This role focuses on strengthening existing partnerships, delivering on commitments, and ensuring clear communication and reporting. It supports partnership renewals, protects revenue, and drives sustainable growth.
WHO ARE WE?
Lighthouse Foundation provides homes and therapeutic care programs to children and young people impacted by long-term neglect, abuse, and homelessness. Our focus is to create caring communities where kids can feel safe, form meaningful relationships, and begin to heal from traumatic experiences. For the past 35 years, our proven Model of Care has successfully transformed the lives of over 1,500 young people using a range of evidence-based strategies. We now educate and support Foster Carers in the same way, so that they too can take care of some of Australia’s most vulnerable children.
HOW WILL I HELP?
The Partnerships Coordinator is responsible for the effective management and coordination of Lighthouse’s corporate partnerships portfolio. This position plays a key role in protecting partnership revenue and supporting renewals and sustainable growth. The Partnerships Coordinator works closely with the Head of Partnerships, CEO and Marketing team to ensure partners feel valued, informed and connected to Lighthouse’s impact. This role offers an opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and corporate partners while developing expertise in purpose-led partnerships and social impact engagement.
Reporting to the Head of Partnerships, you will be responsible for but not limited to:
Partnership & Account Management: Act as the primary contact to build trust, manage agreements/renewals, track deliverables, and maintain accurate CRM records and invoicing.
Partner Engagement: Coordinate volunteering and activations, support event delivery, and prepare senior staff for partner meetings and site visits.
Impact Reporting & Communications: Gather data to draft engaging impact reports and collaborate with Marketing on partner brand visibility and recognition content.
Internal Coordination: Liaise across Care, Finance, and Marketing teams to ensure all partnership obligations are met and foster collaborative practice.
Performance Indicators: Meet targets for partner retention, reporting quality, CRM accuracy, and sustainable revenue growth as per the annual work plan.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Salary Packaging Benefits
Flexible work practices available
A diverse and inclusive workplace for you to feel safe, acknowledged and included
Ongoing training and development
Being part of a caring community, who really value you
WHAT DO I NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
Primarily, interpersonal skills are necessary, with a level of maturity and understanding needed when working with those who use and support our services.
From a professional standpoint you will require:
Minimum 2 years’ experience in partnerships, fundraising, marketing, or stakeholder engagement
Demonstrated relationship management capability
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Project coordination and organisational skills
Experience drafting professional communications (reports, EDMs, summaries, digital media)
High emotional intelligence and adaptability
Other key skills which would be desirable:
Experience in the not-for-profit sector
Experience using CRM systems
Tertiary qualification in communications, marketing, business, fundraising, or related field
Experience supporting corporate engagement or events
For this role you will please note you will also need:
Compliance with Lighthouse Foundation’s Code of Conduct, including the Child Safe Code of Conduct
Current Working with Children Check and Criminal Record Check
Current driver’s licence
Participation in professional development and supervision
Adherence to Lighthouse’s trauma-informed and culturally respectful practice
APPLICATION PROCESS
We welcome your application and ask that you please review the attached position description, provide your Resume and Cover letter, broadly addressing the key selection criteria highlighted.
To submit your application, click Apply Now.
Lighthouse celebrates diversity and affirm the right of access, equity, and equality for every young person, staff member, and volunteer in the Lighthouse Community. Our organisation is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We also practice from a position of cultural safety and awareness, across diverse languages, religions, and cultures. we respect, respond, and continue to learn about the unique needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
Lighthouse Foundation is a Child Safe Organisation, we are committed to a thoughtful and protective environment that supports our babies, children, and young people to feel safe and respected, and to build their capacity to feel deeply cared for and important to other human beings.
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.
