Fundraising & Sponsorship Lead

The Boroondara Family Network

  • Location Anywhere
  • Category Family Services

Suitable for

  • Skilled Volunteers

Commitment

Regular - more than 6 months

Time required

The role is flexible (around 4–6 hours a week, you set the rhythm) and largely autonomous — with real impact and a pathway onto our Committee if you’d like one. A Working with Children Check is required. You’ll bring experience in sponsorship, business development, fundraising, or sales, strong relationship and pitching skills, and a self-starting attitude. Marketing, grant-writing and event experience are a bonus.

Requirements

  • Working with Children Check *

* May be arranged via the Organisation. Details to be provided on expression of interest.

The Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre is advertising this role on behalf of the Boroondara Family Network.

Purpose

To secure and grow BFN’s funding base, with sponsorship as the primary focus, supported by fundraising events, grants and longer-term funding partnership — so the organisation reduces its reliance on a narrow donor base and becomes financially sustainable.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead BFN’s sponsorship strategy (primary focus) — identify, approach, secure and retain corporate and community sponsors and develop sponsorship packages and proposals.
  • Build and steward long-term funding partnership, including existing relationships with Glenferrie Rotary, Bendigo Bank Inner Eastern, local businesses and service clubs.
  • Plan and run fundraising events (e.g. the Bunnings BBQ, community and donor events) to complement sponsorship income.
  • Drive the grants pipeline — identify opportunities, write and submit applications with Committee approval, and manage acquittals, with financial support from the Treasurer.
  • Strengthen BFN’s visibility and marketing where it supports sponsorship and fundraising — website, social media and donor communications.
  • Track income against targets and report progress to the Committee.

Selection criteria

Essential

  • Experience in sponsorship, business development, fundraising, partnership or sales/account management.
  • Strong relationship-building and proposal/pitching skills.
  • A self-starting, organised approach, and genuine alignment with BFN’s mission.

Desirable

  • Marketing and communications skills.
  • Grant-writing and event management experience.
  • Local Boroondara networks and corporate or service-club connections.
  • Not-for-profit experience; digital, design or website skills.

Governance and compliance requirements

  • Hold or be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check.
  • Operate within Victorian fundraising regulation (Fundraising Act 1998 (Vic) / Consumer Affairs Victoria) and BFN’s privacy obligations.
  • Refer prospective sponsors to the Committee for suitability sign-off before agreements are made, to protect BFN’s reputation and brand.
  • Declare and manage any conflicts of interest in dealings with sponsors and suppliers.
  • Activities undertaken on BFN’s behalf are covered by the Association’s volunteer and public liability insurance.

What you’ll gain

A high-impact, autonomous role where your work directly keeps a very valuable local service alive; experience across sponsorship, partnership and fundraising; and a genuine pathway onto the Committee if you’d like one.

If you’d like to give back to families in your community and help a small, trusted organization that has been providing a very valuable service thrive, we’d love to hear from you.


Express interest