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Job Vacancy

Individual and Corporate Fundraising Officer

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Increase donations generated from individual giving/fundraising activities to deliver agreed targets.
• Develop and manage the Museum’s strategy for raising funds from corporates as part of the overall fundraising programme.
• Test, monitor, evaluate and implement existing and new channels that allow two-way engagement with individual donors.
• Research potential corporate prospects and develop engagement and fundraising opportunities, including corporate donations, sponsorship opportunities and in-kind giving.
• Forge new relations with local and regional corporates and maintain existing partnerships.
• Develop long-term sustainable funding by identifying the audiences, channels, products and messages that will maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
• Develop high-quality supporter care, including responsive and prompt stewardship.
• Keep abreast of all developments in individual and corporate giving, benefit events and digital fundraising updates. 
• Provide timely and informative reports to line manager on progress being made. 
• KPIs and overall fundraising targets.
• Conduct extensive research and identification of prospective institutional, corporate, and individual donors and benefactors across the Gulf, Europe and the Americas. 
• Establish solid relationships with prospective institutional, corporate and individual donors. 
• Develop a trimestral action plan on how to approach these donors and engage them in the Museum’s different funding programmes: Friends of the Palestinian Museum, Corporate Membership, Patrons’ Circle, sponsorship of events, etc.
• Develop and submit at least 7 project-based funding proposals to a combination of new individual and corporate donors, in compliance with the Museum’s programmes. 
• Attract significant donations over 12 months from both individual and corporate donors outside current Museum and Taawon networks. 
• Implement specific tasks to support the Palestinian Museum’s fundraising activities, as relevant.  

Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the position. MA is an asset.
• At least 7 years senior level experience in non-profit organisation(s), including knowledge, experience and substantial responsibility for marketing and/or communications functions and major giving, plus at least one other type of fundraising (e.g. corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations).
• Experience developing and implementing an individual giving strategy.
• Proven track-record of achieving multimillion fundraising targets for non-profits.  
• Ability to write and speak clearly, concisely and persuasively in English and Arabic. 
• Experience using a CRM database, ideally Salesforce.
• Enthusiasm for the Palestinian Museum, Palestinian culture, arts, history and society.  
• Analytical rigor, intellectual creativity and original thought.  
• A positive attitude and high motivation.  
• Availability for frequent and extensive travel on fundraising missions and meetings.

You can apply for this position online مــن هــــنا. Application deadline is Sunday, March 1, 2020. Incomplete applications will not be considered