Job Description & Requirements
General Job Description:
The Fundraising Manager is overall responsible for the fundraising activities of the ACMI Migrant Fund, an IPC charity. The ACMI Migrant Fund is managed by ACMI.
The Manager will forecast funding needs of the ACMI Migrant Fund and plan, execute and monitor appropriate fund-raising activities. The Manager will be responsible for maintaining relationships and managing the donors to the ACMI Migrant Fund.
In performing this function, the Manager will have to coordinate with a number of stakeholders, including but not limited to, internal departments of ACMI, Caritas Singapore, sponsors, external partners, donors, and corporates.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning
- Work with internal departments to assess, model and forecast departmental and service programme costs and income.
- Collate, model and forecast the funding needs of the ACMI Migrant Fund.
- Establish an annual calendar of fundraising activities to ensure consistent and continual fundraising efforts.
- Conduct an annual review of the funding landscape for social services in Singapore and identify best-practices in fundraising, fundraising trends and the effectiveness of fundraising channels.
- Identify and catalogue individuals, corporates, and foundations who have the potential to be donors to the ACMI Migrant Fund.
- Develop plan to manage pipeline of existing and future donors.
- Develop strategic plan for fundraising.
Execution and monitoring of fundraising activities
- Execute on the fundraising plan.
- Monitor success of fundraising campaigns and if necessary, adjust fundraising campaigns as circumstances dictate
Donor management
- Maintain and update donor records.
- Proactively seek out and build relationships with donors through consistent, sustained, and value add engagement to maintain donor loyalty.
- Prepare donor reports, appeals, and impact updates.
Financial controls and regulatory compliance
- Prepare and monitor annual budgets.
- Implement checks and controls to ensure proper accounting records and to safeguard against misappropriation of the ACMI Migrant Fund's assets.
- Ensure compliance with statutory fundraising requirements, (e.g. the Code of Governance and laws and regulations applicable to charities and IPC's)
- Prepare applications and obtain necessary licenses as required for charities by law.
- Ensure compliance of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
Administrative duties
- Prepare and collate monthly reports.
- Provide secretarial support for all fund-raising related matters.
- Undertake any other duties as required by the Executive Director.
Qualifications, Educational Requirements and Required Experience
- A recognised degree in Business or a related discipline.
- Comfortable working in a multi-cultural, ethnic, nationality, and religious environment.
- At least 5 years of working experience in sales/fundraising/client engagement/investor relations. Relevant experience in fundraising, especially in the non-profit sector, would be advantageous.
- Familiar with the use of social media and digital marketing to engage, and activate donor base.
Necessary Attributes and Skills
- Ensure that ACMI's Philosophy, Vision and Mission are integrated and adhered to in all aspects of work.
- Possess absolute integrity and discretion.
- Self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision.
- Team player.
- Strong project management, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong budgeting and financial modelling skills.
- Adaptable and flexible with juggling multiple projects and working under pressure and have the willingness to work on some weekends as necessary.
- Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
