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Form of workThe LATA Foundation was established in 2007 by members of the Latin America Travel Association (LATA – https://www.lata.travel/) to support social and conservation projects throughout Latin America. Run entirely by volunteers, the foundation is proud to have donated over £550,000 to carefully chosen and vetted projects. We are now looking to build on our success and develop our first paid position.
The LATA Foundation is recruiting for a Fundraising and Volunteer Manager to:
Source and on-board new regular donors
Increase donations
Co-ordinate the work of the volunteer teams to improve effectiveness
Improve our donor communications
Be our spokesperson and advocate
There are three key elements to the role:
Fundraising
Donor Communications
Volunteer Management
Candidates must have:
Experience of charity sector, particularly fundraising
Great organisational skills
Experience of managing a team and Volunteers.
Excellent communications skills – verbal and written
Networking skills
Events experience
Computer skills including: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Mail Chimp
Experience managing digital communications and social media
Willingness to attend some out of hours events
Willingness to travel to London office and other UK destinations and events as needed
It would be of benefit, but not essential to have:
Travel industry experience
Knowledge of Latin America
Proficiency in Spanish and / or Portuguese
The role is hybrid, with one day a week in the LATA offices in South Kensington, and the rest working remotely. Hours are flexible, and can be adapted to suit the candidate, with the three days spread across the week as appropriate.
Deadlines for applications is the 3rd May but we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible as interviews will be carried out on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close early.
First interviews will take place virtually in w/c 20th May, with second interviews talking place in person in London on 14th June.
