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Fundraising Officer
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• Expanding and managing the prospect list
• Conducting prospect research
• Rating prospects and prioritising gift/grant requests
• Developing and managing cultivation activities
• Overseeing prospect screening
• Meeting with programme officers from trusts and foundations to qualify their interest
• Conducting regular prospecting meetings
2. Ensuring a high volume of gift request activity
• Developing gift request strategies for individual prospects and foundations
• Preparing briefings for campaign leaders making the requests
• Supporting the various teams of volunteer leaders and staff that will be making gift requests
• Writing gift/grant request proposals
• Scheduling gift request meetings
• Documenting call reports
• Ensuring prompt and professional follow up to gift request meetings
• Developing a donor recognition programme
3. Recruiting and motivating leaders
• Supporting the identification of potential leaders for the campaign
• Supporting the development of ‘job descriptions’ for key campaign roles
• Preparing the agenda for all campaign meetings
• Logistics of campaign meetings
• Supporting and orientating campaign leaders regarding their role
4. Implementing effective stewardship
• Pledge documentation and follow up
• Donor reports
• Pledge reminders and annual giving statements
• Prospecting with current supporters as they are more likely to suggest others to join them in making IUCN: A Measurable Difference a great success
5. Producing campaign management reports that help focus and drive the effort
• Standard reports for tracking gift requests made and decisions pending
• Cash flow reports on pledges received
• Gift request reports by leader, by constituency, by timing
• Monthly progress reports on campaign activity and results, especially against quarterly benchmarks as well as the overall goal
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• A proven track record in fundraising with five years' minimum experience, goal oriented, attentive to detail and capable of multi-tasking. • Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills in a multicultural environment. • An advanced degree in international relations, business administration, marketing or a closely related field with experience in the environment and development field and/or natural resource management. • A thorough understanding of the philanthropic sector. • Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English. Some knowledge of Spanish would be helpful. |
Applicants are requested to apply online through the HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement and pressing the "Apply" button.
Applicants will be asked to create an account and submit their profile information. Applications will not be accepted after the closing date. The vacancy closes at midnight, Swiss time (GMT+1 / GMT+2 during Daylight Saving Time, DST). Please note that only selected applicants will be personally contacted for interviews.
Other job opportunities are published in the IUCN website: https://www.iucn.org/involved/jobs/
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