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Key Responsibilities
1.Strategy and Project Management
- Continuously evolve and execute VNF’s fundraising strategy, ensuring alignment with VNF’s mission, long-term objectives, and annual fundraising targets;
- Monitor key trends and developments globally that affect the fundraising landscape for VNF;
- Connect and build relationships with fundraisers from other organizations to grow fundraising knowledge base;
- Identify and propose innovative fundraising initiatives to broaden VNF’s potential donor base;
- Set ambitious yet achievable weekly, monthly, annual and multi-year fundraising OKRs, and monitor progress towards those OKRs regularly;
- Prepare weekly progress updates for executive leadership.
2.Donor Outreach and Relationship Development
- Strategically compile target lists of potential donors for outreach consideration;
- Represent VNF at fundraising events, conferences, and external meetings to strengthen VNF’s brand and connect with potential donors;
- Reach out to potential donors across channels: email, LinkedIn, phone calls, and more;
- Collaborate with the Media and Community Development team to create high-quality fundraising materials;
- Engage executive leadership where needed to support fundraising efforts (e.g., joining meetings with potential donors);
- Develop tailored donation pitches for corporate and individual prospects that align VNF’s programs with donor priorities and CSR goals;
- Track all donor outreach activities and communications systematically.
3.Donor Retention and Relationship Management
- Evolve and implement donor stewardship plans to deepen engagement, encourage repeat giving, and recognize donors appropriately;
- Connect with and send regular updates to donors on VNF’s work, any major landscape updates, and their impact;
- Coordinate with the Schools & Partnerships and Media & Community Development teams to prepare regular impact reports to support donor communication;
- Track all donations along with communication to donors systematically.
