Director of fundraising and communications

International Charitable Foundation «SOS Children's Villages» is looking for a professional to join our team at the position of

DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS 

Requirements:

• University degree in the field of marketing, sales or business administration;
• At least 5 years verified experience and results in sales and marketing either in the profit sector in a leading position;
• Excellent negotiation skills, experience in negotiations and management of business partners;
• Strong people management skills and at least 3?5 years in leadership and management;
• Able to lead, motivate, mentor and manage the fundraising team;
• Capable of setting and achieving ambitious and realistic targets;
• Able to represent and be professionally comfortable with high-net-worth individuals and SOS national major donors;
• Experience and competence in dealing with managing income and expenditure budgets;
• A strong result focused orientation combined with a proven competence in strategic planning, budgeting, analysis and evaluation;
• Successful relationship- and network building skills with different types of stakeholders at different levels of various organisations, companies, business partners;
• Fluent spoken and written English;
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills;
• Efficient in time and resource management;
• Self-motivated, innovative and creative, with an entrepreneurial spirit, claiming and demonstrating high professional standards;
• Strong motivation to identify with the vision, mission and values of SOS Children's Villages.

Main responsibilities:

• Fundraise from big corporate multinational / local enterprises and foundations by partnership negotiations;
• Build and develop long-term partnerships with new corporate donors;
• Supervise and lead the national fundraising team;
• Defines, implements and fulfils the national fundraising strategy reflected in the business plans;
• Develop the annual fundraising business plan and budget;
• Plans, evaluates and analyses the fundraising activities according to defined plan and agreed KPIs;
• Has own fundraising target and attract resources and donors according to the agreed KPIs;
• Works according to globally valid manuals and guidelines and the Fund Development & Communication Department's planning and reporting procedure;
• Build networks, position the SOS Children's Villages as a strong and consistent brand;
• Foster national capacity building in all areas of fundraising;
• 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.

We offer:

• Joining to a noble work - support children in need;
• Interesting and dynamic work in international team;
• Official employment according to the legislation;
• New tasks and new challenges;
• Professional and personal development;

If you are ready to join our team, please send your CV with your salary expectations to our email.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.