Social Impact and Grants Manager

Social Impact and Grants Manager

Join us at the Australian Museum and help us achieve our Mission to ignite wonder, inspire debate and drive change

About the Role

The Social Impact and Grants Manager will work in the Office of the Chief of Staff and play a crucial role in securing grant funding for AM projects across the organisation particularly for Education, Climate and First Nations projects and other social impact projects.
This new role will have a focus on measuring, evaluating and communicating the impact of AM projects increasing self-generated revenue and producing social impact reports for a range of stakeholders. This role will work closely with the Strategic Insights Manager and Relationship Managers to support philanthropic decision-making and grow grant funding across First Nations, Climate Education, and Programming.

Employment Status:

• Clerk Grade 7/8
• Fixed term 2 years
• Full time 35 hours per week

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You will be paid a competitive annual salary $110,266 - $122,058, plus employer's contribution to superannuation (currently 11.5%) and annual leave loading.

About you

We are seeking an experienced, purpose-driven professional with a strong track record in social impact strategy and reporting, grant acquisition, and stakeholder engagement, with a particular focus on not-for-profit fundraising. You are a collaborative, adaptable, and capable of working across various stakeholders with ease.

You are inspired by the Australian Museum’s mission to be a leading voice for the richness of life, the Earth and culture in Australia and the Pacific and have a keen interest in assisting the Museum achieve its ambitious philanthropic and organisational ambitions heading into its 200th anniversary in 2027.

You bring expertise in navigating the philanthropic and not-for-profit landscape, particularly within the cultural, educational, and scientific sectors. Strategic and impact-oriented, you excel at identifying and securing grant funding, building meaningful partnerships, and developing initiatives that deliver measurable social outcomes. You are adept at articulating value through compelling storytelling and data-driven reporting, ensuring alignment with funder priorities and community needs.

Key knowledge and experience

• Experience in a similar role with an ambition to drive philanthropic success through impact reporting, employing industry best-practice and strategic use of data and analytics.
• Keen understanding of the Australian philanthropic market, giving trends and emerging markets.
• Experience in initiating and preparing detailed impact reports and giving trend analyses to support philanthropic strategy and growth.
• Experienced problem-solver with a growth mindset, focused on offering data-driven insights and support to enhance the outputs of the development team.
• Experience in social impact and philanthropy is desirable.

Essential requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in the arts, science, business, marketing or communications or equivalent work experience.

About The Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is truly a great place to work. We aim to be a leading voice for the richness of life, the Earth and culture in Australia and the Pacific. We commit to transform the conversation around climate change, the environment and wildlife conservation; be a strong advocate for First Nations’ culture; and continue to develop world-leading science, collections, exhibitions and education programs.

Recent staff survey results confirm that our staff feel valued, accepted and supported and that they believe the AM is an inclusive workplace. AM staff also report a high level of job satisfaction.

The AM is located on the homelands of the Gadigal people and acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal people as the custodians of the land, sky and waterways, paying respect to Elders past and present.

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Benefits

Besides working together with other like-minded people, you will have access to professional development and dedicated Wellbeing programs.

How to apply

Applicants must submit (if submitted as attachment, please upload as PDF):

• A one to two page covering letter which addresses the role description’s essential requirements, key knowledge and experience.
• Resume

As part of the online application process, you will be prompted to answer two targeted questions.

• Give an example of a grant application you have worked on and have successfully secured funding. How did you ensure that the grant documentation met the relevant criteria? (300 words)

• Describe a specific social impact project you've managed that demonstrated measurable results across various stakeholders. What approach did you take to evaluate impact and what were your key challenges throughout the process? (300 words)

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The successful applicant will be subject to national criminal records check. As recommended by Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), the Australian Museum encourages all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so.

Contact person: Frankie Greene, Head of Development, [email protected]

Inclusive and welcoming

The Australian Museum is an NSW Public Service organisation and aims to attract and retain the right people for the right jobs. The AM is a diverse and inclusive workplace where genuine participation and contribution is enabled, and everyone, regardless of their background, identity or circumstances is valued, accepted and supported to thrive at work.

This means that we are embedding diversity and inclusion in everything we do on a daily basis, whether it be our recruitment processes, workplace culture, career development programs, customer service or policies and procedures. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment process to better enable you to shine, please reach out to the contact person or note this in your application.