Volunteer Fundraising Officer at Healthcare Philanthropy

Healthcare Philanthropy has been the Health Consultation Center of choice. What started off as a small consultation center has since grown into a mega healthcare philanthrophic center that organises free health talks and medical tests twice monthly; caring for humanity while rendering free health consultancy services. We offer patients the much attention and care they need in order to get them feeling healthy again. We are a non-profit organisation established to save lives through disease prevention by using proven business practices such as donations, sponsorships & partnerships.

We are therefore recruiting suitably qualified candidates in other to meet the financial need towards sustaining the programme goal in the vacant position below:

Job Title: Volunteer Fundraising Officer

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Research prospective donors, develop maintain media contact lists
• Write send letters of thanks to donors
• Create a strong fundraising message that appeals to potential donors
• Conduct fundraising strategies for an organization
• Identify and contact potential donors
• Organize a campaign or event that will lead to soliciting donations
• Maintain records of donor information for future use
• Evaluate the success of previous fundraising events
• Train volunteers in fundraising procedures and practices
• Ensure that all legal reporting requirements are satisfied
• Create or update donor databases
• Design or produce materials like posters, Web sites, or newsletters to promote, market, or advertise fundraising events
• Direct or supervise fundraising staff, including volunteer staff members
• Solicit cash or in-kind donations or sponsorships from individual, business, or government donors.

Requirements

• ND / HND / B.Sc in a related field.
• 2-3 years relevant work experience in a similar position

Personal qualities required:

• Female
• Good interpersonal skills, you will be friendly, professional and have a persuasive manner
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Self-motivated
• Strategic and thorough in recording details
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Experience of managing simple databases in Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• Previous experience of working or volunteering in the not-for-profit sector is desirable but not essential
• Previous experience in fundraising/event management is desirable but not essential.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2020.