[Hiring] Consultancy Support for Capacity Building on Fundraising Market Development and Corporate Sustainability @SOS Children's Villages

Role Description

The consultancy aims to support the Global Market & Corporate Partnership Development Team in delivering 50% of the department’s overall capacity building offer to Member Associations, with the following thematic allocation:

• 25% – Fundraising Market / Channel Development
  • Supporting Member Associations in strengthening fundraising channel development, market opportunities, and income diversification.
• 25% – Development of Corporate Partnerships and Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Supporting Member Associations in understanding and leveraging ESG, CSR, sustainability trends, and their relevance for corporate partnerships, corporate partnership acquisition, engagement, development, and management.

The consultancy will focus specifically on strengthening Member Associations’ capacities in fundraising market and channel development, as well as corporate sustainability and social responsibility (CSR) topics relevant to partnership development and income growth.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in fundraising market development and income diversification.
• Strong knowledge of corporate partnership, major donor and corporate foundations trends.
• Experience designing and delivering capacity building for fundraising professionals.
• Experience working with international NGOs or federated organizations is an asset.
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Language skills: English and one of these 3 languages are mandatory: French, Spanish or Portuguese.

Requirements

• Design and facilitate capacity building sessions on fundraising channel development and market opportunities.
• Provide tools, insights and practical guidance related to income diversification and fundraising growth.
• Support the development of training materials and learning resources.
• Design and facilitate capacity building sessions on key Individual Giving channels, with a primary focus on:
  • Face to Face (F2F) fundraising
  • Digital fundraising (paid media, organic digital, lead generation, online conversion)
• Provide practical training on proposal writing for corporate partnerships.
• Support development of high-quality, competitive proposals (including storytelling, KPIs, budgets, and impact framing).
• Guidance on identifying, prioritizing and approaching corporate partners.
• Tools for pipeline development and partner mapping.
• Strategies for long-term partnership building vs. one-off donations.
• Provide practical frameworks and real examples of cross-border partnerships.
• Design and share structured reporting frameworks for corporate donors.
• Best practices in impact reporting, storytelling, and KPI communication.
• Guidance on donor engagement cycles (acquisition → retention → growth).
• Approaches to employee engagement, volunteering, and skills-based contributions.
• Development of co-created partnership models with companies.
• Exploration of diaspora as a channel for corporate and individual partnerships.
• Insights on global trends in CSR, ESG and corporate giving.
• Innovative approaches to partnership growth and diversification.

Deliverables

• Agreed share (50%) of the department’s total capacity building sessions for Member Associations.
• Channel-specific training materials for F2F and Digital fundraising.
• Practical guidance on improving channel efficiency (CPA, PBT, LTV).
• Toolkits or frameworks for donor acquisition and retention strategies.
• Examples of good practice in balancing acquisition growth with long-term sustainability.
• Quarterly progress updates.
• Final summary report with recommendations.

Duration Timeline Location

• Assignment Start: 1 May 2026
• Assignment End: 31 December 2026
• Duration: 8 months
• Location: Remote, all deliverables online via Microsoft Teams

Application Process

If you are interested in this position, please submit your detailed application in English by 20th May 2026 via email to Kovácsné Béres Katalin, Head of Leadership Giving, Market & Corporate Partnership Development: [email protected]