Fundraising Officer - German Speaking Switzerland

Role and Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Swiss German Office team, develop and expand Medair’s presence in the German-speaking Switzerland to resource Medair with private funding, field staff candidates and prayer support. Develop a strong network of supporters, particularly existing and prospective private major donors and companies, to deliver on demanding income targets.

Project Overview

Medair Headquarters (HQ) provides operational guidance for country programmes and activities, along with both technical and compassionate support for our relief workers. Within our headquarters, we are also responsible for promoting the work of Medair to the world, to raise and manage the funds needed to run our life-saving and sustaining programmes. Our headquarters teams are also responsible for recruiting international and HQ staff, and like our field teams, we are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care. The Medair Zurich office supports and compliments our HQ work in Switzerland.

Medair

Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. We bring relief and recovery to people in crisis, regardless of race, creed or nationality. As signatories of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, we believe that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, regardless of political, social or religious viewpoint. We save lives in emergencies and then stay to help people recover from crisis with dignity—working side by side with communities to leave a lasting impact. We provide a range of emergency relief and recovery services: health care and nutrition; safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; shelter and infrastructure.

Workplace         

Medair Zurich Office, but travelling widely within Switzerland

Starting Date

February 2015

Initial Contract Details

Full time, open-ended contract

Key Activity Areas

Fundraising Activities: Individual Donors  

• Face-to-face contact with individual donors and prospects to build positive and sustainable relationship.
• Present Medair, projects, products and other funding opportunities.
• Donor thank you management.
• In collaboration within the Zurich team, write project summaries, reports, letters and presentations based on field information.
• Research networks in which existing donors are involved and get in touch with them.
• Introduce Medair and our mission to new communities and attract new donors and supporters.

Fundraising Activities: Corporate Donors

• Establish a concept and strategy to approach corporates in Switzerland.
• Develop specific products to offer to corporates which lead to longer term partnership options.
• Work with other Medair offices to develop a corporate fundraising strategy for the Swiss market.
• Manage and develop existing relationships with corporates.
• Find new corporate donors and build profitable relationships with them.

Attending External Conferences and Medair Events

• Attend relevant conferences and events for networking purposes and to connect with prospects.
• In collaboration with the rest of the Zurich team, attend / organise Medair events to attract new donors and / or consolidate existing donors.

Tasks Common to all Medair Staff

• Uphold Medair values and contribute to the wellbeing of the team as an active member (e.g. participating in the spiritual activities such as intercession and devotional time).

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent
• Professional Fundraising / Marketing / Sales / Account Management / Project Management qualification desirable

Languages

• Strong working knowledge of German (spoken and written)
• Working knowledge of English (spoken and written)
• Working knowledge of Swiss German / French (spoken and written) desirable

Experience / Competencies

• Demonstrable professional success in the area of fundraising / marketing / sales
• Overseas experience in a humanitarian / development project desirable
• Experience of working in companies in German-speaking Switzerland
• Experience of CRM / sales management software
• Collaborative team player; people-oriented, relational, networking and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Understanding of international and humanitarian context desirable
• Well-able to lead volunteers and other supporters

Medair Standard Working Requirements for the International Headquarters

• Committed Christians; commitment to the Medair values
• Reflect the vision and values of Medair when interacting with team members and external contacts
• At least one year of professional experience in a relevant field (more experience preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written)
• Working knowledge of French (spoken and written) for French-speaking roles
• Competent with MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Motivated by a spirit of service; solid team player

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with pay-grade of the position
• Travel expenses to country programmes (for staff who are required to make field visits)
• Annual leave; Accident insurance and pension; Death and disability insurance; Health insurance for loss of earnings
• The opportunity to work in a Christian organisation where your contributions make a difference for the world’s most vulnerable

HQ Working Conditions

• Swiss or eligible EU citizens, or those with a valid work permit for Switzerland, can apply.
• This is a position based in Zurich but travelling widely within Switzerland.

Application Process

Follow this link: www.medair.org/work-with-us, check if you fit our standard working criteria, then: apply for this vacancy (or another position that matches your profile).

Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Medair does not set closing / deadline dates for applications; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled.