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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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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
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.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Fundraising Managers
11-2033.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETFundraisers
13-1131.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
82.99Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
administrative assistant (3343.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1d6fbb43-f4c7-4839-8099-55eae5d424a5 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3343.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 3343 |
| Concept type | Occupation |