Events & Community Fundraising Specialist

Employment Type: Permanent full time

Location: Mercy Health Corporate Office, 12 Shelley Street, Richmond

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Contact: Please contact Rebecca MacFarling, Chief Executive, Foundation via [email protected] for a copy of the PD.

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we’re on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

Build a portfolio. Grow revenue. Create impact that matters.

Mercy Health Foundation is building something ambitious. We are scaling our fundraising to support world-class care across hospitals, aged care, and community services.

This role is central to that growth.

As our Events & Community Fundraising Specialist, you will own and grow a high-impact portfolio across events and community fundraising. You will drive revenue, expand our supporter base, and create experiences that deepen engagement and inspire giving

To thrive in this role, you are commercially minded, proactive, and motivated by results.

You likely bring:

• 2 to 5 years’ experience in fundraising, events, or marketing

• Proven ability to deliver campaigns or events that generate revenue

• Strong relationship skills and a donor-first mindset

• Excellent organisation and project management capability

• The ability to analyse performance and improve results

Most importantly, you are someone who wants to build, test, and grow, not just deliver.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.