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Overview
Assistants help fundraising managers identify potential donors or sponsors, run surveys, process donations and grants, maintain filing systems and send acknowledgements or thank-you letters.
In job descriptions, look for donor records, grant administration, donation processing, surveys, sponsor contact, filing systems, acknowledgement letters, campaign support and fundraising databases.
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Fundraising assistance is administrative work around donor and sponsor relationships. The role can include surveys, donation processing, grant payment records, filing systems, acknowledgements and thank-you letters.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from accurate records, donor communication, campaign administration, payment tracking and careful handling of grant or donation documents. Some roles lean more toward database upkeep, others toward supporter contact.
Salary context
Pay context depends on campaign volume, responsibility for payment records, donor communication load, grant administration and whether the assistant supports one manager or several fundraising programmes.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward fundraising coordinator, donor relations, grants administration, campaign operations, membership administration or broader nonprofit administration with donor databases.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names donors, sponsors, grants, donation processing, surveys, acknowledgements, filing systems and fundraising records. A clear advert should explain the administrative part of the campaign cycle.
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Occupation group
administrative assistant (3343.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1d6fbb43-f4c7-4839-8099-55eae5d424a5 |
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| ESCO code | 3343.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 3343 |
| Concept type | Occupation |