Senior Strategy & Analysis Advisor SOS Children’s Villages International Vienna or Innsbruck, Austria

Role title:                     Senior Strategy & Analysis Advisor

Organisation:               SOS Children’s Villages International

 

Location:                     Either Vienna or Innsbruck, Austria

 

Reports to:                   International Director, Fund Development and Communications       

 

Salary:                         Competitive.

 

Contract:                      Full-time, permanent contract

           

Background:

SOS Children’s Villages International www.sos-childrensvillages.org  is the umbrella organisation for over 130 SOS Children’s Villages associations worldwide. As a non-governmental social development organization which is helping children without parental care and families in difficult living conditions through services in care, education and health. The organization also advocates for children’s rights.

 

Purpose of this position:

Manage global SOS Children´s Villages fundraising and communications analysis and ensure that the Fund Development and Communications function maximizes the use of data collected for quality analysis to assist effective decision making. They will coordinate International Fundraising and Communications strategic planning; establish strategic fundraising reporting for the global organization and coordinate Strategic Growth Investment Programme (a fundraising investment fund) by providing strategic recommendations for fundraising investment. 

 

Priority tasks & responsibilities

•                     Support the International Fundraising and Communications Director (Dir. FD & Comm.) in the strategic and annual planning, in improving the quality of key data and information available to management and by strengthening a culture of integrated planning and analysis capacity across the organisation.

•                     Collect, consolidate, analyse and ensure quality of data for review of international strategic and annual plans.

•                     Analyse and interpret fundraising data from partners and the donor base and provide consolidated overview and recommendations by establishing a strengthened reporting system

•                     Contribute to strengthen culture of knowledge sharing and learning in the area of analysis

•                     Manage the improvement of monitoring, reporting and evaluation tools. This includes: supporting national member associations and continental/regional staff in the development of planning/monitoring/evaluation and research tools.

•                     Maintain profile of selected major competitors on an international level, analyse their developments and share information within the organization. This includes responsibility for conducting the Annual INGO benchmarking project.

•                     Coordinate Strategic Growth Investment Programme and support in developing strategic recommendations for fundraising investment.

•                     Monitor the fundraising industry, flag general trends and alert key stakeholders on a regular basis.

•                     Undertake or support new market studies and develop on-going monitoring and evaluation.

•                     Consult with internal specialists in Individual Giving, Digital, Institutional Partnerships , Leadership Giving, Communications to help ensure stronger analysis of the various fundraising and communications programs and techniques being used

•                     Coordinate global network of Strategy and Analysis Advisors and ensure alignment

•                     Actively support International Director, Fund Development and Communications in preparing high level strategic presentations

 

Candidate profile:

Although this post is related to non-profit sector fundraising we encourage professionals from the commercial sector to also apply for the post where they have relevant professional experience in direct marketing where there is a an extensive use of matrices for measuring the return on investment (ROI), response rates, attrition, lifetime value of clients and other similar measurements. Many of the tools used for fundraising include direct mail, telephone marketing, street and door to door sales, and internet marketing etc. which are also typically used in the commercial sector.

 

The focus in fundraising is the recruitment and retention of new donors, ideally those paying automatically via the bank; the building of loyalty and an increase in their lifetime value through upgrading and increasing the value of the donors’ annual contributions.

 

Required experience and skills:

•                     At least 8 years' previous relevant work experience including at least 6 years international  fundraising and/or corporate marketing experience in a not-profit organisation or in a similar role in an international commercial corporation.

•                     Minimum of 5 years proven expertise in international and national fundraising or commercial marketing  analysis

•                     Proven experience in managing or supporting  investment processes, funding procedures and funding reporting which focuses on the return on investment

•                     Knowledge of and experience with most fundraising or direct marketing/online techniques, preferably within the international NGO sector or commercial sector such as banking, financial services or telecoms

•                     Strong external benchmarking and best practice experience in a financial, fundraising or marketing role.

•                     Experience in database/CRS platforms

•                     Excellent written reporting in English and financial forecasting/reporting in Excel etc.

•                     Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills in English and a good knowledge of a second European language, further languages an asset.

•                     Proven competence and expertise in creating, leading and facilitating dynamic networks.

•                     Sound judgement, a strategic outlook, a broad view, drive, enthusiasm and a passion for fundraising/marketing/research.

•                     Proven leadership and people skills where you’ve been able to influence and inspire others in a large, multi-cultural decentralised organisation.

•                     Willingness and ability to travel internationally

 

Education:

·         A university degree (BA) in business administrations/marketing, social sciences or a related discipline

Benefits of the position:

•                     Diverse range of challenging tasks in an international working environment.

•                     Internal possibilities for further training and personal and professional development.

•                     The chance to live in a secure European city which offers many cultural and leisure possibilities.

•                     Our organisation offers an attractive opportunity for a purposeful position where social responsibility for the welfare of children and youths worldwide is uppermost.

 

How to apply

To apply for the post, please send in Word document format and in English a letter of application stating the skills and approach that you would bring to the post with your CV/resume in strict confidence as Word documents (NO PHOTOS) by email to Diana Ruano at recruitment@darylupsall.com . Please let us know where you found out about the post.

 

Please ensure that they are sent as Word documents with the titles “your name cover letter” and“your name CV” Please put "SOS Senior Strategy & Analysis Advisor” in the email subject line.

 

Deadline for application: Monday 4 February 2013, 18.00 CET