Associate philanthropy advisor

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Join MSF OCG as an Associate philanthropy advisor!

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Inclusivity and Diversity at MSF

Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF\’s social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don\’t meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

Context & mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

MSF Switzerland was created in 1981 and it is headquartered in Geneva. The Philanthropy Unit is one of the seven units at the Communications and Fundraising Department. To ensure a good geographical coverage of the Swiss fundraising market, the Unit is divided into three offices: Geneva, Zurich and Lugano. The Unit’s mission is to strengthen MSF’s relationship with its private major supporters, including wealthy individuals, companies, foundations, and other philanthropic organizations. It also manages grants and donations from Swiss cantons and communes.

In order to develop the activities of fundraising, Médecins Sans Frontières is looking for an associate philanthropy advisor for Swiss Romandie. His/her main missions would be:

• Stewardship and upgrading of smaller foundations and of corporates (1toFew approach)

• Qualification of prospects identified by the prospect researcher.

Tasks & Responsibilities

With the Team Coordinator, associate philanthropy advisor is responsible for raising funds by implementing and improving a newly developed one-to-few strategy for foundations and corporates, offering donors an interesting variety of interaction opportunities that drive engagement and growth. This is a position to allow for the team to further grow income for MSF’s social mission from French and English-speaking organizations based in Romandie.

The associate philanthropy advisor will also participate actively to the qualification of prospects identified by the prospect researcher. He/she will contact first the qualified prospects and will work closely with the philanthropy advisors to start building a relationship with them. He/she is in charge of a pool of more than 90 donors, representing CHF 650’000 approximately.

Strategy and action plan

• Together with the Team coordinator: support, implement and develop the One-to-Few strategy and plan of action to maintain a good relationship with foundations, corporates and cantons/communes and upgrade their annual donations.

• In accordance with the Team coordinator: support the overall strategy for corporate fundraising in Switzerland, including the Due Diligence processes and Gift Acceptance Policy;

• Support the development and implementation of the prospection and the acquisition strategy for Romandie.

• In accordance with the unit\’s action plans and budget, plan and monitor the income of the allocated donor portfolio.

• Contribute to the strategic mapping and general annual plan of action of the Communications and Fundraising Department.

One-to-Few approach:

• Cultivate and steward foundations, cantons/communes and corporates that require a 1tofew approach.

• Target to upgrading relationships with potential from 1tofew to 1to1.

• Liaise with the marketing team to coordinate the sending of mailing.

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