November 2022 - Major Giving and Legacies Manager

Are you lucky enough to know that feeling of being “at home”. Too many children and young people in our city and country are growing up without knowing what it’s like to have a long-term home.

Bring your fundraising experience and be part of our dynamic and innovative organisation. This is an opportunity to create and shape a new role and it’s an exciting time to be part of our growth. You’ll join a nimble and supportive team where you’ll get to experience variety, have influence in decision-making and opportunities for development. We offer flexibility and we encourage work life balance and remote working if wanted.

Who we are

Dwell Housing Trust is a community housing provider that provides quality affordable housing to people in need in the Wellington area. We are more than a landlord and we want our tenants to “live well, be well, do well – with Dwell”.We are a for-purpose developer of new homes.

We have had some significant financial support from people who want housing to be part of their legacy. Come and help us find people who want to be part of building more homes to house more people in need.

We need someone who can:

• Establish and manage major giving and legacy giving schemes, setting up or improving systems and processes to effectively identify, plan, engage, ask and steward donors, investors and pledgers.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Dwell to establish protocols for analysing regular giving data and support engagement.
• Regularly review data across a range of existing prospect segments.
• Conduct regular network mapping.
• Gain insight to build an evidence base to define cases for support for major giving and legacies.
• Along with Dwell’s comms adviser use research to design, implement and improve donor and pledger communication and cultivation activities including (but not limited to): marketing collateral, website journeys, in-person events, meetings, e-comms, and key external campaigns.
• Effectively demonstrate Dwell’s brand and values through design and delivery of campaigns/communications.
• Use Dwell’s CRM database as a core part of managing major giving and legacy portfolios including ensuring relevant records are up-to-date, monitored and any insights acted upon.
• Work with colleagues to establish pledge/donation handling and financial monitoring processes for major donors and legators, including maximising tax efficiency where possible.
• Manage a budget and reach financial goals.

More information can be found in the Major Giving and Legacies Manager job description. If you are interested in this unique opportunity to make a difference to your community and your career then please  send your CV and a cover letter (telling us why you would be a good fit for the role) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This ad will remain open until we find the right person. If you would like to talk about the role please contact our CE, Alison Cadman by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 04 384 4854