THINK fundraising consultant
Howard Lake | 19 February 2013 | News
ARE YOU EXCEPTIONAL?
If so, read on for a unique opportunity to join the THINK Consulting team
Do you have an exceptional range of personal qualities which have enabled you to shine in fundraising? If so, could you become an exceptional fundraising consultant?
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It is a given that you have an amazing fundraising track record, considerable breadth and depth of fundraising and management knowledge, skills and experience and that you are a well-respected Director of Fundraising who has led the growth of at least one major national or global fundraising programme.
Being a THINK fundraising consultant requires much more than this if you are to contribute effectively at senior levels within national charities and global INGOs. Your motivation, personality and preferred style of working will ultimately determine how effective you are at using your knowledge and experience to engage and support fundraising teams.
Your personality:
- A thinker with intellectual curiosity, and an innovative approach
- Confident, with gravitas that makes people want to listen to you
- Engaging, at ease with people and an ability to build rapport
- Calm and reassuring at all times
- Analytical and problem-solving with great intuition and a strategic brain
- Motivated by supporting the development of individuals and the growth of teams
- Motivated by achieving goals and targets
- Empathy with a fundraising team’s position and perspective
- Respectful of the need for total discretion
- A trusted adviser and confidante
Your working style:
- Self-driving and proactive
- Comfortable working from home and often independently as well as in teams
- Highly organised with systematic project and time management
- Stimulated by working on multiple projects simultaneously
- Flexible and accommodating
- Enjoy working with clients one to one and in groups
- Enjoy audits, analysis and writing reports with great attention to detail
- Enjoy presenting and new business pitches
- High quality perfectionism in everything you do
Does this sound like you? If so get in touch at http://www.thinkcs.org/opportunities-with-think/
to learn more about the opportunities at THINK.
Applications will be considered between 25 February and 5 April 2013.
All applicants will be contacted by the end of April.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.