Intern Team Fundraising

Would you like to bring your international development knowledge into practice? Free Press Unlimited is offering a six-month Fundraising Internship (four days a week), starting as soon as possible.

Access to information, independent media and freedom of expression are crucial to citizens and social organisations that want to combat poverty and inequality in their society. By reporting independently, and making public debate possible, independent media can contribute to positive change in their society.

Free Press Unlimited offers worldwide support to journalists and media professionals through its advocacy work, emergency assistance, advice, trainings, capacity building and awareness raising. In order to be able to realise its mission Free Press Unlimited depends on funds from institutional and private donors. 

About the internship

You will contribute to supporting Team Fundraising’s work at Free Press Unlimited. Team Fundraising is part of the Operations Department. During your internship you will gain hands-on knowledge and experience on how an international NGO works, and how Free Press Unlimited organises and coordinates its institutional and private fundraising efforts to support its operations across the globe. 

The work of Team Fundraising is carried out mostly from the Amsterdam office which consists of: internal coordination of multiple and simultaneous funding opportunities together with programme teams; identifying donor trends and institutional and private funding opportunities through desk research; chairing monthly fundraising meetings with the Management Team and Programme Team Leaders to discuss fundraising of strategic value to the organisation; keeping track of Free Press Unlimited’s fundraising pipeline; and ensuring administration documents are up to date and readily available.

Main tasks

You will assist the Senior Fundraising Officer with internal fundraising coordination, identifying new private and institutional funding opportunities, taking part in the monthly fundraising meetings, keeping our administration up to date, including the organisation’s pipeline and contribute to the implementation of our private and institutional fundraising strategy. Different tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Desk research: identifying donor trends and institutional and private funding opportunities;
• Long-listing institutional and private funding opportunities that enable Free Press Unlimited to continue realising its mission;
• Supporting the internal coordination of fundraising efforts between the Operations Department and Programme teams;
• Attend our monthly fundraising meetings and note taking for internal communication flow;
• Updating Free Press Unlimited’s private and institutional fundraising pipeline;
• Maintaining Team Fundraising’s administration.

At the end of your internship, we expect you to have worked on the following assignments: 

1. Research on the (private) donor market and trends in alignment with our strategic and programmatic objectives, which we will use as part of its overall fundraising strategy; 
2. Develop a detailed and categorised database/set of (previous) programmes globally; 
3. Populate Team Fundraising archives with most relevant and up to date donor and programmatic reports.

What we ask from you

• Student at an intermediate/higher vocational education with a keen interest in media development, press freedom and development cooperation;
• You like analysing and translating donor trends and information into practical reports/briefs that align with our work; 
• A hands-on mentality and ability to work independently;
• Flexible working style, self-motivated and willing to learn;
• Good oral and written communication skills, good command of English. Knowledge of additional language is a plus;
• Commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Free Press Unlimited.

We offer

• The opportunity to contribute to a special mission, in a dynamic and international environment.
• Internship supervision where we meet regularly to discuss your goals, with room for your personal input; 
• An internship allowance of € 400 per month (4 days a week) and a work laptop;
• You will work with a small-scale and close Fundraising team at our office in the centre of Amsterdam.
• Your travel expenses will be reimbursed (public transport)

Interested?

Are you inspired by this internship and the tasks? Then please send your resume and a short letter of motivation in English (PDF format) before 1 January 2025 to Tamara Lunacek, Human Resources Officer, via the application form.

For the letter of motivation, please address the following in maximum 1 page:

• Which element of Free Press Unlimited’s mission most interests you, and why?
• What specific skills/experiences do you bring to the tasks of this internship, and which do you want to learn?

Free Press Unlimited is an organisation that knows the importance of diversity, and creating a working environment where everyone feels welcome and appreciated. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better results. That is why we encourage everyone to apply.

A screening is part of the selection process.