NGO,
Our Client, A regional Amman based NGO aims to establish a tech campus focused on offering learn, earn and stay opportunities to ambitious Tec forward students, businesses and individuals alike, is looking for an experienced Communication & Fund Raising Manager to be based in HQ in Amman – Jordan (HQ) . She/he will report directly to the Executive Director .
Position
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Communication & Fundraising Project Manager will assist with all day-to-day activities of the department, from administrative to creative.
The main function of this role is to advance the organization by telling org story, both to raise money and to engage partners. Sharing our many successes and lessons helps us enlist funders as well as spark and enrich collaborations with stakeholders ranging from tech accelerators and incubators and like-minded tech organizations, to aspiring students and tech entrepreneurs. In addition to gathering information and stories from alumni, volunteers, staff and board members to weave together org’s story, the successful candidate must also manage the organization’s communications channels and establish scheduled communications and engage all org stakeholders across social media and online platforms. The successful candidate will also have oversight from the communications and fundraising committee of the board who will play an advisory role.
Communication responsibilities include
● Overseeing all pages of our website (coordinating with Amman and Jerusalem teams and keeping up with organization news and relevant updates)
● Creation of social media and communications materials to tell org’s story dating back from 1942 to current date
● Creating all materials for the organization in order to engage stakeholders such as marketing materials, talking points, pitch decks, etc.
● Keeping up with every department’s latest success stories and impacts and tracking this content to be shared where appropriate (social media, Press Release, e-blast, website,
etc.)
● Posting photos and creating videos, slideshows, and other visual content
● Producing communication material for each program as needed and tracking supply (brochures, postcards, etc.)
● Increasing website traffic by linking to and from websites of partners and organizations,
●Managing all social media posts and content and coordinating with other departments who use social media
● Work with Executive Director and all relevant board committees to identify strategy and monthly plans for content creation and sharing
● Staying abreast of advances in digital communications and making periodic recommendations for tools and resources that will help the organization
● Writing, editing, and proofreading a variety of materials, including website features, newsletters, brochures, e-blasts, press releases, press advisories, and position papers
● Collecting and capturing photographs and testimonies at public events to build content
● Manage and oversee the production of monthly newsletter and communications with the board
● Working with the Executive Director to develop and execute a comprehensive digital communication and social media strategy
● Producing Press Release content to track milestones and publicize organization’s successful campaigns, new developments, and important updates
Fundraising responsibilities include
● Working with the Executive Director, Chairman and the Communications and Fundraising committee to identify foundations, corporations, government entities, and other funders focused on youth education, employment and tech and innovation hubs
● Researching and identifying current and potential individual donors and prospects
● Creating a clear, user-friendly system for tracking past, current, and potential funders and individual donors
● Tracking and recording grants and donations
● Anticipating and following up on deadlines for grant applications, pre-proposal meetings, acknowledgment letters, and grant reports
● Preparing, disseminating, and tracking the effectiveness of donor appeals
●Preparing, disseminating, and tracking acknowledgment letters
● Conduct grant research and writing by creating outlines, editing proposals on an as-needed basis
Qualifications
The Communication & Fundraising Project Manager is a motivated, collaborative person who thinks creatively, works proactively, is eager to learn, and has a critical lens for improvement.
The successful candidate will have experience with
● Fundraising research (identifying philanthropic institutions and enlarging our individual
donor pool)
● Maintaining a website and creating new content
● Working with HTML and various CMS platforms
● Writing website and other content and proofreading both digital and hard copy text
● Social Media strategy (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn)
● Graphic design and production using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and other tools
●Photography
● Experience working with oral history projects or interviews to capture stories
● Working knowledge of the following programs is essential: Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint, InDesign or Illustrator, WordPress, Constant Contact or
Mailchimp. A candidate with a background in the following is preferred but not mandatory:
● Fundraising, philanthropy, and foundations
● Individual donor prospecting and/or stewardship
● Journalism, blogging, or other writing
● Web design
● Public relations and/or event management
● Arabic and English Fluency (spoken and/or written)