Corporate Relations Assistant

Founded in August 2012, International Women’s Initiative (IWI) is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working towardsthepromotion ofwomen's rights and gender equality around the world. We believe that we will achieve this through the creation of volunteer and professional networks and the provision of a platform for engaging in constructive commentary and ideas-sharing in the field. Funds raisedby the organisation are used to support and resource partnerships with community-basedorganisations or projects.

We are currently focusing on advancing our Safe Birthing Programme which seeks to reduce the high levels of maternal mortality in the Amolatar District, Uganda.

International Women’s Initiative (IWI) is currently advertising for a Corporate Relations Assistant f . IWI is a non-profit organisation that seeks to improve women’s conditions worldwide and we currently need help to raise funds for IWI and our first project, the Safe Birthing Programme. We are currently in need of a Corporate Relations assistant that will help us to implement the various tasks outlined in the fundraising strategy.

The position is for a three month period, but with a view of a potential extension.

Where: The position is carried out remotely from your home
, for this reason it is essential that you have access to private internet and a computer, as well as good organisational and time management skills.

Duties: Reporting directly to the Operations Director, Amaranta Thompson or the Corporate Relations Director when hired, the Corporate Relations Assistant will be expected to support the fundraising efforts of the organisation. This may happen in various capacities and according to what the organisations needs are at the time. But tasks may include writing applications to major donors, finding other ways of funding through online platforms, devising fundraising campaigns alongside the communications teams as well as various other tasks.

Responsibilities may include:

Income Generation

• Research fundraising opportunities for the International Women’s Initiative to participate in relevant events and discussions etc to garner support and promote the work of the foundation
• Assisting the Corporate Relations Director and project managers in identifying new sources of funding
• Gathering and disseminating information from online weekly fundraising bulletins and updates
• Supporting the Corporate Relations Director in the preparation of new grant applications, including editing, proof reading and managing online application forms
• Compiling and sending out information packs to potential donors and supporters
• Managing supplies of all fundraising materials to support income generation

Donor Communications

• Processing all donations and grant payments
• Maintaining electronic filing systems for all grants and donations
• Acknowledging donations and writing thank you letters
• Maintaining all fundraising records on IWI database
• Supporting the Corporate Relations Director in preparing update reports for all donors as required
• Assist in the improvement and maintenance of the fundraising pages on the website

Events and Campaigns

Once or twice a year, IWI carries out awareness raising online fundraising campaigns and events to which we want to attract potential donor. The post holder will work in partnership with the Corporate Relations Director to advance our programme of fundraising and profile-raising events, supported by the events team.

Main duties will include:

• Supporting the IWI’s Events team and the Corporate Relations Director to organise events that may include talks, drinks receptions and film screenings as well as online campaigns that are generally based around our website
• Liaising with suppliers and other relevant people to order prepare materials for fundraising events/campaigns and preparing all materials in advance

Grant and Information Management

When appropriate the post holder will be given specific grants to manage, under the supervision of the Corporate Relations Director , tasks under this remit include:

• Researching and writing reports for funders in collaboration with project teams
• Managing budgets in collaboration with the Finance…