Fundraising Manager

About The Job:

• The main aim of the National FDC Manager is to pursue opportunities in country to cover the Member Association’s running costs and investments from private, corporate and public sector donations in order to increase / establish the financial self-sufficiency of the Member Association, to define, implement and fulfill the middle-term FR /FDC strategy reflected in the business plans of the Member Association and to publicly communicate the mission and the achievements of SOS Children’s Villages.

Key performance areas:

• Corporate fundraising (donations, cause related marketing activities, donations in kind, …)
• Individual fundraising (sporadic and committed donations via direct mailing, online marketing, face to face, …)
• International sponsorship
• Public funding (tasks only applicable in case Public Funding is part of the FR department and a Public Funding Advisor is employed/in the respective FR team
• Defines implements and fulfills the middle-term FR /FDC strategy reflected in the business plans of the Member Association. This includes donations in kind and public funding
• Plans, monitors, evaluates and analyses the fundraising activities according to defined planning and reporting procedures and against defined and agreed KPIs
• Positions SOS Children’s Villages as a strong and consistent brand among potential and existing supporters based on SOS Children’s Villages roots, vision, mission and values
• Works according to globally valid manuals and guidelines and the Fund Development & Communication Department’s planning and reporting procedure
• Pursues opportunities for the country to internally and externally promote the member associations’ activities in order to increase the public recognition and foster a positive image with the overall goal to support fundraising activities, sets up the external communications concept and the External communications plan reflecting the strategy and the development of External communication in the country,
• Responsible for fulfilling the External Communications plan of the Member Association
• Aims to strengthen brand awareness, credibility and acceptance with the overall goal to support fundraising activities
• Drive fundraising innovation in all fields of Fundraising like products, channels, target groups, database solutions etc. Leadership responsibility - people management:
• Supervises and leads the national Fundraising team in the Member association incl.
• All leadership tasks from recruitment decisions to managing the team as well as individual performance and ensuring the development of direct reports
• Act as a role model and further develops individuals and team through performance- and talent management International sponsorship:
• Responsible for sponsorship work in the country, implements the necessary organisational systems and procedures so that the sponsorship programmer runs smoothly.
• As all levels of the organisation work together to increase sponsors’ commitment and offer mutual support, and share information, knowledge and expertise, is directly responsible for ensuring that sponsorship works within the country runs smoothly according to the International Sponsorship Policy Support Document Public Funding:
• Responsible of establishing the national process of Public Funding development; Supports the process of development of projects for institutional donors, i.e. facilitates communication between all organization’s levels and locations in the project design stage; implements the necessary organizational systems and procedures so that the process of grant preparation runs smoothly capacity building & functional network: