Title : Fundraiser and Coordinator (full-time position)
Reporting to : Two Line Managers from the Fundraising Working Group
Time Commitment : 6 months minimum
Starting date : 24th March 2025 for handover: starting 1st April 2025
Location : Based in Calais.
If the candidate has previous field experience in Calais there is a possibility for remote working, with a minimum of two weeks every three months spent in Calais.
The first week (handover period) should be in person in Calais.
Salary 1,767€ (before tax) with a French determined duration contract.
Or, possibility of a freelance contract with an equivalent salary.
About Calais Appeal
Calais Appeal is a consortium of independent organisations working at the France-UK border,
principally in Calais and Grande-Synthe. They are; l’Auberge des Migrants, Calais Food
Collective, Project Play, Refugee Women’s Centre, and Utopia 56. Each organisation
provides essential aid and/or services to displaced men, women and children stuck at the
border. We built this coalition in 2022 in order to be more effective together, prevent the
duplication of work, and to find collaborative solutions to common challenges. We are made
up of frontline aid workers supporting and protecting displaced people stuck in the UK-France
border area, who are living in tents, isolated from society and in great need of help.
Calais Appeal is an operational consortium: we concern ourselves with the administration,
safeguarding, finances, communications, and advocacy of our member organisations, not
daily humanitarian relief work.
Mission Statement
Calais Appeal aims to enhance the capacity, professionalism, reach, and stability of each
member organisation through collaborative efforts, ensuring effective and sustainable support
for displaced individuals in the UK-France border zone.
Position
The fundraising tasks involve the implementation of a holistic fundraising strategy – including
applying for grant funds from relevant trusts and foundations as well as crowdfunding and
philanthropic networks – to support the financial stability of the member organisations and
their activities on-the-ground.
The coordination tasks involve facilitating the Coordination Committee to implement the
Calais Appeal MoU, vision, and mission.
Job purpose
Fundraising: empower the Calais Appeal members to secure funding to continue their
operations smoothly, as well as to ensure that the activities of Calais Appeal are sustainable
and can be executed as desired.
Coordination: empower the Calais Appeal Coordination Committee to operate consistently,
safely, and in line with the MOU.
Overall, the candidate should support and empower Calais Appeal members, and to facilitate
their decision making, rather than to control the consortium from an independent perspective.
Responsibilities
Fundraising and Capacity Building (~80%)
● Build upon and implement the fundraising strategy and oversee their implementation.
● Facilitate fortnightly meetings of the Calais Appeal Fundraising Working Group.
● Maintain and develop materials to apply for grants and other funding sources.
● Monitor, identify, and research prospective funding opportunities and new donors,
including researching the ethics of potential corporate donors.
● Inform Calais Appeal members of relevant opportunities that can apply to, for
individual members and/or the Calais Appeal as a whole.
● Lead on collaborative grant applications and reporting for Calais Appeal members.
● Support individual members with their individual fundraising activities.
● Build new and manage existing relationships with stakeholders and create a
sustainable and growing (philanthropic) network for Calais Appeal. This includes
planning and hosting a quarterly webinar in order to inform stakeholders about the
situation in the UK-France border zone.
● Produce a quarterly “donor round-up” newsletter aimed at informing stakeholders.
● Work with members to monitor the amount of funds available to Calais Appeal and to
the members, facilitate the sharing of funds, and applications to the Reserve Pot.
● Use platforms (Google Drive, HubSpot, AirTable) in order to implement the work.
Coordination (~20%)
● Facilitate the monthly Coordination Committee meeting (prepare updates from the
departments, the agenda, facilitate discussion, take minutes, send action points).
● Facilitate exceptional meetings where capacity allows.
● Support the Coordination Committee decision making, including facilitating votes.
● Oversee the annual revision and continuous implementation of the MoU and in
exceptional circumstances, the implementation of the intervention protocol.
● Help build a culture of member engagement, transparency, and respect for the MoU.
Requirements
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French.
● At least 2 years of fundraising, communications, project management and/or event
planning experience.
● Proven copywriting skills and experience in handling budgets, grants and financial
reporting.
● Knowledge of funders supporting charitable causes across the UK and Europe.
● Strong project management skills, including the ability to balance multiple projects,
meet deadlines and prioritise effectively.
● The ability to implement a functioning fundraising strategy for the Consortium.
● Ability to adapt goals and working style to the rapidly-changing pace and requirements
of the grassroots humanitarian aid field.
● Extensive knowledge of the political situation regarding migration and asylum policies
in the EU and UK and the humanitarian context in Northern France.
● Experience working in grassroots, humanitarian aid or with displaced communities.
● Intercultural sensitivity and a love for collaborative and collective work.
● Experience of working in consortiums or non-hierarchical structures is a big plus.
● Technical skills, website design is helpful (Wix editor, Google domains, Bluehost…)
Well-suited candidates without French language knowledge are still encouraged to apply.
Calais Appeal encourages and welcomes applications from applicants with diverse backgrounds including lived experience as a displaced person. Calais Appeal welcomes all, regardless of religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability or nationality.
How to apply
Send your CV and a cover letter (in English) to [email protected] before or on Sunday 23rd February.
Interviews are due to take place starting the week of 24th February
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