Fundraising Advisor

Assignment Type:

Canadian International Volunteer

Eligibility Requirements:

Open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada only

Assignment ID:

VA-106877

Assignment Title:

Fundraising Advisor

Partner:

Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Inc.)

Country:

Sri Lanka

Duration:

4 to 5 months (flexible)

Time Commitment:

Full time

Assignment Context

Are you passionate about community development and social justice with experience in fundraising? This role with Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka might be for you!

As a Fundraising Advisor, you will help develop strategies to mobilize resources for Sarvodaya’s programs, empowering communities across the country. Your efforts will expand the donor base and create sustainable funding streams, making a lasting impact on thousands of lives.

Apply to advance gender equality and social inclusion in Sri Lanka!

Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify funding gaps in Sarvodaya's current streams
• Research potential donors aligned with Sarvodaya’s mission
• Lead proposal writing for grants
• Design and launch targeted fundraising campaigns
• Regularly update guidelines with new trends and technologies
• Incorporate gender-sensitive and sustainable practices into fundraising
• Track and report gender and environmental outcomes
• Promote youth and women's inclusion in fundraising efforts
• Ensure gender-sensitive representation in materials and communications
• Participate in pre-assignment training
• Participate in at least 3 public engagement initiatives before, during, or after the assignment. Volunteers will be equipped with the tools, training, and support to achieve these goals. Volunteers will also have one virtual check-in with the Public Engagement Officer throughout the course of their assignment.
• Set up a personalized volunteer fundraising page on the WUSC fundraising platform and share it in your networks. Volunteers will be supported with the tools, training and support to achieve the fundraising goal.
• Submit reports as required by the partner organization and by WUSC.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Marketing, Nonprofit Management, or Related Field
• Knowledge of the processes and expectations of international donors, such as foundations and government agencies and multilateral organizations, is highly desirable
• Minimum two (2) years relevant professional experience in your field of expertise
• A commitment to gender equality, youth inclusion, and international volunteering
• Flexibility, adaptability, excellent interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity
• Experience with group facilitation and trainings, including content development considered an asset
• Experience living and working internationally considered an asset
• Written and oral fluency in English.

Project Description

Volunteering for development is one of the important ways in which WUSC pursues its mission. The IGNI+E project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, supports over 70 partner organizations to advance gender equality and the economic empowerment of 1.2 million youth around the world. IGNI+E harnesses the knowledge, capacity and expertise of skilled Canadians through volunteer assignments and public engagement activities to assist partners in improving their performance, advocating for gender equality, and implementing more sustainable, innovative and inclusive initiatives and services for poor and marginalised youth, particularly young women. Overseas, our volunteers collaborate with a wide variety of partners, including enterprise and social enterprise development incubators, skills training centres, women’s organizations, and youth groups. In Canada, WUSC works with institutions and individuals to identify, prepare, and support volunteers who travel overseas to support our partners. Our network in Canada also works with WUSC to raise awareness among Canadians to inspire greater action on global development issues. Our collective focus is on sustainable and inclusive changes to create a better world for youth.

Partner Description

Sarvodaya is Sri Lanka’s most broadly embedded community-based development organization network. Sarvodaya works with 25 district centres, 325 divisional centres and over 3,000 legally independent village societies in districts across the country, including the northern and eastern provinces. Key programmes include income generation, microfinance, youth programs, and internally displaced youth.

Support Package

• Support and guidance from the WUSC Volunteer Mobilization Team prior to departure and from WUSC Country Team while on assignment
• Pre-departure training to learn about the volunteering for development program, gain practical skills for living and working in an intercultural context and network with other volunteers
• In-country orientation upon arrival in country of assignment
• Language training in country of assignment, where required
• Modest monthly living and accommodation allowance
• Airfare to and from the assignment country
• Visa/work permit
• Pre-departure medical exam
• Health insurance
• Vaccinations and antimalarial medication
• Criminal record verification
• Vacation leave entitlement
• Debriefing after completion of assignment
• An incredible opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to global development, enhance your professional skills and participate in an experience of a lifetime!

WUSC’s Safeguarding Policy

WUSC’s activities seek to balance inequities and create sustainable development around the globe; the work ethic of our staff, volunteers, representatives and partners shall correspond to the values and mission of the organization. WUSC promotes responsibility, respect, honesty, and professional excellence and we will not tolerate harassment, coercion and sexual exploitation and abuse of any form. Successful applicants will be required to sign off on the WUSC Code of Conduct and the Self-Disclosure Form. International and national volunteers will also be required to submit a criminal record verification.

WUSC is a signatory to the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Pledge on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Misconduct. The pledge represents the shared commitment as Canada’s global development and humanitarian leaders to ensure the full implementation of practices and policies that will protect and respond to our own staff, volunteers and the communities we serve. We are committed to creating safe and respectful workplaces and programs that promote gender equality and are free from gender-based violence, including by addressing and responding to all abuse of power, holding people to account, and protecting the vulnerable. Read the full pledge.