United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Fundraising Internship

Position: Fundraising & Events Intern.

Organisation: Internews Europe

Location: Old Street, London EC1V 9FR

Reports to: Head of Major Donors

Duration: 6 months from May 2016

Hours: Ideally 18 hours per week (days and hours negotiable).

Application Deadline: 17th April 2016

About Us

Internews supports local media around the world to give communities at the grassroots level the

information that they need to make informed choices about the world around them, to hold their elected representatives to account and help them better understand critical issues in their country.

We work at the nexus of media, information and development. Strengthening the media and making sure that people have access to trustworthy information is one of the most important conditions for enabling all other development activities to succeed.

We work in some of the most challenging environments in the world – from Myanmar to MENA region to the European Refugee route – and everywhere people need trusted information to understand the world around them, engage in conversations with their communities and leaders, make decisions, and act to improve their lives.

General Function

This is a new position reporting directly the Head of Major Gifts, who has operational responsibility for our mission-led fundraising efforts among High Net worth Individuals, Trusts & Foundations and Corporate Donors in the UK and across Europe.

The major responsibility of the team is to generate funds from the private sector to support our work around the world.

Specific duties include

• Identify prospect Trusts & Foundations; corporates and Major Donors who could support

Internews’ work;

• Research and create mapping networks to enhance fundraising approaches;

• Draft and send proposals and concept notes on behalf of the Head of Major Donors;

• Gathering and analysing biographical, financial, corporate and philanthropic information from a wide variety of sources using proprietary databases and research tools;

• Producing detailed and qualified profiles on new prospects and influencers to maximise the organisation’s fundraising capacity;

• Working with the Events Committee to plan and execute our fundraising dinner and other events throughout the year;

• Maintaining meticulous records on our Salesforce database to ensure all research is stored within

Data Protection guidelines;

• Taking and disseminating meeting minutes;

• To develop good relations and maintain excellent communication channels with other teams and departments;

• Run fundraising and activity reports on Salesforce; and

• Other duties as directed by the Head of Major Donors.

Technical Competencies

· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;

· Strong organisational skills and the ability to assess, prioritise and manage a varied workload;

· Research, data management and analysis skills;

· Experience of prospect research, providing relevant high quality research reports and using CRM or similar database software (desirable); and

· Knowledge of the fundraising process and the role of prospect research within it (desirable).