Job Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Partnerships team at TOUCH Community Services, a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering individuals and families in need. You will play a pivotal role in cultivating and managing relationships with key corporate and community partners, securing vital funding and resources to support TOUCH's crucial social service programmes.
Principal Responsibilities and Duties:
- Conceptualise, execute and manage fundraising projects to meet the department's budget
- Develop and write fundraising proposals for various philanthropic, corporate and government partnerships
- Collaborate with and coordinate internal stakeholders to develop fundraising proposals
- Cultivate and manage relationships with existing and potential sponsors
- Explore current and diverse fundraising channels & initiatives to build & manage pipelines for current/future donors
- Solicit sponsorships and manage fundraising events with various stakeholders
- Research prospective corporate, trust and public donors
- Cold call potential donors and build relationships with them
- Ensure stewardship of donations/funding
- Write reports for corporates/trusts/foundations on the use of existing grants/donations
- Maintain and update donors records on a fundraising database
- Write internal reports, analysing fundraising progress on a monthly or periodic basis
- Arrange fundraising events and tours of the charity's projects for potential donors
Essential Skills and Qualifications:
- Degree in Marketing, Business or equivalent
- 2-3 years of experience in fundraising/sales & marketing, and organising events
- Excellent presentation, interpersonal and writing skills
- Able to work independently, yet a team player who can perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Proficient in MS Office especially PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Campaigns management is an advantage
- Knowledge of CRM is an advantage
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skill
- Ability to manage complete workload and deliver under tight timeline
