Fundraising Intern

BirdLife Europe and Central Asia is looking for a Fundraising Intern – paid position.

BirdLife International is a global Partnership of autonomous, national non-governmental conservation organizations with a grassroots membership in 117 countries and territories. It works to conserve wild birds, their habitats and global biodiversity by working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. BirdLife International is the global authority on the status of bird species, has unparalleled technical expertise in bird and biodiversity assessment, and provides a global outreach through its national Partners and decentralized Secretariat.  

BirdLife Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is the coordinating and servicing body of BirdLife International and acts as Regional Office. It is a Partnership of 48 nature conservation organisations with almost 4,000 staff, 2 million members and more than 6,000 nature sites covering over 320,000 hectares in Europe, Central Asia and Israel. The ECA division is an international team of permanent staff who collectively provide a wide range of experience and skills within the fields of ornithology, conservation, management, fundraising, advocacy, communication, administration.

BirdLife Europe and Central Asia is seeking a Fundraising Intern. The position is based in Brussels.

The internship role will offer opportunities to those seeking a career in the Third Sector with hands-on experience of private foundations and corporate fundraising, database management and direct response fundraising.

Tasks:

To update the newly created Fundraising page of the intranet (daily contacts with BirdLife International staff based in all continents foreseen) 

To research on current and prospective donors (web based research foreseen) 

To set up and launch the new deadline reminder tool 

To update BirdLife Europe Partners projects list

The internship role will be trained and supervised on a daily basis by experienced fundraisers, but also be mentored by one of the department's senior managers.

Qualifications and skills

At least a 3 year degree in Political Science, International Relations and/or Communications. 

Experience in handling lot of information and summarize content for immediate use 

Good command of English language (Spanish, French or German is an asset).

Versatility with MS Excel spreadsheets. Excellent MS Word and Outlook mail.

Highly organised with attention to detail, orderly work style and strong task 

Availability:

The Intern is expected to work full time, 5 days a week, from 2nd November 2015 to 29th January 2016 (3 months)

Benefits:

Belgian contract: ‘Convention d’immersion professionnelle’

1000 EUR gross monthly support

Shortlisting is based on CV and cover letter. Successful candidates might be asked to attend either a telephone or a face to face interview. Further details about BirdLife International together with the job description can be found at: http://www.birdlife.org/jobs/index.html. 

Please submit your CV (1 page max) and cover letter in English to: recruitment.europe@birdlife.org  

Closing date for applications: 23rd October 2015

Interview day: 28th October 2015

Start day: as soon as possible

Due to the large number of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.