Communication And Fundraising Officer

COMMUNICATION & FUNDRAISING OFFICER (Part Time)
Besme is a non-profit company that abides by the principles of an NGO. It is operated by a qualified team of professionals who have considerable experience in the humanitarian field in Turkey, Cyprus, Central Asia, and the Arab countries, including Lebanon. Our mission is the immediate response to humanitarian crises through developing sustainable projects that contributes in the social and economic development of humanity, through women and youth empowerment and child protecting relying on international human rights documents.The company executes all its projects regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, national or social status, political affiliation or any other form of discrimination. That being said, Besme does focus mainly on the most fragile groups of society, namely children, youth and women, particularly in rural areas. As such, Besme gives priority to initiatives targeting women and youth empowerment as well as child protection. Besme is independent of any governmental, political, and religious affiliation. Its main aim is to provide the neediest people in and around Lebanon with tools for sustainable change, and it is committed to operating with full transparency and accountability. Based in Beirut, Besme employs associate experts and consultants working on a project basis. Since we work on humanitarian field all workers of Besme works with a great self-sacrificing for helping people.
Major Responsibilities
Communication:
-          Maintains, monitors and uploads daily on Besme’s press review website;
-          Maintains, monitors and uploads on Besme’s social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube);
-          Engage audience on social media;
-          Produces various reports from Besme’s social media and website
-          Assist in developing informational material (brochures, leaflets) related to Besme’s work;
-          Represent Besme at conferences/meetings/special events;
-          Disseminate Besme informational material through possible channels;
-          Develop and maintain a network of contacts;
-          Organizing events.
Fundraising:
-          Assist in publication of new reports;
-          Monitor and identify forms of funding for the programs of the association according to their needs.
-          Analyze the identified calls for projects.
-          Draft concept notes, projects and budgets following the funding organization’s criteria
-          Monitor ongoing projects in coordination with the concerned program managers
-          Prepare, on a regular basis, reports to the funding organization according to the set conditions.
-          Ensure close collaboration with the finance department regarding the financials of the projects.
-          Maintain a detailed and consolidated schedule of all activities.
-          Contribute to the development of documents and tools for the internal work of the department.
-          Develop network of potential donors. Build relationships with contact persons within funding organizations;
-           Draft interim/final project reports.
-          Translate simple texts from Arabic to English and English to Arabic,
Qualifications

Graduate of relevant university degree
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
At least 1 or 2 years of working experience,
Fluent written and oral English and Arabic language,
Computing skills and good level of MS Office knowledge
Flexible and no time constraints and driving license
Good at team work

Additional

Speaking and understanding Turkish,
Experience in project working will be a reason for preference.