UnitingWorld is an agency of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) that facilitates the Uniting Church’s international partnerships.

It is a vibrant and globally focused place to work. Uniting World staff have opportunities to be part of our team as we connect communities for life, both here in Australia and with our UCA global partners.

Our staff have strong people skills and a passion for global mission, relief and development, whilst also embracing a focused approach to day to day tasks.

 Communications and Fundraising Manager

• National role
• Hands on communications and fundraising focus
• Sustain growth and build participation

UnitingWorld is an agency of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia.  It supports overseas Church partners, involves Australian communities, enables peace and alleviates poverty through programs in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.  It’s Relief and Development Unit is fully accredited by AusAID.  The organisation is now seeking to appoint a National Communications and Fundraising Manager to build effective relationships across the whole Church and to continue the trend of growth in fundraising and profile already established.

Reporting to the National Director, and working closely with the two key Unit Managers, you will play a vital role in crafting UnitingWorld’s message, cultivating relationships – both internally and externally – and procuring resources.  Specifically you will be responsible for:

• Leading and inspiring a small communications and fundraising team;
• Resourcing volunteers and staff in church bodies nationally to help grow a movement of people participating in international partnerships;
• Ensuring effective and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders, donors, aid organisations and others;
• Delivering a hands-on, practical approach to the production and distribution of marketing and communications collateral;
• Developing a bequest and major gifts program;
• Managing the donor database for the agency, and overseeing the processing of tax-deductible giving; and,
• Contributing to the leadership of the agency

With a proven track record in building and managing donor relationships in a geographically dispersed environment, you will have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills – both written and oral. You will have experience in building brand awareness and producing marketing and communications material for national and international operations. You will be politically and commercially astute, with sound people and budgetary management skills. Effective relationship building is critical to success in this role, as is a commitment to the Christian ethos of the organisation. The ability to travel is essential.

Applications close Friday 30th March.

For further information please contact Judith Carpenter on 02 9558 5102, or send a confidential resume to: resume@jcassoc.com.au

Relief and Development Unit National Committee (Volunteer Positions)

If you:

• are enthusiastic about the Uniting Church’s  support for overseas partners in undertaking relief and development and
• have governance experience or significant operational experience particularly in the areas of relief and development, international relations, human relations, law, fundraising or government relations or
• have experience in other areas relating to relief and development and
• are able to commit to active governance involvement on the National Committee (view position description)

we would like to hear from you.

The National Committee is seeking people to nominate to the Assembly Standing Committee to fill vacancies as they arise.  If you know of people who could be suitable to serve on the National Committee, please forward this to them.

For further information and to download a copy of the nomination form, click here or or by contacting Jade Lor-Chan by email at jadelc@unitingworld.org.au or on (02) 8267 4267.

Nominations are to be sent to Jade Lor-Chan by email jadelc@unitingworld.org.au

or post to UnitingWorld, PO Box A2266, Sydney South NSW 1235.

Volunteers

UnitingWorld happily accepts volunteers interested in assisting with administrative duties and special projects in our Sydney CBD office throughout the year. We are always looking for people interested in assisting in a variety of ways when we host overseas guests from our Church Partners. If you can give 30 minutes a week, a few hours a week, a day a month or just help on a special project, we’d love to hear from you. No experience is required for most tasks and we often need assistance with the following items:

• help with hosting an overseas guest (provide accommodation, act as a tour guide, meet for a meal, etc.)
• help with transportation needs during an overseas guest visit
• filing
• correspondence
• assisting our Donor Liaison Officer
• data entry
• preparing materials for overseas workshops
• assisting with the various projects around the December holiday season
• ongoing work with our archives
• assisting our communications team to prepare resources for speaking engagements and mail-outs

Please contact UnitingWorld on 02 8267 4267 or email us at info@unitingworld.org.au to express your interest