Development and Fundraising Manager

DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING MANAGER

Fellowship Type:     Full-time – Based in HCMC
Start date:        As soon as possible
Report to:         CEO/FOUNDER

Mission
The Development and Fundraising Manager will support our goals as a not-for-profit organization by helping to develop, organize and manage our fundraising and corporate partnerships development efforts in order to guarantee the sustainability and financial viability of our activities.

Role

• Manage the accounts of different key corporate partners and individual givers of our organization, including strategic design for each relationship, follow-up and communication management, preparation of relevant presentations and partnership packages, planning of key meetings and support to the CEO in preparing for those.
• Research and create a strategy for connecting with key partners and potential supporters and funders of our organization.
• Write and manage grant applications and reports to support our organization’s efforts.
• Plan and coordinate fundraising events and other events with our external partners.
• Build and maintain a wide base of contacts and supporters.
• Ensure the renewal of existing donations.

Because we are a start-up organization, every staff member in our organization is expected to pitch in as needed outside of his/her department as well.  This would include, for example: supporting our recruitment efforts, meeting with principals, and other strategies essential to the success of our mission.

Requirements

1. Skills:

• Strong organizational and planning skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and effective presentation skills
• Ability to work well with others and to build strong relationships
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment and to learn on-the-job
• Openness and flexibility
• Demonstration of our core values (see below)

2. Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required (business, HR or psychology majors preferred, but not essential)
• Demonstrated results in achieving a high-impact goal
• Experience managing projects and events
• Fundraising and/or foundation experience strongly preferred
• English fluency (strong verbal and written communication skills)

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of independent organizations that promote educational opportunity by enlisting their nations’ future leaders to teach for at least two years in their high-need communities and become lifelong leaders for educational excellence and equity. Teach For All's mission is to expand educational opportunity internationally by accelerating the impact of the partnering organizations in their network. It achieves this by providing direct support services and fostering a powerful network among the programs and their participants, with the goal of maximizing the organizations’ scale, participant impact and learning, alumni leadership, and organizational strength. Teach For All network includes 42 independent organizations.

About Teach For Vietnam

Teach For Vietnam is working toward partnership with Teach For All. As an independent, locally led nonprofit organization, Teach For Vietnam enlists the most promising future leaders from multiple industries to create more educational opportunities for all children in Vietnam. Participants in the program, known as Fellows, serve as full-time teachers for two years in high need schools across Vietnam and commit to transforming the education outcomes of less-privileged schoolchildren through significantly improving their achievement and aspirations. In the long term, after 2 years of teaching and fitting in with the community, these former teachers from different industries will collectively create a wave of change to achieve education equity and excellence for all children in Vietnam.

How to apply

More details available at our website: teachforvietnam.org/work-with-tfv/

To apply, please send an e-mail entitled “Application for Development and Fundraising Manager_Your Name” to [email protected]  with a CV and a cover letter in English.

Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis to identify appropriate candidates as soon as possible.

Deadline: July 10, 2017.