About the organisation

Stroke is one of Australia’s biggest killers and a leading cause of disability. There are more than 56,000 new and recurrent strokes each year in Australia with one occurring every nine minutes. Stroke is a medical emergency which affects people of all ages, but your risk of stroke increases as you get older.

Stroke Foundation is a national charity that partners with the community to prevent, treat and beat stroke. We stand alongside stroke survivors and their families, healthcare professionals and researchers. We build community awareness and foster new thinking and innovative treatments. We support survivors on their journey to live the best possible life after stroke. We are the voice of stroke in Australia, and we work to:

• Raise awareness of the risk factors, signs of stroke and promote healthy lifestyles.
• Improve treatment for stroke to save lives and reduce disability.
• Improve life after stroke for survivors.
• Encourage and facilitate stroke research.
• Advocate for initiatives to prevent, treat and beat stroke.
• Raise funds from the community, corporate sector and government to continue our mission.

Overall purpose of the Partnerships team

The Partnerships team sits within Stroke Foundation’s Marketing department. The team plans, cultivates and stewards funding support by corporate Australia and philanthropic trusts and foundations to fulfill income and mission requirements for Stroke Foundation’s services, programs, and prioritised projects. This includes brand-aligned partnerships; event and campaign sponsorships; company, business and workforce donations and fundraising; in-kind contributions; and grants. The team’s key objectives are to:​

• Sustain & grow appropriate income.
• Acquire & embed mission-aligned supporters.
• Develop support-generating resources and tools.
• Develop the team’s people & operational capacity.

The team consists of the National Manager Partnerships and two specialist roles: the Corporate Partnerships Coordinator (Corporate Program) and the Grants Coordinator (Grants Program). The Corporate Program is focused on developing sponsorships and company, business and workforce donations and fundraising, and in-kind contributions. The pipeline includes corporations, medium and small businesses, and relevant Australian-based industry associations and peak bodies, and their workforces. The Grants Program is focused on generating income for specific services, programs, and projects specifically from accessible grant-making trusts & foundations, including corporate foundations, that run regular open grant rounds and/or have open lines of enquiry. The National Manager Partnerships is responsible for developing high value, multi-year brand aligned corporate partnerships, funding by trusts & foundations that are not openly accessible, collaborative support and teamwork.

Overall purpose of the position

Reporting to the Partnerships Coordinator – Grants , the Partnerships Volunteer will support the overall portfolio through key activities such as desk-top researching of trusts, foundations and corporate related activity, associated data management and other tasks that may arise through the portfolio.​

Role targets

• Support Partnerships team with supporter pipeline research and development
• Ensuring Grants Program records, data, and reporting systems complete and accurate in accordance with the Partnerships team’s agreed processes and Stroke Foundation’s overarching processes, policies, and relevant legislation.
• Positive participation in and contribution to Stroke Foundation’s team activities, culture, and workplace environments.

What the role involves

• Assist the Partnerships team to record and edit data management of partnerships in Salesforce (CRM).
• Proactively undertake desktop research to complete detail in trust, foundations and corporate procurement, ensuring website hyperlinks and due dates are correct and up to date.
• Assisting in the researching of new grants from trusts, foundations and corporate
• Sign up Partnerships team for relevant email mailing lists of trusts, foundations and corporate.

Your background, skills and experience

This role would suit a person with a desire to make a difference, with confident communication, proactive attitude, and attention to detail.

Specifically, you will have:

• Strong communication skills, including verbal (phone) and written skills.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to use Microsoft packages and a willingness to learn.
• Experience using Salesforce, or similar CRM
• Administration, organisation and time management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Helpful and courteous manner.
• Ability to work in a team or independently.

Stroke Foundation embraces cultural diversity and strongly encourages suitably qualified people from all cultural backgrounds to apply.​