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This job saves lives - children’s lives. 

As Donor Relations Manager at the Children’s Hospital Trust, your work will make a life-changing difference to many sick and injured children. You will leave your mark on life.

The Children’s Hospital Trust is a nonprofit organisation that raises funds to support the advancement of child healthcare across the Western Cape and the Continent.  Working in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health and health facilities and UCT Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Trust has invested over R1 billion towards improving public health infrastructure, training specialist paediatric health workers, and enabling the establishment of child public health programmes, both within the RCCWMH and across Western Cape district health services.

The primary purpose of the Donor Relationship Manager is to effectively build and maintain long-term mutually beneficial relationships with the aim of generating donations for the Children’s Hospital Trust . A highlight of the job is direct donor engagement through acquisition and retention strategies, to ultimately reach the fundraising targets of the Trust. You will manage the Individuals Donor Portfolio, while also adding value through administrative projects like database maintenance, donor research, project reporting and CRM support. You will form part of our Donor Relations Team, have the advantage of working with cross-functional teams inside the office, outside the office, inside the hospital and remotely from time to time. 

You don’t need to have been a fundraiser before, provided you have at least 5 years’ experience developing income for an organisation, perhaps in a Sales, Account Management, or Marketing Role. You will also be an excellent communicator who has used a CRM to build long-term relationships and to analyse data to drive donations or sales. You’ll be the sort of person who just LOVES a spreadsheet!

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.  

Closing Date  – 2pm on Friday 23rd June.  Interviews will be held the following week. 

Please email us at recruitment@charitycareersafrica.com to request an information pack, full job description and person specification. You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

This search is being conducted  for The Children’s Hospital Trust by Charity Careers Africa. Our leadership team has all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.