Intern Fundraiser Position Advert

Date of Posting: February 01, 2024 

Job title: Intern Fundraiser

Location: Remote 

Duration: six months renewable. 

Working hours: Part-time, 12 hours a week (Three hours a day, four days a week)

Salary: Negotiable and commences after securing a grant. 

Closing date: As soon as a suitable candidate is offered the position.

About Water Journalists Africa 

Water Journalists Africa is a not-for-profit media organisation founded in 2011 that has a membership of journalists reporting on water, climate change, and wildlife in 50 countries across the African continent. 

Water Journalists Africa is implementing a flagship project called InfoNile, a geojournalism project and cross-border network of more than 800 water and environmental journalists in the Nile Basin, founded in 2017. It uses data journalism and multimedia formats to shed light on water and climate change crises and working solutions. Its approach involves identifying cross-border water and climate change data and stories, training and mentoring journalists in environment, data, and science journalism, and supporting journalists to produce in-depth investigative stories.

InfoNile links journalists and scientists to report cross-border investigations and maps published in various media outlets in the 5 Nile Basin languages.

Water Journalists Africa’s newest project, the Apes Reporting Project, was founded in 2020. Through creative journalism techniques and formats, the Apes Reporting project informs, educates, and inspires a passion for conservation in people to protect Africa’s Great Apes and their habitats. The Apes Reporting Project runs the following social media platforms: XInstagramLinkedIn and YouTube

About the role

Water Journalists Africa is seeking an Intern Fundraiser to join its Apes Reporting Project team. In this role, the fundraiser will research fundraising opportunities, develop relationships with potential donors, and manage fundraising campaigns.

Successful candidate will demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, plus strong leadership qualities. 

Intern Fundraiser Responsibilities:

  • Researching potential donors,
  • Writing grant applications and fundraising proposals and sending these to potential donors,
  • Strategizing and successfully executing fundraising campaigns,
  • Developing fundraising events,
  • Maintaining records of donors,
  • Organizing campaigns that will lead to donations,
  • Using specialist software to keep records, manage donations, and send communications.

Intern Fundraiser Requirements:

  • Relevant University degree. 
  • Experience in writing grant proposals, press releases, and fundraising letters.
  • Creativity and persuasion skills.
  • Competence with donor management systems.
  • Negotiation abilities.
  • The ability to build and maintain professional relationships.
  • Creative thinking.
  • Detail-oriented.
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Strong leadership qualities.

Please submit a cover letter and Resume to waterjournalistsafrica@gmail.com  

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  2. I am a new aspiring member and wish to attend the Global media forum. I humbly request for scholarship to attend. I will be thankful if my request is considered.
    I work as a managing editor for a rural newspaper called South Rift Times, Kericho and Bomet counties in Kenya.
    Thanks in advance,

    Walter Cheruiyot

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    You are invited to attend this event. Details are as follows:
    Date Wednesday, 8 June, 2011
    Time 16:30
    Venue LisbonCongress Center, Lisbon Portugal

    The Panel:
    • Mr. Michel Camdessus [keynote speaker] Honorary Governor of Banque de France. Former Managing Director of the International MonetaryFund (IMF)
    • Minister Edna Bomo Edith MolewaMinister of Water Affairs, South Africa. President of African AMCOW
    • Minister Bruno Jean-Richard ItouaMinister, Energy and Hydraulics of the Republic of the Congo
    • Mr. Gérard Payen President of the International Federation of Private Water Operators (AquaFed). Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
    • Ms. Clarissa BrocklehurstChief Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, UNICEF
    Senior Representative African Development Bank
    • Ms. Ma TshepoKhumbaneGrassroots development activist and small-scale farmer from Cullinan, South Africa. Recipient of the Katlego Award of Spirit of Hope and South Africa’s Women in Water.

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    The Issue: The investment required to meet Africa’s water needs is estimated at US$50 billion per year for each of the next twenty years – the current financing is largely insufficient and needs to be urgently addressed by governments. Inaction is expected to adversely impact food security, health, and energy on the continent.

    The discussion is meant to help raise awareness of the issue among an audience of African Finance Ministers attending the Annual Meetings and to lobby for their urgent action, as well as to keep the public informed.

    Complementary document: Concept Note.

    Kindly confirm your attendance by email to Penelope Pontet de Fouquieresat :p.pontetdefouquieres@afdb.org, Tel : +216 71 10 12 50 , Mobile: +216 24 66 36 96
    Please register at:
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  4. Dear water journalists in Africa,
    The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) welcome entries for the fourth edition of the WASH Media Awards. This competition is open to journalists who publish or broadcast original investigative stories and reports on water supply, sanitation or hygiene (WASH) related issues and their impact on individual and country development. To be eligible, entries must be published or broadcast between 1 April 2011 and 1 April 2012 in English, French or Hindi. Six prizes will be awarded:
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    2. One for the best entry in TV format
    3. One for the best entry in radio format
    4. One for the best entry in cartoons & photos format
    5. One for the best entry for the theme ‘economics of sanitation’ focusing on investing in sanitation, the cost of inadequate sanitation (financial, social, environmental etc.), sanitation marketing, sanitation entrepreneurship and any other related issues
    6. One for the best entry from a journalist based in a high-income country or a field reporter working for an international media outlet.
    The six winners will receive a cash prize and participate in the World Water Week in Stockholm in August 2012 as special guests of WSSCC and SIWI.
    For more information on the Awards and the entry submission process visit http://www.wsscc.org/media/wash-media-awards/2011-2012.
    Kindly,
    Tatiana.
    Tatiana Fedotova
    Communications Officer
    Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
    http://www.wsscc.org

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