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Trusts and Foundations Assistant

Remote

Help grow our community! Babylon Project is looking for someone to assist our Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser with prospecting research and creating reports for funders.

About Us

Babylon Project is a grassroots organisation which provides creative activities by and for young people from asylum seeking, refugee and migrant backgrounds. We run workshops in art, storytelling, drama, film-making and photography, and aim to enable integration into life in the UK through boosting the young people’s confidence and providing them with tools to express themselves.

The Role

Babylon Project is looking for a volunteer who could contribute a few hours a week to helping us achieve our fundraising goals. Key tasks will include:

  • Researching new funding opportunities and helping to build a pipeline of trusts, foundations and awards that we are eligible to apply for

  • Keeping on top of upcoming deadlines and application requirements

  • Drafting reports for funders at the end of grant periods

  • The Fundraising Volunteer will work with our Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser, and support and be supported by the Core Team of Babylon Project staff.

Essential Criteria

  • Experience of effective fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations

  • Knowledge of prospecting tools such as the Charity Commission, Charity Excellence or fundraising newsletters and subscriptions

  • Excellent research and time management skills

  • Desire to meet targets and ability to work flexibly towards those targets

  • Ability to use own initiative, plan and manage own workload and support others

  • A confident communicator, able to turn complex project information into persuasive fundraising content for a variety of audiences

  • Commitment to, understanding and sensitive communication of our work and values

  • Enthusiastic and positive attitude; high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

  • Excellent IT skills

  • Awareness of GDPR and data protection issues

Desirable Criteria

Understanding or experience of the refugee sector, and/or working with young people

Benefits

  • Completely flexible working

  • Belonging to an incredible, supportive, international community

  • The satisfaction of knowing that your contribution is having a meaningful impact on the lives of young people from refugee, asylum seeking and migrant backgrounds.

How to Apply: 

Please apply through Reach in the first instance, and also state your availability in the next two weeks for a Zoom interview, which will be an informal chat with Babylon's Co-Director. You can contact us through Reach if you any questions about the role or the application.
https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/opp/fundraising-assistant-prospecting

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