Fundraising Manager At MedGlobal

Job Title: Fundraising Manager

Job Location: Temporarily remote

Job Status: Full time

Reports to: Executive Director/Finance and Operations Director

Start date: As soon as possible

ABOUT MEDGLOBAL

MedGlobal is a global and health humanitarian organization that builds resilience in fragile states and vulnerable communities through emergency response, health services delivery, and sustainable programming. MedGlobal’s vision is to create a world without healthcare disparity.

JOB PURPOSE

As a small but rapidly growing global health organization, we are looking for a Fundraising Manager who will play a key role in developing and implementing a 2-3 year fundraising and donor relations strategy in cooperation with senior leadership. This person will be responsible for building and organizing MedGlobal fundraising campaigns (weekly, monthly, yearly campaigns). In addition to setting goals and metrics related to donor outreach, solicitations, gifts and pledges, and other critical metrics, the Fundraising Manager will be responsible for developing an acquisition plan to generate new leads and identify innovative approaches to achieve the annual fundraising targets.

Strategy & Planning

• Lead the annual fundraising planning process to produce effective strategies to achieve income targets for each program.
• Develop and implement a 2-3 year fundraising and donor relations strategy in cooperation with senior leadership.
• Develop an acquisition plan and identify innovative approaches to expand individual donors network, drive growth and achieve the annual fundraising targets
• Work with the communications and development departments to develop an innovative model to grow MedGlobal’s brand presence, establish key relationships, cultivate new donors, and steward existing donors.

Fundraising Management

• Develop, nurture and maintain all donor relationships including individual donors, corporate, business, faith-based and service/ community-based organisations.
• Set goals and metrics related to donor outreach, solicitations, gifts and pledges, and other critical metrics.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and rules regarding donors’ privacy data and communication.
• Develop and maintain a funder database as a research and a relationship management tool using Kindful as a CRM.
• Builds and organizes MedGlobal fundraising campaigns (weekly, monthly, yearly campaigns).
• Increase the number of the recurring donors.
• Engage influencers to incentivize target individual donor groups.
• Develop and implement donor strategies focused on moving donors up the giving pyramid.
• Lead the development and execution of donor-focused events and virtual engagement opportunities.
• Secure corporate gifts for major fundraising moments, including the annual gala event.
• Engage Board Members and the Executive Director in the ongoing solicitation and cultivation to solicit funds.
• Design and coordinate collateral development for special campaigns, including but not limited to Giving Tuesday, Ramadan, Thanksgiving, and year-end campaigns.
• Work with the Accounting team to ensure timely donor acknowledgements are sent.

Major Gifts Cultivation

• Design and execute planned giving campaign
• Grow portfolio of donor-advised fund holders

Donor Stewardship

• Cultivate, solicit and steward gifts, and staff executives, program leaders and board members in fundraising activities
• Recommend new programs, publications, communication tools and activities to grow and/or streamline the current portfolio of recognition activities and stewardship programs.
• Determine development opportunities and to solicit information for stewardship communications

Communications

• Coordinate with the communications department to ensure the creation of marketing materials, like flyers and brochures, to be used for the promotion of events and other fundraising pushes.
• Support gift acknowledgement processes during peak seasons.
• Respond to donor inquiries.
• Attend events as necessary.
• Develop and manage donor education and engagement activities.
• Develop strategy memoranda and meeting scripts to prepare senior staff to make successful tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, non-profit management, communications or relevant discipline
• Minimum 8 years professional experience in a fundraising position with exposure to donor stewardship and recognition best practices
• Strong experience in social media fundraising
• Proficient in managing fundraising reporting analytics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to develop/write fundraising campaigns contents
• Willingness and ability to work outside the regularly scheduled work day as needed
• Must be independent, proactive, and able to work under the pressure of tight deadlines
• Strong goal orientation with flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and respond to development opportunities as they arise
• Willingness and ability to handle confidential information
• Strong knowledge in fundraising & donor management software such as Kindful, Classy, or Raiser’s Edge
• Proficiency or working knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) an asset
• Prior experience within a non-profit fundraising is essential