Sweet Louise is the operational arm of the Louise Perkins Foundation, a charitable trust launched in October 2006 with the vision of ‘positive lives with breast cancer’. Sweet Louise’s unique mission is to help improve the quality of life and well-being of women and men living with metastatic (also known as secondary or advanced) breast cancer.
As they continue to expand throughout New Zealand, a new position of ‘Fundraising Coordinator’ has been created to help develop and implement Sweet Louise fundraising initiatives to grow fundraising income.
They are a small, caring team who can offer an enthusiastic, empathetic and self-motivated individual the flexibility of working from home and flexibility in hours. The person they seek would report directly to the CEO and have proven experience in all aspects of fundraising with the main responsibilities including:
· Development and implementation of fundraising initiatives aligned with the organisation’s fundraising strategy
· Identifying new fundraising opportunities and coordinating the associated initiatives for new fundraising income streams
· Assisting with sponsorship proposals and helping develop key relationships
· Assisting with the development of the Sweet Louise donor and bequest programme
· Management and maintenance of the Sweet Louise customised fundraising database
· Coordination, administration and delivery of fundraising events
· Applying for grant funding and developing relationships with trusts and foundations
· Coordinating and developing fundraising volunteers as appropriate.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience in the fundraising field including experience in donor and bequest development, sponsorship, events and funding applications. As this is a new position and as part of a small team that work remotely, all applicants must be able to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and have proven successes in implementing fundraising initiatives and innovations, building strong relationships and achieving set targets. Personal attributes of integrity and respect will be required along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. An understanding of new technologies in relation to fundraising would be an advantage.
If you would like to join a team that is 100% committed to ‘positive lives with breast cancer’, can fulfill the criteria above, would enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the part-time hours of 15 to 20 hours per week then please send your CV along with a covering letter to Sue Brewster, sue.brewster@sweetlouise.co.nz. Applications close on 9th February 2012 and a job description is available upon email request. Visit www.sweetlouise.co.nz for more information on our organisation.
