22 million children need a fundraiser

The World’s Children’s Prize is looking for a Fundraising Manager anda Fundraiser who relish challenges and huge opportunities.

The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child is the world’s largest initiative on rights and
democracy for the coming generation, also recognized in 2008 as “the most important
communication initiative on the planet” by the International Association of Business Communicators,with 16,000 members in 65 countries.

The World’s Children’s Prize educates and empowers the world’s youth. It currently reaches
22 million children in 94 countries. This includes the most disadvantaged children, like former child
soldiers and children orphaned by AIDS or genocide. Patrons include Mr Nelson Mandela and
H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. Hundreds of millions of adults are reached via the media.
As a Fundraising Manager or Fundraiser, you will help us develop the resources needed to one dayengage 100 million children annually.

We are looking for people who first and foremost share the values and core objectives of the World’s
Children’s Prize, and who see merit in facing major challenges and equally big opportunities.
The job objective is
- to develop a fundraising strategy and to raise funds in Sweden and internationally together
with the Executive Director, Executive Board members and international fundraising experts
on the Advisory Board, or, as Fundraiser, to assist the core team in achieving these goals.
Key skills and experience needed include
- track record in fundraising, ideally from a range of sources including individuals, companies
and foundations, and preferably in an international context. In particular an ability to ask for
funds personally and in partnerships with others.

The positions are full?time, although the Fundraiser could be part time. Start date ASAP. Please sendus your CV by 9 April, 2009.

For further information on the organization, job description and objectives as well as conditions,
please contact Executive Director Magnus Bergmar on +46(0)159–129 00 or e?mail your CV to
magnus.bergmar@worldschildrensprize.org. Applicants for the Fundraising Manager position, feel
free to also contact Executive Board member Björn Larsson on +46(0)8?755 30 03 or by e?mail to
bjorn.larsson@foresight.se.

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Linus
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