Fundraising Assistant

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES IE

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.

MSF has around 63,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Our medical humanitarian projects are supported by offices in 44 countries, including the UK and Ireland. These teams recruit staff, organise fundraising, and raise awareness on the humanitarian crises our colleagues are witnessing, as well as running different and diverse support activities. MSF offices are spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

At MSF UK/IE, we support MSF's operations by building relationships with our supporters, increasing awareness of our work, raising funds, providing specialist medical expertise, ensuring MSF staff have access to relevant higher education programmes, catalysing change on medical humanitarian issues, and recruiting field staff. MSF UK/IE personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF's values and aims. In addition MSF continues to build upon its presence in Ireland to become a widely recognised, accepted and respected humanitarian organisation among Irish audiences, and within the Irish humanitarian and political sector.

Position

Hours: 37.5 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday onsite)

Salary: € 31,689.00

Duration: 2.5 Months

Fundraising Department:

MSF Ireland has achieved significant growth in recent years, with private income increasing year-on-year through emergency appeals and other fundraising activities. MSF is set to build on this success, with a focus on the continuation and scaling up of existing fundraising activities such as emergency appeals, recruitment and retention of regular donors, major gifts programme and a new mid-level donor programme.

The Dublin office is currently staffed with 15 full-time posts, with support from office volunteers and interns. The fundraising team currently consists of seven people, including Head of Fundraising, Major Gifts Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Data Analyst, Supporter Services Assistant, Digital Marketing Coordinator and Digital Fundraising Intern.

The Major Gifts Manager manages relationships with major donors, corporate and trusts, in addition to promoting legacy giving

The Fundraising Assistant is an essential member of the MSF team. The primary focus of the role is to administer the donor experience from queries to donation processing to thanking and filing. This covers a wide range of income types and sources and a wide range of donor queries. This role is designed to support our Individual Giving and Supporter Services team during the busiest work period of the year.

Please download the full job and person specification below for further details.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

•Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships with supporters and external suppliers.

•Solid administrative experience, preparing correspondence, documents and data inputting and filing.

•Strong excel skills, word processing skills, and proficient use of email systems.

•A proven ability to write clearly and accurately produce, adapt and proof-read documents.

•Experience of supporting internal and external stakeholders in a busy service orientated environment.

•High degree of accuracy combined with excellent attention to detail.

Candidates must hold an appropriate passport or permit to work in Ireland.

MSF UK/IE is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community. Please can you complete our anonymous Equity, Diversity & Inclusion form here .

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation by the closing date.

Recruitment timetable:

- Closing date for applications: 16 October 2025
- Interviews: 23 October 2025

For any queries or issues please contact:

Lia Paul, Individual Giving Manager at lia.paul@dublin.msf.org or

Fiachra MacNamara, HR Business Partner at fiachra.macnamara@dublin.msf.org