Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation (SCHF) – Sydney NSW

Are you ready to join a team of unstoppable changemakers at one of Australia’s largest children’s charities and one of the largest children’s hospital foundations in the world? Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation (SCHF) is seeking people who think big, aim high and want to help bring about a groundbreaking new revolution in kids’ health. Working at SCHF goes beyond just being a job; it offers the opportunity to join a change-making and future-shaping team that is making incredible contributions and being part of something bigger. Following a year of exceptional fundraising achievements, we are experiencing growth.

Winner - Financial Review BOSS Best Place to Work 2026

Winner - Employer of Choice 2025 - HRD Awards

Winner - Australian HR Team of the Year 2025 - HRD Awards

Winner - Best Workplace Flexibility Programme 2024 - HRD Awards

Great Place To Work Australia

Join us in our Movement of Many

Our Vision is to foster a place where all children should have access to the best possible healthcare, whenever and wherever they need it. That’s why we’re on a mission to harness the power of philanthropy, bringing world-leading care to the front line and future of children’s health.

Here are a few things that we care about as a team at SCHF. Five simple Employee Value Proposition (EVP) values that guide our behaviour, inform our decisions, and help us do what we do, in a way that is authentically us.

- Think big, aim high
- Lift those around you
- Real meaning, actual change
- Be you

About SCHF





Are you ready to join a team of unstoppable changemakers at one of Australia’s largest children’s charities and one of the largest children’s hospital foundations in the world? Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation (SCHF) is seeking people who think big, aim high and want to help bring about a groundbreaking new revolution in kids’ health. Working at SCHF goes beyond just being a job; it offers the opportunity to join a change-making and future-shaping team that is making incredible contributions and being part of something bigger. Following a year of exceptional fundraising achievements, we are experiencing growth.

Winner - Financial Review BOSS Best Place to Work 2026

Winner - Employer of Choice 2025 - HRD Awards

Winner - Australian HR Team of the Year 2025 - HRD Awards

Winner - Best Remote Work Strategy 2025 - HRD Awards

Winner - Best Workplace Flexibility Programme 2024 - HRD Awards

Great Place To Work Australia

Join us in our Movement of Many

Our Vision is to foster a place where all children should have access to the best possible healthcare, whenever and wherever they need it. That’s why we’re on a mission to harness the power of philanthropy, bringing world-leading care to the front line and future of children’s health.

Here are a few things that we care about as a team at SCHF. Five straightforward Employee Value Proposition (EVP) values that guide our behaviour,



inform our decisions, and help us do what we do, in a way that is authentically us.

- Care deeply
- Think big, aim high
- Lift those around you
- Real meaning, actual change
- Be you

About the role

The Head of Community Engagement provides strategic, commercial and people leadership across SCHF’s Community Engagement portfolio, with accountability for delivering sustainable unrestricted revenue growth, growing and diversifying the supporter base, and maximising the performance and long-term value of SCHF’s community fundraising ecosystem.

The role will build an interconnected ecosystem of community supporters, fundraisers, schools, clubs, associations, peer-to-peer participants and community networks, creating multiple ways for people to enter, engage and deepen their relationship with SCHF over time.

Success extends beyond the income generated from an individual campaign or activity. The Head is accountable for increasing supporter lifetime value by improving acquisition, retention, repeat participation, cross-engagement and progression into other relevant forms of giving, advocacy and involvement with SCHF.

The Head is accountable for building and developing a high-performing Community Engagement team, strengthening capability, confidence and commercial acumen through coaching, clear priorities and development pathways. The role will proactively identify the skills, structure and resourcing needed to scale the portfolio, bringing forward evidence-led recommendations aligned to sustainable revenue growth.

Job Responsibilities

Portfolio Leadership

📌 Head of Community Engagement (Australia)
🏢 Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation (SCHF)
📍 Australia