Fundraising Officer
Street Child, Italy
Job Description
Street Child Italia (SCIT) is a non-profit organisation that implements educational projects for the most disadvantaged children in the poorest countries of the world and in crisis regions. The projects focus on high-quality and sustainable measures: access to education, child protection and the sustainable safeguarding of the livelihood of families. SCIT is an independent partner of the global Street Child network, consisting of 8 sister organisations in Europe and projects in 22 of the world’s lowest income and most crisis-affected countries in Africa and Asia.
Street Child Italia is looking for a passionate professional to support Street Child Italia’s fundraising efforts in Italy. As a Fundraising Officer, you will be contributing and supporting the team in Italy to fundraise and reach its annual target. Additionally, you will also be part of a global fundraising team and you will work closely with our European fundraising teams based in Barcelona and London. This is a virtual position, but we expect candidates ideally to be based in Rome or Milan, and we encourage the new starter to spend some weeks at the beginning working from the Barcelona office to facilitate the onboarding.
Your most important tasks
Fundraising Support:
- Contribute to the fundraising efforts of SCIT by writing grant proposals to funders.
- Support the SCIT Country Manager on managing donor relationships including but not limited to preparing project reports and representing SCIT with funders when required.
- Support SCIT corporate fundraising by researching new opportunities and supporting to establish new strategic partnerships.
- Help pursue unrestricted funding opportunities such as (but not limited to): Affiliate marketing, Sierra Leone Marathon, recurring donor campaigns, challenges, etc.
- Contribute to the management of a small team of interns and volunteers.
External Communications:
- In direct collaboration with SCUK and SCEU teams, draft and publish external comms content for SCIT
- Own and coordinate updates of SCIT website amp; social media channels with help of intern amp; volunteers
- Support the creation and publishing of the Annual Report
Community Engagement:
- Help keep the SCIT community together by sharing information and organizing get-together events from time to time.
- Coordinate participation of previous interns and volunteers at events where SCIT is actively involved.
Your profile:
- You identify yourself and feel passionate about Street Child’s mission and values.
- You have completed a university degree in a relevant field or a comparable qualification?or a comparable experience.
- You have excellent written and spoken communication in Italian and English.
- You bring creativity to the job and are not afraid to take the initiative to get things done; what is more, you have a high sense of responsibility and are able to work independently in an international environment, whilst also being a real team player who actively supports other members of the team.
- Willingness to travel from time to time.
Our offer
- Working in a truly international environment and being part of the growing Street Child family.
- A competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience and in line with industry.
- Flexible working hours.
- Full-time employment, though we are willing to discuss other arrangements.
- Salary range (depending on experience): 17k-22k gross per annum.
Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding:
Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.
As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check. Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
We value diversity and encourage all interested candidates to reach out to us and apply regardless of their background, race, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, disability or age.