Fundraising Assistant - London, United Kingdom - FHIM New Start

Description

Do you have little experience and want to improve your job opportunities?

Would you like to support and raise money for a worthwhile cause?

We are currently looking for fun, vibrant, outgoing and inspirational people to _work_ for our non-profit organisation as Fundraising Assistant


Organisation Info:

FHIM New Start, is a community wide empowerment project run by Freedom House a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to positioning people in the right path of opportunity and success in life.

Our organization activities includes; enhancing individuals chances of _employment_ though improving their job search skills, enabling and empowering people to identify and pursue their goals through self development workshops, offering floating support to the vulnerable in the society, etc.

The Funding Assistant will be primarily responsible for developing and writing funding proposals to foundations and other grant-making organizations and will persuasively communicate FHIM New Start mission and project objectives to potential funders.

The Funding Assistant will perform prospect research for corporate and foundation grants, and maintain a calendar of submissions and other deadlines.

This position reports to the Project Manager.


Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals to foundation and corporate sources.
• Performing prospect research on foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants.
• Prioritizing projects to keep multiple projects moving in a timely manner, meeting deadlines and managing supplemental materials required for proposals.

Requirements:

• Have strong written communication skills.
• Strong editing skills. Ability to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge and access to fundraising information sources.
• Working understanding of basic fundraising techniques and strategies.
• Knowledge and familiarity _with_ research techniques for prospective donor sourcing.
• Be selfmotivated, detail oriented and highlyorganized.

Qualifications:

• Some previous experience _with_ nonprofit fundraising preferred.
• Experience working in deadlinedriven environments.

Pay and Benefits:


Hours of _work_**:

Flexible


If interested:

Please send us your CV for consideration.