Jobs at Index
We are currently seeking a Major Giving Manager and Events Manager at Index on Censorship.
Major Giving Manager: Three days a week, London SE1
Salary: £27-35,000 pro-rata
Closing Date: 31/05/2013
Interviews: 11/6/2013
Index on Censorship promotes and defends freedom of expression around the world. Building on four decades as a global agenda‐setter on free expression issues, Index on Censorship combines journalism and advocacy into hard-hitting and effective campaigning, debate and analysis. Index reports from around the world, including defending free speech online as well as off at national and international level, covering repression in Belarus, Azerbaijan and Burma, campaigning to change English libel laws and promoting freedom of artistic expression.
Index is seeking to appoint a Major Giving Manager to develop, lead and coordinate our targeted individual fundraising strategy across our activities. The new strategy will build on existing funders and contacts and develop a range of new high net worth funders both in the UK and internationally. There will be a particular emphasis on developing a network of patrons in the context of our wide ranging arts and cultural work, as well as developing new foundation and other funding sources for our wider journalism, advocacy and policy work.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual, capable of meshing with Index’s mission and values. They will have a proven track record in fundraising and development across these areas, relationship management and excellent communication skills.
Duties:
• Developing and initiating both a domestic and an international strategy to expand high level net worth individual giving, including a patrons scheme and a matched funding programme
• Organising fundraising dinners and other fundraising events for high net worth individuals
• Helping develop an international strategy to expand income both from charitable foundations and from corporate and governmental targets
• Delivering against defined fundraising targets
• Contributing to the maintenance of an overarching schedule of applications, reporting and donor care
• Working with the head of communications to create appropriate fundraising materials
Essential Experience/Skills:
• Significant experience and proven success in generating substantial gifts in the charitable sector and maintaining these income strands
• Strong communication and presentation skills and good report writing
• Ability to initiate and lead a fundraising strategy working both on your own initiative and with relevant directors , the CEO and Trustee fundraising sub-committee – in the context of Index’s overarching strategy
• Ability to develop, manage and maintain relationships with high level donors
• Very good digital skills including managing and recording quantitative and qualitative data.
• Willingness to travel
• An interest in freedom of expression issues
Desirable:
• Language skills
• Experience of working in NGOs
To apply please send a CV, a short letter (under one page) explaining how you meet the criteria for the post, and a one page outline setting out what would be the main elements of your approach to developing a new major giving fundraising strategy for Index on Censorship to david@indexoncensorship.org
Events Manager: Full Time, London SE1
Salary: £23-27,000
Closing Date: 31/05/2013
Interviews: 11/6/2013
Index on Censorship promotes and defends freedom of expression around the world. Building on four decades as a global agenda‐setter on free expression issues, Index on Censorship combines journalism and advocacy into hard-hitting and effective campaigning, debate and analysis. Index reports from around the world, including defending free speech online as well as off at national and international level, covering repression in Belarus, Azerbaijan and Burma, campaigning to change English libel laws and promoting freedom of artistic expression.
Index is seeking to appoint an Events Manager who will run a range of events in the UK and in a number of other countries around the world. The events manager will lead and manage Index’s biggest annual event, our Freedom of Expression Awards, which takes place in London every March with a high level audience of three to four hundred media, political, NGO and other participants. The events manager also leads on coordinating and setting up the nomination and judging process for the award winners.
Events are a core part of Index’s work; they are one main way we encourage debate on, and raise awareness of, key free expression issues and they reinforce and publicise our journalism and campaigns. Our events are mainly in London but we are increasing the number of events we do elsewhere in the UK and in our priority countries around the world. The events range from small roundtables with key experts and decision makers, to large public events to focused events launching each issue of our magazine every quarter, and events launching policy papers or promoting our campaigns. Our events are on diverse topics from digital censorship in China to media freedom in Belarus to sport and free speech. Many of our events are done in partnership with a range of other organisations. We also plan to do a new series of online events.
The events manager leads on developing most of these events often in collaboration with other Index colleagues.
We are looking for a talented, motivated, creative, enthusiastic and efficient individual with experience of managing events. You will have excellent communications skills, great organisational abilities and be a real team player.
Duties:
• Developing ideas and concepts for events that promote and develop Index’s strategic priorities working with Index colleagues and partners
• Building excellent networks of contacts – partners for events, speakers, and a range of audiences for different issues, and keeping up to date databases of contacts
• Managing all aspects of events – speakers, venue, audience invites, production and technical requirements in advance and at the event, reporting and communicating of the event in the UK and internationally (online, media etc) ,front of house duties at events and coordinating other members of the team
• Managing the Index Annual Freedom of Expression Awards, with colleagues, including the judging process, venue, sponsors, speakers, ticket sales, media, logistics for awards winners, promotional materials etc
• Developing online events with the Index online team Organising Rapid response events in reaction to major unexpected issues and opportunities
• Working with the Major Giving Manager on fundraising and sponsorship around events and on events focused on fundraising such as fundraising dinners
Essential Experience/Skills:
• Excellent and proven organisational and event management skills with demonstrable and efficient project management skills
• Demonstrable experience of organising a range of events
• Very good communications skills, very good at communicating to and building relationships with a wide range of individuals from celebrities and politicians to technical experts, journalists and the general public
• Very good team working abilities
• Creativity in designing and developing all aspects of events
• Good knowledge of the production and technical aspects of events
• A real interest in free expression issues
• Good marketing and promotional skills online and off
• Willingness to travel
• English at mother tongue level
Desirable:
• Experience of working in a media or NGO environment
• Foreign language skills
To apply please send to david@indexoncensorship.org a short cv and a short letter (maximum one page) setting out how you meet the criteria for the post, and setting out in one paragraph an event idea for Index.
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