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The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women works with women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries. We work together to enable women entrepreneurs to reach their potential. We are committed to eliminating the global gender gap in entrepreneurship and creating a future where women entrepreneurs thrive.

Key responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of Principal Donors, the postholder will support fundraising activity across the Foundation's individual giving, corporate partnerships and trusts and foundations portfolios, working closely with colleagues across the fundraising team.
Events and engagements
• Coordinate high-level donor events, including liaising with venues and caterers, managing guest lists and invitations, coordinating logistics and briefings, and ensuring timely post-event follow-up. • Support coordination of senior speaking engagements and staff international trips, including travel arrangements, schedules and briefing packs.
• Support donor cultivation and stewardship by preparing briefings, drafting donor correspondence and thank-you letters, and tracking follow-up actions from meetings and events.

 Systems and process
• Maintain and administer the Foundation's fundraising CRM, ensuring donor and prospect records, contact reports and fundraising activity are accurate and up to date, and support colleagues to use it well and improve data quality.
 • Prepare and issue donation receipts and acknowledgements and support donation processing and reconciliation with the finance team.
• Maintain consent and data protection records in line with GDPR and Foundation policy.
• Maintain fundraising templates, shared folders and document processes so others can follow and suggest practical improvements where necessary.

Supporting the team
• Help coordinate cross-team tasks, projects and information sharing and contribute to a positive, entrepreneurial and collaborative fundraising culture. 
• Support the preparation of donor materials with the guidance of the Head of Principal Donors, including donor updates and reports. 
• Support donor mapping and prospect research, identifying potential donors, relevant networks, connections and opportunities to inform the development of the fundraising pipeline. 
• Carry out other reasonable tasks as agreed with the Head of Principal Donors. 

*This list is illustrative, not exhaustive, and gives an overview of the role. 

3. Person specification Essential: 
 • Excellent attention to detail, with strong proofreading skills and accuracy in data entry and record-keeping. 
• Experience of providing administrative and operational support, including managing records and maintaining effective systems and processes. 
• Experience of organising events with excellent verbal communication skills and confidence engaging professionally with senior external contacts. 
• Excellent written English, with the ability to draft clear, professional correspondence for donors, corporate partners and other audiences. 
• Strong organisational skills: manages competing priorities, meets deadlines, works independently and collaboratively. 
• Confident user of databases and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook. 
• Proactive and adaptable: spots problems early, takes initiative and pitches in across the team. 
• A commitment to gender equality and the Foundation’s mission.