Digital Marketing Specialist

Date published

05 Oct 2022

Applications close

19 Jul 2026

Location

Brisbane Base

Job ID

575525

Digital Marketing Specialist

Drive & enhance digital fundraising campaigns for the RFDS! Manage, design, & implement digital marketing activities for fundraising and philanthropy!

Classifications

  • Volunteer / Charity / Community
  • Fundraising
  • Permanent / Full Time

Key points

  • Join a dynamic award-winning and results-orientated team
  • Full-time role, flexible location in a hybrid working environment
  • Support a proud and passionate organisation with an iconic history

Description

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) is seeking a creative and strategic Digital Specialist to join the team. Known internally as a Digital Fundraising Specialist, you will work within the Fundraising and Philanthropy team to develop and enhance the capability of the digital fundraising portfolio. You will drive projects, analyse performance, and deliver on strategic goals and targets. In this role you will;

  • Manage a portfolio of digital fundraising campaigns, across email, social media and search engine marketing, ensuring best practice digital fundraising is applied and fundraising and supporter engagement targets are achieved
  • Drive the enhancement of fundraising campaign performance through implementation and management of digital fundraising activities (i.e., user experience, SEO, SEM, retargeting, online forms etc)
  • Identify and apply opportunities for testing and growth within the Digital Fundraising portfolio, ensuring improvement of digital donor engagement, conversion and retention rates
  • Measure and report on campaign performance across all digital platforms, ensuring all digital fundraising funnels are performing optimally and correctly

Who are we looking for?

You will describe yourself as a confident self-starter, who has high attention to detail, a great communicator and someone who thrives in an inclusive environment. As a Digital Fundraising Specialist, you will bring to the role:
  • Minimum University degree in a relevant study area
  • Demonstrated experience in meeting campaign goals and objectives (ideally in a fundraising environment)
  • Proven knowledge of Google Analytics and Google suite platforms
  • Proven experience in marketing automation
  • Strong experience in implementing and analysing digital test results
  • Ability to work autonomously to meet deadlines across multiple stakeholders
  • Experience using website managing platforms such as WordPress
  • Working understanding of audience segmentation and targeting
  • Experience building and executing campaigns in email and SMS marketing platforms
  • Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT and Raisers Edge 7 (desirable)

About the RFDS (Queensland Section)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world. The RFDS in Queensland provides excellence in, and access to primary health care and aeromedical services across the state. Our emergency retrieval service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering the finest care to more than 330,000 Australians each year — that’s one person every two minutes! In addition to aeromedical retrievals of the critically ill or injured, the RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential primary and preventative healthcare services, including telehealth, mental health, oral health and health promotion. Primary health care now makes up two-thirds of our daily operations, as a continued emphasis on prevention is vital to see better health outcomes for those that live in the bush.
The RFDS Corporate Office is located at the Brisbane International Airport, and RFDS operates from nine operational bases located in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Charleville, Mount Isa, Longreach and Roma.

Why Join the RFDS (Queensland Section)

We value our people, and we are passionate about making a difference for people who live, work and travel in remote, rural, and regional Queensland. By joining the RFDS, you will:

  • Work with a collaborative and supportive team who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution
  • Enjoy a flexible working location from anywhere in Australia
  • Have a hybrid working arrangement + FREE Parking
  • Receive a base salary up to 100K + Super
  • Have access to generous not-for-profit tax-free benefits up to $18,550, increasing your take-home pay!
  • Be provided comprehensive training and orientation including an onsite aeromedical base tour
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program including counselling, nutrition sessions, financial sessions, and legal advice
  • Private health insurance discounts
  • Novated leasing
  • Access to a full allocation of a newly launched uniform range at no cost
  • Be a part of the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service team

Interested?

This role will close by the 19th of October 2022 however; shortlisting will commence before the end date so don’t delay in applying!
For further information regarding this role please contact Yasmine Haimes at 07 3852 7553.

RFDS (Queensland Section) works with vulnerable patients in remote parts of Queensland and provides an essential service to many regional and remote communities. To ensure the health and safety of our staff, our patients, and these communities, as well as to manage the risks involved in service delivery and COVID-19 transmission in these communities and our workplaces, our staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate the requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including maintaining any recommended booster requirements, will be a term of your employment, as will the requirement to provide proof of vaccination.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland) is passionate about fostering equality within the workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and people of culturally diverse backgrounds.