About the Role

Conservation Partners is looking for an experienced fundraising and partnerships professional to help grow our organisation and thereby expand our impact. This is a unique prospect to build our fundraising function from the ground up, working closely with the CEO, Executive Team and Board.

You will lead major gifts, philanthropy, corporate partnerships and emerging environmental-market opportunities, while building the relationships, systems and strategy needed to support CP's long-term growth.

About You

You must be an experienced fundraiser, partnerships or business development professional with a proven track record of securing significant funding and building strong relationships with donors, businesses and senior stakeholders. High level knowledge of Australian conservation issues is also essential.

- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- High integrity, especially in relation to the honest presentation of information
- Strategic and commercial thinking




- Experience developing fundraising or partnership programs
- The ability to work independently in a small, fast-moving organisation
- A genuine interest in conservation and environmental outcomes

About Our Organisation

Conservation Partners is a tenure-blind non-profit that builds capacity and implements practical solutions to land management problems. We work on land with significant conservation values, often involving multi-year programs. Actions are practical and integrated with other land uses. They are developed collaboratively and are based on genuine, respectful relationships with landholders, custodians and managers.

For more information about our work including our flagship projects, please visit https://conservationpartners.org.au/

Next Steps

To submit your application, please click ‘Apply Now’ by 5pm (AEST) on the closing date. A position description is attached.

📌 Head of Fundraising and Partnerships (Australia)
🏢 Recognized
📍 Australia