This is a rare and newly created opportunity to help shape the future of fundraising at MS Queensland. As the Strategic Relationships Manager, you will cultivate, solicit and steward high-value relationships with strategic partners, major donors, trusts and foundations, and prospective stakeholders. Your work will generate the giving, engagement and long-term support needed to advance our strategic objectives, grow revenue, fund vital programs, support research and strengthen our community impact.
Working closely with the Board, Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders, you will play a pivotal role in elevating our relationship-led fundraising and deepening the way we connect supporters to purpose. Based in our contemporary Milton Neuro Wellness Hub, in the heart of vibrant Park Road, you’ll join a collaborative team united by authenticity, care and purpose. With flexible and hybrid working arrangements and a culture built on trust, respect and balance, you’ll be supported to do meaningful work in a way that works for you.
What you’ll spearhead:
- Develop and deliver strategic relationship plans that grow high-value partnerships, philanthropic giving and community impact.
- Manage and expand a diverse portfolio of major donors, funders, corporate partners, philanthropists and senior decision-makers.
- Lead major gift fundraising activity, building a strong pipeline of supporters giving $5,000 and above.
- Identify and pursue new partnership, funding and collaboration opportunities that align with MS Queensland’s strategic priorities.
- Collaborate with Marketing and Supporter Impact to create compelling cases for support and meaningful donor journeys.
- Negotiate and manage partnership agreements that deliver shared value, long-term sustainability, profile and impact.
- Track, analyse and report on pipeline health, fundraising performance, ROI, risks and emerging opportunities.
Your Experience & Approach:
- Exceptional relationship-building skills, with empathy, diplomacy and confidence in sensitive, high-trust environments.
- Proven success securing significant gifts, cultivating major donors and converting opportunities into results.
- Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to inspire others and connect people to purpose.
- A proactive, self-driven approach, bringing energy, initiative, vision and commitment to meaningful work.
- Experience growing relationship-based fundraising programs through cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
- Commercial confidence to manage budgets, negotiate effectively and guide evidence-based fundraising strategy.
- A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset, with strong database skills and a genuine commitment to MS Queensland’s mission, values and impact.
To join us, you’ll need to complete key compliance checks including NDIS screening, a Blue Card (we cover the cost and renewals as needed), National police clearance, and NDIS worker training.
Perks, Benefits & Flexibility
- Tax-Free Benefits – Enjoy not-for-profit salary packaging (up to $18,500) and make the most of your take-home pay – we partner with Eziway for Salary Packaging!
- Grow Your Skills – Access free professional development courses to keep learning and advancing your career such as Mental Health First Aid.
- Celebrate Success – Be part of a workplace that values and recognises your contributions through our organisation wide peer recognition platform.
- Flexibility & Balance – Benefit from hybrid and flexible working options that support your lifestyle and wellbeing.
- Portable Long Service Leave– As a Q-Leave employer, you can build portable long service leave within the community services sector.
- Prime Location – Close to a variety of public transport and easy parking options, our Milton location on the bustling Park Road boasts outdoor spaces, a variety of restaurants, cafes and shops. We have end of trip facilities with showers, a coffee machine and many more amenities.
- Family-Friendly Support – 6 weeks of maternity leave + 2 weeks paid partner leave.
- Financial Wellbeing Perks – Access initiatives like early pay withdrawal (up to 50% of earned wages) and a savings program to support your financial goals.
- Collaborative culture: Join a supportive wider Supporter Impact team that values shared learning, teamwork and genuine connection.
- Mission-led purpose: Contribute directly to improving the lives of over 1 million Queenslanders living with neurological conditions. We’re the leading and largest provider of support services for Queenslanders living with neurological conditions.
Want to support our cause in ensuring every Queenslander living with a neuro condition connects to a better life?
MS Queensland is a leading provider of holistic services for people living with a neurological condition. Building on over 65 years as the peak body for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Queensland, we’re committed to ensuring people with neuro conditions can live better lives.
We do this by building community and human connection, driving neuro wellness, raising awareness, and delivering integrated services to support health, wellbeing, and education.
Interested? Great!
If this opportunity resonates with you, we invite you to apply before Sunday 19th of July 2026 | 11:59PM AEST
For general enquiries or for copies of the full Position Description, contact: [email protected]. Please note this email address is for enquiries only.
Please apply online.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
If you’re a natural relationship-builder who knows how to turn trust into impact, we’d love to hear from you.
At MS Queensland, we warmly welcome candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTIQA+ communities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Respectfully, no agencies please.
