Help us source some great prizes for our annual fundraising events!
Heart Research Australia funds innovative, life saving research into heart disease.
We are a small, friendly, highly experienced and supportive team looking for a skilled volunteer ideally from within the marketing field.
Each year we source a broad range of prizes to be raffled or auctioned in support of ground-breaking cardiac research. Sourcing great prizes helps raise considerable funds and we are looking for a superstar who can maximise this process, using great communication and organisational skills to source some great prizes.
Working towards our event date of August 8th you are able to start asap and can ideally commit to the equivalent of at least two days a week (potential to work remotely). Finishing late July / early August. You will use your amazing communication skills and events / marketing experience to drive businesses to donate gifts in kind. These donations becoming funds to support heart research and funding support for PHD students / researchers.
Number of volunteers needed: one - two
Skills and attributes:
Marketing or events experience or study background would be ideal
Strong written and verbal communication skills. A confident, friendly telephone manner dealing with a broad range of busy people at all levels.
Ability to build rapport quickly with internal and external stakeholders.
Strong attention to detail, great organisational and time management skills
Standard office IT skills (Word / basic excel and email)
-Work well as part of a team with an ability to prioritize and manage own workload
The position:
In addition to a list of generous donors who will be happy to hear from us again this year we will also be reaching out to contacts for the first time – existing and newly sourced.
You will be a primary point of contact for these businesses large and small. You will be reaching out by phone and email, discussing potential prize donations, managing your time to ensure follow ups where necessary right through to organising the delivery of these items to our office and thank you notes.
Your commitment:
Starting asap. Equivalent of ideally two days a week until August 8th. This can be across a two or three days with potential to work remotely.
We are based at the Royal North Shore Hospital - a few minutes walk from St Leonards station.
Questions welcome via email to: shirley@heartresearch.com.au