Fundraising Officer AT IkamvaYouth 173 views1 applications

Full Time South Africa Donor Relations/Grants Management - Finance Print


IkamvaYouth is a township-based volunteer programme that gets learners out of poverty through education. The organisation exists to reduce inequality in South Africa, and its track record of matric results, access to post-school opportunities, and alumni success is proof that positive change is possible.

IkamvaYouth seeks to fill the following vacancy:

FUNDRAISING OFFICER

Based in IkamvaYouth’s Head Officer in Cape Town, the Fundraising Officer will report to the Fundraising Coordinator.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

  • Coordinating the whole organisation’s fundraising activities (working closely with all team members involved in fundraising and reporting to donors)
  • Ensuring the schedule of timeous reporting to donors
  • Planning, scheduling, coordinating donor visits and ensuring quality assurance of visits
  • Ensuring all fundraising opportunities are tracked on Salesforce
  • Ensuring all IkamvaYouth’s contacts & grant-related documents are updated on Salesforce
  • Spending time at IkamvaYouth’s branches to ensure efficient reporting to IY’s donors about what is happening at a programme’s level
  • Assisting with fundraising events as necessary
  • Managing online fundraising campaigns as necessary
  • Identify new donors appropriate for IkamvaYouth
  • Establishing relationships and submitting successful funding proposals
  • Working with the financial team to ensure due diligence and accurately and consistently tracking of receivables/cash flow
  • Reporting to donors against proposal deliverables on delivery and impact
  • Managing donor relationships together with colleagues

The Fundraising Officer  must meet the following criteria:

  • Relevant Bachelor’s degree
  • Excellent communication and writing skills (previous experience of copywriting, editing and drafting essential)
  • Computer skills and knowledge of database, word processing and spreadsheet packages
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken
  • Ability to effectively write reports, maintain documentation, and complete required form
  • Crafter of creative, inspiring stories
  • Prioritisation and problem solving abilities
  • Experience using Salesforce (ideal but not essential)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team player who likes to work collaboratively
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently
  • Ability to work with budgets and financials
  • High attention to detail
  • Passion for education and a mission to redress inequality in South Africa

email your application by Wednesday 27th September 2017 to [email protected]

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IkamvaYouth

IkamvaYouth equips learners from disadvantaged communities with the knowledge, skills, networks and resources to access tertiary education and/or employment opportunities once they matriculate. IkamvaYouth aims to increase the collective skill level of the population, to grow the national knowledge base, and to replicate success in more communities. A non-profit organisation (established in 2003 and formally registered in 2004) with branches in five provinces in South Africa, IkamvaYouth currently operates in the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and the Eastern Cape. While learners enroll at IkamvaYouth when they are in grades 9, 10 and 11, the programme's success is ultimately determined by the number of grade 12 learners who access tertiary institutions and/or employment-based learning opportunities when they matriculate. Currently fewer than 10% of South African youth access higher education (SAIRR, 2009) of which only a fraction come from township or rural communities.

The IkamvaYouth model draws from a large and growing pool of volunteers made up of students (from nearby universities) and local professionals. The organisation's sustainability is driven by ex-learners who gain entrance to tertiary institutions and return to tutor. More than half of the volunteers at longer-established branches are ex-learners and over 80% of the Khayelitsha management committee comprises ex-beneficiaries. IkamvaYouth thus provides the additional advantage of allowing ex-IkamvaYouth learners to be agents of change – from beneficiary to benefactor.

South African youth face many obstacles that perpetuate disadvantage. Most township schools produce learners whose academic performance is below grade level. Poor matric results and low awareness of post-school opportunities lead to high numbers of unemployed youth (estimated at over 60% in Khayelitsha). Most learners in township schools do not receive the skills development opportunities afforded their more privileged counterparts in the suburbs, including computer literacy and extra-mural activities. In addition to the difficulties that living in poverty and receiving a sub-standard education brings, many township youth are infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS.

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0 USD Cape Town CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week IkamvaYouth

IkamvaYouth is a township-based volunteer programme that gets learners out of poverty through education. The organisation exists to reduce inequality in South Africa, and its track record of matric results, access to post-school opportunities, and alumni success is proof that positive change is possible.

IkamvaYouth seeks to fill the following vacancy:

FUNDRAISING OFFICER

Based in IkamvaYouth’s Head Officer in Cape Town, the Fundraising Officer will report to the Fundraising Coordinator.Key responsibilities of this position include:

  • Coordinating the whole organisation’s fundraising activities (working closely with all team members involved in fundraising and reporting to donors)
  • Ensuring the schedule of timeous reporting to donors
  • Planning, scheduling, coordinating donor visits and ensuring quality assurance of visits
  • Ensuring all fundraising opportunities are tracked on Salesforce
  • Ensuring all IkamvaYouth’s contacts & grant-related documents are updated on Salesforce
  • Spending time at IkamvaYouth’s branches to ensure efficient reporting to IY’s donors about what is happening at a programme’s level
  • Assisting with fundraising events as necessary
  • Managing online fundraising campaigns as necessary
  • Identify new donors appropriate for IkamvaYouth
  • Establishing relationships and submitting successful funding proposals
  • Working with the financial team to ensure due diligence and accurately and consistently tracking of receivables/cash flow
  • Reporting to donors against proposal deliverables on delivery and impact
  • Managing donor relationships together with colleagues

The Fundraising Officer  must meet the following criteria:

  • Relevant Bachelor’s degree
  • Excellent communication and writing skills (previous experience of copywriting, editing and drafting essential)
  • Computer skills and knowledge of database, word processing and spreadsheet packages
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken
  • Ability to effectively write reports, maintain documentation, and complete required form
  • Crafter of creative, inspiring stories
  • Prioritisation and problem solving abilities
  • Experience using Salesforce (ideal but not essential)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team player who likes to work collaboratively
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently
  • Ability to work with budgets and financials
  • High attention to detail
  • Passion for education and a mission to redress inequality in South Africa

email your application by Wednesday 27th September 2017 to [email protected]

 2017-09-28

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