Communications and Fundraising Officer- Part time

About Karma

Karma is a Lebanese NGO registered at the Lebanese Ministry of Interior in November 2015 under the registration number 2565. Karma was founded in May 2015. Through fundraising and personal donations we raise money to pay for the tertiary medical treatment of refugee and underprivileged children here in Lebanon. Karma provides not only financial but also psycho-social relief for people who have already dealt with a lot in their lives. Karma believes that every child deserves access to healthcare regardless of nationality, religion, social class or diagnosis.

Main Tasks

Under the supervision of the Director, the Communications and Fundraising Officer will proactively lead Karma’s communications and fundraising strategies through the following:

Communications

• Developing and regularly reviewing Karma’s communication strategy
• Coordinating with the team on communication, promotion, and outreach efforts, such as events and campaigns
• Creating and managing Karma’s content calendar
• Ensuring all social media platforms are updated with relevant content including posts and stories on Facebook and Instagram
• Responding to messages received on social media platforms in a timely manner
• Updating Karma’s website on recent projects and achievements
• Liaising with media outlets and following up with media contacts to publicise Karma activities
• Developing Karma’s yearly activities report
• Managing and responding to Karma emails

Fundraising

• Reviewing and developing Karma’s fundraising strategy, specifying yearly targets
• Organizing innovative fundraising events for outreach and in alignment with communications strategy
• Designing and implementing bi-annual crowdfunding campaigns in coordination with the Karma team
• Writing and developing proposals for partner grants
• Managing project of all acquired grants, in coordination with the Karma board
• Forging partnerships with businesses to create fundraising opportunities

Programmatic

• Attend all board meetings, updating the board of activities and giving strategic communications and fundraising input
• Managing Karma’s intern program, recruiting and managing interns
• Managing Karma volunteers 

Requirements

• At least 1-2 years working in the non-profit sector in communications, fundraising, or project managment
• Experience in fundraising and event planning
• Knowledge in project management
• Knowledge in proposal writing
• Able to lead and motivate a team
• Very good in English and good in Arabic
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public health, business (Non-profit), or similar