Relationship Manager in Sydney

For over 40 years, our shared commitment to curing childhood cancer has united us. Together, we continue to accelerate the answers to make that possible. To accomplish our vision, we’re seeking someone who lives our values: owning and delivering meaningful work, collaborating to drive impact, challenging the status quo to create a better future, and balancing logic with empathy. Let’s achieve more, together.

As a Relationship Manager within the Philanthropy Team, this role will be responsible for leading an established Gifts in Wills and Mid-Value program that strengthens supporter relationships, expands the donor pipeline, and drives sustainable income growth. Through exceptional stewardship, personalised engagement, and strategic acquisition, you will build long‑term loyalty from donors.

Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy and Marketing, you will shape engagement strategies and further establish the Gifts in Wills and Mid-Value programs as important growth portfolios of the Institute, helping grow a pipeline of dedicated supporters that will fuel future research breakthroughs in childhood cancer research. This role will spend significant time connecting with supporters through face‑to‑face meetings, events, phone calls, personalised communications, lab tours, and other meaningful experiences that deepen connection to our mission and inspire transformational support.

To succeed you will have:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the not-for-profit or commercial sector
• Degree level or equivalent qualification in a business, marketing, or relevant field with demonstrated capability in fundraising/sales, stakeholder, and financial management.
• Evidence of management experience in a similar role, to include leadership and strategy development, people management
• Experience contributing to a fundraising or commercial strategy including its implementation, business planning, reporting and preparation of presentations for senior management and board teams.
• Ability to achieve results despite high dependency & ambiguity, and be seen as an SME across the organisation
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and budgets.
• Ability to use Microsoft suite, and Salesforce

We will support you to be your best with benefits that include but are not limited to:

• Working in a world‑class, purpose‑built facility, the only one in Australia dedicated to curing childhood cancer
• Focus on employee wellbeing, including up to 5 gifted wellbeing days off (paid) per year
• Access to Fitness Passport, with access to an extensive choice of fitness facilities across Sydney at discounted rates
• Corporate discounts and discounts on education through UNSW

Join us to shape a future every child deserves and to find meaning in your own. Because together, we can cure every child of cancer. It’s not if, it’s when.