fundraiser - Sandton - CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation SA

Description

Purpose of Position

To raise funds through individuals, corporates, and SMMEs.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

Research

• Research and identify potential donors from a variety of sources, including but not limited to: the corporate sector, SMMEs, individuals, and community organisations both nationally and internationally. • Contact potential donors to discuss funding opportunities and liaise with the Business Development Manager regarding these potential opportunities. • Keep records of all fundraising income and expenditure and report these monthly to the finance department. • Provide monthly status reports that are accurate and timely to the Business Development Manager on activities. • Together with the BDU manager, compile the budgets and ongoing review. • Monitor monthly income. • Draft budgets that are realistic and align with the fundraising plan. • Adhere to policies and procedures. • Ensure proposals are aligned to CHOC's programmes as well as the donor's interests. • Ensure proposals contain accurate information and valid statistics. • Meet monthly, quarterly, and yearly budgets.

Proposal Development

• In consultation with the Business Development Manager, identify key priority areas for funding. • Gather proposal information by identifying sources of information, i.e., management team, programme staff, existing materials/resources. • Together with the BDU manager, write high-quality, nationally specific proposals, concepts, and applications focusing on CHOC core programmes. • Meet proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, approval, and submission. • Write email appeals that focus on end-of-tax-year giving, securing funds from SMMEs, including appeals for corporate debit orders.

Relationship Building

• Manage donor relationships upon approval of funding and/or receipt of funds. • Provide external stakeholders with relevant and comprehensive information in a timely manner about the organisation. • Through continued relationship building, ensure that donors choose CHOC as their preferred charity of choice to donate. • Provide continued support or "check-ins" with the donor. • Offer a personal touch to donors (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). • Keep donors informed of any changes relevant within the organisation. • Maintain open communication lines.

Donor Reporting

• Keep a schedule of donor reports in terms of narrative and financial requirements and deadlines for submission of reports. • Ensure that these are communicated with the Finance & Administration Manager and the BDU Manager. • Ensure reports are in line with contractual agreements. • Ensure timely report submission directly to the respective donor.

Administration and Reporting

• Ensure that a donor pipeline is recorded on Salesforce, including but not limited to leads resulting from research, communications with prospective/new donors, proposals submitted, and the status of these proposals. • Keep records of all proposals written and submitted. • Provide monthly pipeline reports to the Business Development Manager.

Qualification, Experience & Knowledge

• At least 4 years of proven marketing experience. • Proven 3 years of experience in proposal writing in a non-profit organisation. • Experience in writing fundraising proposals aimed at corporates and SMMEs. • Experience in working with organisational budgets and consolidating these into programme-specific budgets for funding proposals/applications. • Experience in drafting reports for donors in line with contractual agreements. • Experience in working with donor databases. Experience in using Salesforce will be advantageous. • Strong written communication skills with the ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals. • Strong editing skills. • Knowledge of basic fundraising techniques and strategies. • High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Professional Skills and Personal Attributes

• Proven ability to build rapport quickly with a diverse range of people. • Creativity and the ability to develop new ways to inspire people about an organisation's work. • Ability to work well under pressure and to handle rejection. • Ability to transfer skills and knowledge to others. • Attention to detail. • Ability to meet deadlines. • Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently. • Ambitious, results-oriented, and able to work in a target-driven environment. • Reliable and mature. • Fluency in English.

Salary in the range of R276,000 – R324,000 per annum. CHOC contributes towards a pension fund and medical aid after a successful probationary period.

To apply, submit your CV with the names and contact details of at least 3 recent referees, as well as the following documentation, to reach the HR Coordinator: Please use BDU FUNDRAISER on the subject line.

Certified copy of your identity document/passport. Certified copy of your driver's licence. Certified copy of your degree certificate/academic record.

If you have not received a response by close of business 7 June 2024, consider your application unsuccessful.