Support fundraising campaign for community projects

Join our team to support fundraising efforts for community projects

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Application deadline 5 years ago: Saturday 19 Jun 2021 at 05:00 UTC

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Overview

Join our team to support fundraising efforts for community projects

You have:

  • Experience in fundraising and crowdfunding platforms is required.
  • Active social media presence is necessary for outreach.
  • Strong background in development projects is needed.
  • Fluency in English is preferred.

Contract

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We seek support for our organization’s fundraising campaign for educational and entrepreneurial skills development projects. The overall objective is to help us ensure our organization’s finances are sustainable and necessary funds are at our disposal to support our projects. To this end, we are looking for five experienced volunteers who will become part of our fundraising team as online volunteers and help us with outreach and other fundraising related tasks by developing fundraising strategies, sharing innovative fundraising ideas, researching potential donor organizations and funding opportunities, helping draft letters and correspondence, writing project proposal, providing advice on how to approach donors.

  • Outreach and advocacy
  • Resource mobilization, partnership and donor coordination

    Progressive promotes community development initiatives through volunteerism in Kenya and operates with a diverse range of most deprived and vulnerable communities running projects under the themes of education support, entrepreneurial skills development and advocacy. We need volunteers to promote the organization’s fundraising campaign inorder to accomplish the goal of the projects. Online volunteers will not be asked to submit fundraising requests or to engage in direct negotiations on behalf of the organization.

  • Volunteers: 5 needed

  • 6-10 hours per week / 8 weeks

    The volunteers should have experience in fundraising and crowdfunding platforms, active social media presence and strong background in development projects. English is the preferred language.

  • Kenya

  • English

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a successful fundraising campaign you have led? This question assesses your experience and effectiveness in fundraising. Detail the campaign goals, your strategies, and the outcomes achieved.
How do you leverage social media for fundraising? The interviewer wants to know your approach to engaging potential donors online. Pro members can see the explanation.
What types of organizations would you target for project funding? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 5 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: onlinevolunteering.org