Fundraising Coordinator

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Project Title: Support for Uninsured / Partially Insured Palestinians residing in Jerusalem
Funded by: CRDP/UNDP
Beneficiaries: Patients attending Makassed, Augusta Victoria and St. John Ophthalmic Hospitals in East Jerusalem.
Job Title: Fundraising Coordinator (6 months contract)

To be responsible for meeting fundraising targets by organizing promotional and fundraising events, encouraging current and potential donors/supporters to organize fundraising events, working with individuals, communities and businesses to raise awareness of the work, aims and goals of East Jerusalem Hospitals. Ultimately, to increase the contributions of those individuals and groups by building relationships and exploring new fundraising techniques and ideas.

Responsibilities:

-Manage the fundraising and promotional events/activities for the purpose of raising funds for the beneficiaries.
-Take responsibility for all fundraising activities internally and externally. Follow up each event from start to finish; ensuring costs are kept to a minimum.
-Act as a main contact for supporters holding events to raise funds. Sustain a relationship with all donors/fundraisers and encourage them to support the needs of the project.
-Motivating and facilitating donors/supporters to maximize the funds they raise;
-Build relationships with major donors or companies and make presentations
-Manage their own budget and ensure that targets are met
-Ensuring major donors or companies are happy with their donation scheme (such as a charity of the year partnership) and are kept informed of progress and milestones
-Spot fundraising opportunities and raise awareness of the organisations work
-Inspiring new supporters to raise money, while maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters;
-Organizing traditional activities, such as sponsored outdoor events and dinners events
-Developing new and imaginative fundraising activities, many of which involve organizing events;
-Raising awareness of the work of the Hospitals and at local and national levels, e.g. by giving talks to groups or seeking photo opportunities with the media;
-Developing and coordinating web-based fundraising, online auctions and merchandise sales;
-Increasing funds by researching and targeting charitable trusts whose criteria match the charity's aims and activities;
-Supervise and manage a fundraising administrator who will be employed for the same task.

Qualifications and Expertise Required:

-Bachelors Degree of Business Administration / Marketing, Sales or related field
-10+ years of experience in funding raising capacity, marketing, sales or related field
-Minimum of five years experience in a fundraising environment;
-Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
-Excellent Arabic and English written and verbal communication skills
-Good at researching and devising strategies and opportunistically taking advantage of donation possibilities.
-Excellent people management, building long-term relationships with potential donors
-Ability to persuade, explain their charitys cause.
-Ability to manage budgets and hit fundraising targets
-Intermediate personal computer skill to include but not limited to Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
-Be able to work with little supervision and be self-motivated and highly energetic

Candidates should submit their CV to