party regular giving service providers;
• Identification and promotion of best practice regular giving fundraising to meet key objectives and targets;
• Develop and deliver effective regular giving training to both Red Cross people and 3rd party service providers;
• Through effective communications build strong working relationships with Red Cross people particularly branches and members;
• Undertake performance analysis activities to ensure that the regular giving portfolio is meeting agreed performance targets and is accurately forecasting future growth. Produce reporting as required that reflects activity and performance;
• Support the wider Individual Giving team to undertake donor stewardship and solutions to a high level;
• Keep the Manager Individual Giving abreast of key tasks, including potential and emerging risks and issues.