Fundraising Officer – Intern

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🗽 New York – Remote

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IIRR

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1960

🤝 Non-profit

🌾 Agriculture

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Agriculture • Social Impact

IIRR is an international rural development organization that works to empower marginalized rural communities — smallholder farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, Indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities — to achieve improved livelihoods and resilience. With a 65-year history, around 300 staff and programs in some 49 countries, IIRR runs integrated initiatives such as Climate Smart Villages and focuses on food systems, agriculture, economic empowerment, financial inclusion, education, health (including WASH and community health), environment and climate change adaptation. The organization emphasizes human-centered design, capacity building, and reaching women, youth and children in rural areas.

📋 Description

• Provide data collection and research including tracking all forms of funding sources • Develop letters, fact sheets, and other informational materials about IIRR and its projects and programs for potential donors • Proofread and edit letters of intent and grant proposals • Assist with updating and maintaining IIRR donor database • Research potential major donor prospects and assist with donor outreach and cultivation • Research leads for potential donors and creating donor profiles • Draft communications such as new donor mailings, appeals, and thank you letters • Maintain online donation portals and keep up to date • Support in grant proposals either through research and writing • Assist other departments and interns accomplish tasks as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline (completed prior to internship start date) • Well-organized, reliable, and self-motivated • Helpful and responsive • Resourceful, creative, and enjoys problem-solving • Impeccable writing skills with meticulous attention to detail • Curiosity, creativity, and fearlessness in contributing new ideas • Exceptional interpersonal skills • Ability to meet deadlines and effectively multi-task • Intermediate experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Applications • Ability and willingness to work in a startup culture

🏖️ Benefits

• Unpaid internship • Opportunity for class credits • Flexible scheduling available