About Redkite:
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, it affects the whole family. In the daunting and unpredictable experience that follows diagnosis, a child needs as much stability and support from their family as possible. Redkite is a lifeline for families, providing real emotional, financial and practical support. Because holding it together when your child’s life is in question can feel impossible.
The role:
Are you an early career Gift in Will team member or a fundraiser keen to move into this space? We are seeking a warm and personable Gift in Will Officer to join our Individual Giving Team to help build a sustainable Bequest development program. With the option for either full-time (5 days) or part-time (4 days) hours, this role will be responsible for identifying and converting leads into confirmed Bequestors through cultivating and soliciting prospects through the principles of fundraising moves management.
Utilising Redkite’s warm donor base, this role solicits gifts in Wills primarily through telephone engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
About you:
You have experience in donor development, stewardship and solicitation of gift in Wills prospects.
You demonstrate the following skills & experience:
Why join Redkite?
To apply:
If you’re keen to join a compassionate and collaborative team and ready to take that next step in your fundraising career, apply now!
Submit your resume and attach a cover letter
Closing date Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm.
We’ll be checking applications as they come in, so don’t delay.
You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.
Applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander are warmly encouraged to apply.
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Redkite is committed to child safety. We follow clear and transparent recruitment practices which include; references, interviews, psychometric testing and Working with Children & National Police Checks relevant to the state in which staff will be employed. At every stage of the recruitment process we undertake thorough screening to ensure that anyone that joins the team aligns with our values and our commitment to child safety.
Redkite acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land throughout Australia, and their connections to land, waters and community. We acknowledge their stories, traditions and living cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.
Redkite is committed to ongoing learning about the individual needs of our families. We strive to create a respectful and inclusive space for people of all cultures and identities.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
