Fund Develop and Communications Assistant
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The FDC Assistant primarily supports the FDC Department in implementing fundraising, donor/sponsor care, and communications activities aimed at increasing the visibility of SOS Children’s Villages Cambodia and securing both financial and non-financial support. The role also involves assisting with administrative tasks, content creation, website and social media management, engagement with donors and sponsors, event coordination, and both internal and external communications.
- MAIN CLIENTS
- National Office: FDC Team, National Director, Deputy National Director, and other related functions such as Finance, HROD, Program Team, ICT, Safeguarding etc.
- Field Offices: Project Heads and relevant field staff.
- Regional Office: Regional FDC Team.
- Key stakeholders: Donors from Private Sector, individual sponsors and media, and CSOs.
- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Fundraising and Donor Support
- Assist in identification and acquisition of corporate donors, write proposals, develop partnerships, establish and maintain regular contact with corporates by face-to-face meetings, attending donor forums, and email communications.
- Assist in donor mapping, market research, competitor analysis, and fundraising strategy development.
- Assist in digital fundraising including campaign concept design, content development, fundraising through Facebook and other social media.
- Support donor care activities including sending letters of acknowledgment, reports, and updates.
- Assist in maintaining the donor database and records, ensuring accurate and timely data entry.
- Assist in logistics for fundraising campaigns and donor events.
- Communications
- Contribute to the creation of content for social media, websites, newsletters, and other promotional materials.
- Draft the stories, articles, and posts between Khmer and English, ensuring cultural relevance that highlight the impact of SOS Children’s Villages programs
- Assist in the documentation of success stories, photos, and videos from the field.
- Assist in monitoring media coverage and maintaining press contacts.
- Assist in developing fundraising and communication related materials.
- Local travel maybe required
- Administrative and Coordination Support
- Support day-to-day administrative tasks of the DFC Department.
- Assist in coordinating communication between departments and with external partners.
- Maintain filing systems for both physical and electronic communications materials.
- Assist DFC Director and National Director as required.
- Requirement
- University Degree in Media and Communications, Business Management, International Relations, Social Work, or other related fields.
- A minimum of 1 year of professional experience with national and international NGO or private sector, specifically on donor communication, digital and non-digital fundraising, corporate relationship and social media.
- Ability to use digital design tools to produce communication material.
- Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, Email, and Internet.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English is preferable.
- Prior experience working with the children of any NGOs in Cambodia is preferable.
- Essential Values, Behaviours and Skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Time and energy to devote to the role, and ability to share decision making and responsibility with enthusiasm, patience, and understanding Knowledge of child protection and child safeguarding
- Good skill in facilitation and diligence is preferable.
- Basic photography or video editing skills.
