About Protect Our Winters (POW)

POW Australia is a volunteer-driven non-profit turning love for the mountains into climate action. We protect Australia’s alpine environments by educating communities, mobilising supporters, and advocating for the policies that will keep our winters alive. This role is where that mission finds its voice — the storyteller who makes people feel the mountains are worth fighting for.

About the Role

The Comms & Storytelling Lead is responsible for shaping POW’s public voice, growing our audience, and delivering campaign communications that support our three strategic pillars: Educate, Mobilise, and Advocate. This role combines storytelling, social media and marketing to raise awareness and drive engagement.

This position is shared as a Role Pair. You will work closely with a co-lead to plan content, split up creative tasks, cover for each other during busy periods, and alternate attending monthly leadership meetings. Together, you’ll make sure POW’s campaigns are engaging and resonate with the outdoor community and beyond.

Commitment & Context: This is a voluntary role with an expected commitment of about 3 to 5 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

You will manage our public communication channels and help share our campaign stories. Your main responsibilities include:

• Lead communication and marketing strategies across active campaigns.
• Develop and facilitate engaging narrative and storytelling content for digital channels, media etc – often in partnership with our Alliance and Local Alliances.
• Manage social media channels, media outreach, and content creation workflows.
• Plan and deliver digital marketing campaigns, including email newsletters and audience growth initiatives.
• Use analytics and supporter data to track and improve campaign performance.
• Support campaign launches, key announcement moments, and amplify ground-level alliance updates.

About You

We are looking for a creative communicator who enjoys digital media and content creation. Ideally, you bring:

• Required: Experience in communications, marketing, or media production.
• Required: Strong storytelling and content creation skills.
• Required: Practical experience with digital marketing tools and analytics.
• Required: Ability to translate environmental or policy issues into clear, action-oriented content.
• Required: A collaborative approach suited for a shared role pair partnership.
• Highly Desirable: Experience with media relations or working with ambassadors and athlete voices.
• Highly Desirable: Basic graphic design or multimedia skills (Canva, Adobe Suite, etc.).

Performance Goals

Success means growing a connected digital audience and keeping our messaging consistent. Your progress will be evaluated on:

• Steady growth in audience reach and engagement across our digital platforms.
• Strong campaign visibility and consistent storytelling impact.
• Increased supporter acquisition, volunteer pipeline sign-ups, and retention.
• Effective use of data to improve communication strategies.
• A reliable and high-quality flow of content across your role pair.

Specific targets for each goal will be set in POW’s operational plan, currently in development.

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About Protect Our Winters (POW)

POW Australia is a volunteer-driven non-profit turning love for the mountains into climate action. We protect Australia’s alpine environments by educating communities, mobilising supporters, and advocating for the policies that will keep our winters alive. This role is what makes that work sustainable — securing the funding that turns ambition into impact.

About the Role

The Fundraising & Grants Lead is responsible for securing the financial resources needed to sustain and grow POW’s work. This role focuses on building relationship networks with institutional funders, researching grants, writing proposals, and establishing strategic corporate sponsorships that expand POW’s reach and campaign funding.

This position is shared as a Role Pair. You will work closely with a co-lead to manage the fundraising pipeline, split up grant applications, cover for each other during busy professional or life periods, and alternate attending monthly leadership meetings. Together, you will build a stable funding model that enables high-impact climate action. This work will be highly collaborative with the POW Board.

Commitment & Context: This is a voluntary role with an expected commitment of about 3 to 5 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

You will manage our fundraising pipeline and help connect our campaigns with funding partners. Your main responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement a fundraising strategy across corporate giving, individual donors, and grants.
• Identify, research, and apply for relevant major grants, trusts, and sponsorship opportunities.
• Build and manage relationships with institutional funders and corporate sustainability contacts.
• Lead the writing, design, and presentation of high-quality funding proposals and grant applications.
• Manage corporate partnerships and sponsorships.
• Support campaign-specific fundraising initiatives in coordination with the active campaign and comms leads.

About You

We are looking for an organized relationship-builder with excellent writing skills. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Required: Experience in fundraising, grant writing, corporate partnerships, or business development.
• Required: Exceptional written communication skills with a track record of crafting successful proposals or grants.
• Required: Strong relationship-building skills and confidence engaging external stakeholders.
• Required: Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive project management habits.
• Required: A collaborative approach built for working in a shared role pair structure.
• Highly Desirable: Knowledge of the Australian philanthropic landscape and environmental funding cycles.
• Highly Desirable: Experience managing corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs or brand sponsorships.

Performance Goals

Your work will help build the financial sustainability needed for POW to scale its campaigns. Your goals include:

• Measurable growth in total organizational funding, grants, and revenue streams.
• Consistent application and success rates for targeted grant opportunities.
• Strong, collaborative, and long-lasting donor and partner relationships.
• Strategic growth in corporate sponsorships that expand our public visibility.
• A predictable, de-risked, and sustainable funding pipeline built for the long term.

Specific targets for each goal will be set in POW’s operational plan, currently in development.

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