Head of Fundraising Department

SOS Children’s Villages Serbia is a Member Association of SOS Children’s Villages International, founded in 1949, helping more than 1.200.000 people in 135 countries worldwide. We are present in Serbia since 2004, through different family strengthening and youth empowering programs, aimed at providing a loving home for every child. 

In order to support our programs development and sustainability, we are looking for an enthusiastic, well organized and a committed individual for the position of

HEAD OF FUNDRAISING DEPARTMENT

Mission of the position:

The main aim of the Director (Head) of Fundraising is to pursue opportunities in Serbia to cover the SOS CV Serbia running costs and investments from private, corporate and public sector donations in order to increase/establish it’s financial self-sufficiency; to define, implement and fulfil the mid-term FR/FDC strategy reflected in the business plans of the SOS CV Serbia and to publicly communicate the mission and the achievements of SOS Children’s Villages.

Key performance areas:

• Corporate fundraising (donations, cause related marketing activities, donations in kind, etc)
• Individual fundraising (sporadic and regular donation – focus on committed givers via telemarketing, face to face, online marketing and other channels)
• International sponsorships
• Public funding
• Communication / Public Relations
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Key responsibilities:

• Defines, implements and fulfils the mid-term FR/FDC strategy reflected in the business plans of the SOS CV Serbia. This includes donations in kind and public funding;
• Plans, monitors, evaluates and analyses the fundraising activities according to defined planning and reporting procedures and against defined and agreed KPIs;
• Positions SOS Children’s Villages as a strong and consistent brand among potential and existing supporters based on SOS Children’s Villages roots, vision, mission and values;
• Works according to globally valid manuals and guidelines
• Pursues opportunities for the country to internally and externally promote the SOS CV Serbia activities in order to increase the public recognition and foster a positive image with the overall goal to support fundraising activities, sets up the External Communications concept and the External Communications plan reflecting the strategy and the development of External Communication in the country, is responsible for fulfilling the External Communications plan of the SOS CV Serbia.

Leadership responsibility - people management

• Supervises and leads the national Fundraising team in the SOS CV Serbia incl. all leadership tasks from recruitment decisions to managing the team as well as individual performance and ensuring the development of direct reports;
• Act as a role model and further develops individuals and team through performance - and  talent management;

International sponsorships

• Responsible for sponsorship work in the country, implements the necessary organisational systems and procedures so that the sponsorship programme runs smoothly. As all levels of the organisation work together to increase sponsors’ commitment and offer mutual support, and share information, knowledge and expertise, is directly responsible for ensuring that sponsorship works within the country runs smoothly according to the International Sponsorship Policy Support Document

Public Funding

• Responsible of establishing the national process of Public Funding development;
  Supports the process of development of projects for institutional donors, i.e. facilitates communication between all organization’s levels and locations in the project design stage;
• Implements the necessary organizational systems and procedures so that the process of grant preparation runs smoothly.

Capacity building & functional network

• Foster national capacity building in all areas of Fundraising
• Actively foster national good practice within the regional FDC network through the respective FDC regional counterpart within CEE/CIS

Requirements:

• University degree in  humanities, organizational sciences, economics, law, management
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in fundraising activities, sales and marketing activities, preferably in non-governmental sector;
• At least 5 years of managerial experience, organizing, leading and monitoring people and processes;
• Working knowledge of local regulations applicable to public sector fundraising;
• Advanced knowledge of English language
• PC literate
• Active driver – B category

If you believe yourself to be a positive, energetic, self-driven and highly results-oriented professional with excellent networking skills (including a developed network of relevant contacts), who can support us in providing a loving home for every child - please do not hesitate to contact us: send your CV and motivation letter electronically.

Note: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.