Junior Fellowship: Trusts & Foundations Officer

Are you passionate about fundraising and partnerships? Do you want to work at the world’s leading particle-physics laboratory and thrive?

CERN has an opening in its Partnership and Fundraising Section in the International Relations Sector. As a Trusts & Foundations Officer, you will join a small multi-tasking team, and will contribute to the development of its work. The Partnerships & Fundraising Section coordinates and conducts fundraising at or on behalf of CERN and the CERN & Society Foundation, as well as the dissemination of, and compliance with, CERN’s fundraising standards, including the Ethical Policy and the Policy for the Recognition of Donors. The CERN & Society Foundation, established in June 2014, is the charity through which charitable gifts for CERN & Society projects are raised from companies, trusts/foundations and individuals.

As a Trusts & Foundations Officer, you will drive fundraising, developing new business and loyalty strategies and will support the CERN & Society mission.

The selected candidate will be responsible for:

• Contributing to defining and implementing CERN & Society fundraising strategy, focusing  on partnerships with trusts & foundations;
• Participating in prospect identification, research, and segmentation;
• Cultivation and relationship-building with boards and key executives;
• Developing and submitting compelling grant applications;
• Accepting and recognizing support;
• Monitoring and reporting;
• Overall account management and stewardship of existing supporters, including events planning, for high-level donor experience.

The Trusts & Foundations Officer will also take part in other activities in collaboration with CERN & Society project leaders, such as:

• Projects identification;
• Planning and budgeting;
• Development of fundraising case for support;
• Development of project proposal/presentations for CERN boards;
• Communication;
• Monitoring and evaluation.

The selected candidate will work with other Partnerships & Fundraising team members on:

• Strategic planning, annual budget planning, overall financial data analysis and reporting;
• Preparation of the fundraising annual report and ongoing status reports;
• Communication about fundraising activities including via the CERN & Society website;
•  Proposal development for various matters pertaining to fundraising.