Interesting about this job
Lots of contact with companies, politics, government bodies and also private individuals to interest them in sponsoring or subsidising the chess festival where own initiative is rewarded! Creativity, persuasiveness, flexibility, seeing commercial opportunities, all can be fully expressed in this voluntary work.
The ultimate goal is to create a beautiful festival for chess lovers and a nice signboard for the municipality of Groningen.
For the work at the Groningen Chess Festival Foundation, this position offers an experience to develop yourself in the field of commercial acquisition and you will receive a reference for on your CV.
Job tasks and duties
As a Fundraiser you love the challenge of convincing someone. You also see economic opportunities and know how to match business and sponsor interests from the Chess Festival. As a fundraiser, you are involved in sponsoring and acquisition. Armed with a good story, you hold talks with companies and sponsors to persuade them to contribute to the Chess Festival. You will work together with the chairman of the Groningen Chess Festival Foundation and the director of the Groningen Chess Festival to coordinate planning and activities and to fine-tune the strategy along the way.
- Build up acquisition portofolio, select potential ‘Friends of’.
- Acquisition/fundraising: attracting new ‘Friends of’.
- Inventing new ideas for fundraising.
- Support in realising communication expressions (logo’s on website, social media expressions, etc.).
- Set up benefit afternoon/evening.
Minimum education level: hbo/wo
Job skills and qualities
- A liking for commerce.
- A drive to perform.
- A ‘hands on’ mentality.
- Good command of the Dutch language.
- Experience in fundraising/acquisition (pre).
Extra information
We are the Chess Festival Groningen Foundation. A volunteer organisation that organises the Chess Festival Groningen (the second chess tournament in the Netherlands). The Groningen Chess Festival Foundation has a chairman and a treasurer. The foundation works closely with the director of the chess festival. In addition, a team of four volunteers is active during the preparations and ten volunteers during the event.
In the future, the chess festival wants to grow into a mind sports festival where tournaments and activities for other and modern forms of mind sports are organised.
Work hours: +/-4 hours per week for 6 months per year. Can be flexibly scheduled and partly carried out from home.
Job information
| Job type | Volunteer Work, Thuiswerk mogelijk |
|---|---|
| Services | expense allowance, travel expenses, volunteer reimbursement |
| Duration | 6 to 12 months |
| Hours per week | at least 3 hours, max 8 hours |
| Work hours of your own choosing? | Yes |
| Location | Overleg op af te spreken locatie in de stad, vanuit huis en op locatie bij kandidaat sponsoren |
Organisation address and information
Stichting schaakfestival Groningen
de Bazelstraat 2
9731 MV Groningen
Website: https://chessfestival.nl/