8 Fundraising Specialist jobs in South Africa

Summary The Wikimedia Foundation seeks a detail-oriented and self-starting Digital Fundraising Specialist to join our Online Fundraising team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Fundraising Growth. In this role, you will support the production and administration of dozens of international fundraising initiatives, particularly fundraising banner campaigns on Wikipedia.org, which are responsible for a significant portion of the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual revenue. This role is heavily web content production focused. The Digital Fundraising Specialist will work within banner code (mostly HTML and CSS; some basic JS) that is written by our team of designers and developers. You will implement translations in banners and coordinate with linguist review for international campaigns. You will provide production support to our team of content writers and linguists; and ensure that key campaigns and other web projects are tracked in our project management systems and executed with a high degree of quality. In a typical day, you will: Prepare banners and other fundraising content for testing. This involves content production; moving bits of code and blocks of copy from documents to spreadsheets and into Central Notice, our fundraising banner ads extension. Reference and contribute to an Asana board that tracks all our live fundraising campaigns; you’ll be particularly focused on the messages we show on Wikipedia.org, as well as the fundraising we do on social media and in the Wikipedia App. Contribute rigorous QA and production support through all the steps of banner production: design, translation, quality assurance and testing. Use and contribute to our communications systems, such as our Asana calendar, campaign test queue, and experiment results sheets. We depend on these systems to actively monitor our live campaigns and plan for upcoming initiatives. Desired Skills and Qualifications: Basic proficiency with HTML/CSS and front-end web content management; you won’t be writing code from scratch, but you will need to be able to find divs and classes, and make straight-forward changes to HTML content. Meticulous attention to detail and quality assurance skills – you are great at catching things that others miss. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent project management and organizational skills. An analytical mindset, and experience reading graphs and spreadsheets to extract actionable takeaways for your work. A willingness to learn on the job in a fast-moving, technical environment. Experience with multilingual marketing or programs, and comfort working within distributed, international environments. December is a critical fundraising month and team members are generally needed to work in this month. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA. As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$6/hour to US 54/hour with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. *Please note that we are currently able to hire in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay. All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process. 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Duties & Responsibilities

• Planning and developing the fundraising elements of the Organisational Development plan to ensure accurate budgets are developed for the operations of the organisation.
• Managing and diversifying current fundraising strategies and ensuring the support database is being effectively utilised in order to maximise income and loyalty to the organisation.
• Drafting funding proposals.
• Analysing fundraising programmes and trends to ensure effective investment in channels, including Return on Investment (ROI) and value of programmes, and report this information back to the NED and coordinating all funding applications being made nationally to corporates or Trust.
• Develop and conduct training where needed, to develop their fundraising capacity, particularly around proposal development. At times even to the point of leading/facilitating the proposal development and writing process.
• Oversee the Fundraising Reporting process.
• Work with the National Executive Director (NED) to identify and pursue fundraising/business development opportunities, as well as develop contacts/networks that could lead to additional exposure and funds.

Public Relations/Marketing

• Develop marketing materials for corporate/institutional donors.
• Attending events, conferences and meetings.
• Publications.
• Communicating monthly with member organisations through newsletters.
• Communicating quarterly with stakeholders.

Reporting to donors - Record keeping

• Developing and nurturing donor relationships.
• Identifying and cultivating prospective donors.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualification:

• Post matric 3-year qualification and a diploma or degree in fundraising, Public Relation, Business Admin/Communications or related qualification.
• Valid driver’s license.

Experience:

• A proven track-record in fundraising, CSI or related fields.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in proposal and grant writing, either and preferably in a non-profit organisation or in the commercial/corporate sector.
• Proven experience of setting, managing and delivering on targets.
• Substantial experience in marketing, branding and media management.
• Good knowledge of traditional and non-traditional fundraising models.
• Extensive personal and professional network offering potential to raise substantial funding.
• Experience in fundraising techniques, especially analysis of fundraising and marketing data.

Essential skills, attributes and abilities:

• Proven ability to develop and write excellent proposals.
• A high level of proficiency in English.
• An understanding of the local and international donors, the NPO sector and fundraising trends.
• High level computer literacy (MS Office).
• Ability to work under pressure, and willing to work after hours when faced with deadlines.
• Fluency in one of South Africa’s 11 official languages (in addition to English).
• Ability to make group presentations.

Package & Remuneration

Market related.

Interested?

Kindly apply online.

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Duties & Responsibilities Planning and developing the fundraising elements of the Organisational Development plan to ensure accurate budgets are developed for the operations of the organisation. Managing and diversifying current fundraising strategies and ensuring the support database is being effectively utilised in order to maximise income and loyalty to the organisation. Drafting funding proposals. Analysing fundraising programmes and trends to ensure effective investment in channels, including Return on Investment (ROI) and value of programmes, and report this information back to the NED and coordinating all funding applications being made nationally to corporates or Trust. Develop and conduct training where needed, to develop their fundraising capacity, particularly around proposal development. At times even to the point of leading/facilitating the proposal development and writing process. Oversee the Fundraising Reporting process. Work with the National Executive Director (NED) to identify and pursue fundraising/business development opportunities, as well as develop contacts/networks that could lead to additional exposure and funds. Public Relations/Marketing Develop marketing materials for corporate/institutional donors. Attending events, conferences and meetings. Publications. Communicating monthly with member organisations through newsletters. Communicating quarterly with stakeholders. Reporting to donors - Record keeping Developing and nurturing donor relationships. Identifying and cultivating prospective donors. Desired Experience & Qualification Qualification: Post matric 3-year qualification and a diploma or degree in fundraising, Public Relation, Business Admin/Communications or related qualification. Valid driver’s license. Experience: A proven track-record in fundraising, CSI or related fields. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in proposal and grant writing, either and preferably in a non-profit organisation or in the commercial/corporate sector. Proven experience of setting, managing and delivering on targets. Substantial experience in marketing, branding and media management. Good knowledge of traditional and non-traditional fundraising models. Extensive personal and professional network offering potential to raise substantial funding. Experience in fundraising techniques, especially analysis of fundraising and marketing data. Essential skills, attributes and abilities: Proven ability to develop and write excellent proposals. A high level of proficiency in English. An understanding of the local and international donors, the NPO sector and fundraising trends. High level computer literacy (MS Office). Ability to work under pressure, and willing to work after hours when faced with deadlines. Fluency in one of South Africa’s 11 official languages (in addition to English). Ability to make group presentations. Package & Remuneration Market related. Interested? Kindly apply online. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job category: Media, Advertising, PR, Publishing and Marketing

Location: Limpopo

Contract: Permanent

Business Unit: Polokwane

Remuneration: R 530,872.00

EE position: No

Introduction

To undertake the marketing tasks within the specific collections centre in order to increase the public’s awareness,knowledge and understanding of blood donation. The primary objective is to meet the collections targets andsecondly to address the marketing needs within their area of operation.

Key Performance Areas:

• Operational Objective
• Stakeholder Relations
• Staff Management
• Education
• Administration
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail
• Ethical behaviour Persuasive skills
• Drive and belief in the cause
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Judgement and decision making
• Professional Image and Visibility
• Customer Service Orientation
• Building and Living the brand
• Motivating people
• Problem Solving
• Excellence orientation

Education:

• Minimum of a 3 year PR or Marketing qualification
• Driving License

Experience:

• Experience within the blood transfusion environment
• Mininum of 2 years experience in a PR or Marketing environment

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Job category: Other: Health, Fitness, Medical and Optometry

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: R 530,872.00

EE position: No

Introduction

To undertake the marketing tasks within the specific collections centre in order to increase the public’s awareness, knowledge, and understanding of blood donation. The primary objective is to meet the collections targets and secondly to address the marketing needs within their area of operation.

Key Performance Areas:

• Operational Objective
• Stakeholder Relations
• Staff Management
• Education
• Administration
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail
• Ethical behaviour
• Persuasive skills
• Drive and belief in the cause
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Judgement and decision making
• Professional Image and Visibility
• Customer Service Orientation
• Building and Living the brand
• Motivating people
• Problem Solving
• Excellence orientation

Education:

• Minimum of a 3 year PR or Marketing qualification
• Driving License

Experience:

• Experience within the blood transfusion environment
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a PR or Marketing environment

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Job category: Media, Advertising, PR, Publishing and Marketing Location: Limpopo Contract: Permanent Business Unit: Polokwane Remuneration: R 530,872.00 EE position: No Introduction To undertake the marketing tasks within the specific collections centre in order to increase the public’s awareness,knowledge and understanding of blood donation. The primary objective is to meet the collections targets andsecondly to address the marketing needs within their area of operation. Key Performance Areas: Operational Objective Stakeholder Relations Staff Management Education Administration Analytical thinking and attention to detail Ethical behaviour Persuasive skills Drive and belief in the cause Teamwork Communication Judgement and decision making Professional Image and Visibility Customer Service Orientation Building and Living the brand Motivating people Problem Solving Excellence orientation Education: Minimum of a 3 year PR or Marketing qualification Driving License Experience: Experience within the blood transfusion environment Mininum of 2 years experience in a PR or Marketing environment #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job category: Other: Health, Fitness, Medical and Optometry Contract: Permanent Remuneration: R 530,872.00 EE position: No Introduction To undertake the marketing tasks within the specific collections centre in order to increase the public’s awareness, knowledge, and understanding of blood donation. The primary objective is to meet the collections targets and secondly to address the marketing needs within their area of operation. Key Performance Areas: Operational Objective Stakeholder Relations Staff Management Education Administration Analytical thinking and attention to detail Ethical behaviour Persuasive skills Drive and belief in the cause Teamwork Communication Judgement and decision making Professional Image and Visibility Customer Service Orientation Building and Living the brand Motivating people Problem Solving Excellence orientation Education: Minimum of a 3 year PR or Marketing qualification Driving License Experience: Experience within the blood transfusion environment Minimum of 2 years experience in a PR or Marketing environment #J-18808-Ljbffr