Europe Fundraising Support Associate

About the role

The Europe Revenue Generation Support Team is looking to engage a driven, creative, and structured graduate or early post-graduate student as an intern to support the team at 50% capacity, approximately 20 hours per week. This role is designed for someone who is curious about fundraising, partnerships, relationship management, and donor engagement within Ashoka. 0.5 FTE / 20 hours per week Location: Must be based in Vienna, Brussels or Berlin Duration: 6 months with the possibility to extend Start date: September 2026 What you will learn: This role offers a unique opportunity to learn how fundraising, and partnerships work from the inside. You will gain exposure to how senior leaders identify opportunities, build relationships with donors and partners, prepare for strategic conversations, and translate Ashoka's work into compelling engagement opportunities. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to: Work closely with seasoned and highly experienced leaders within Ashoka. Learn different approaches and styles of fundraising, donor engagement, and relationship management. Shadow our senior leaders and develop the foundations to become a confident partnerships and donor engagement professional. Build fluency in speaking about Ashoka's core work, programs, Fellows, and offerings. Understand how fundraising leaders identify, cultivate, and steward donors and partners. Collaborate with teams across Europe and, where relevant, globally. Strengthen leadership, communication, coordination, research, and organizational skills. Gain hands-on experience with fundraising systems, donor research tools, and internal coordination processes. Profile we are looking for We are looking for a master's student in their final semester or a post-graduate student (within 6 months of graduation) who is excited to learn by doing and contribute to meaningful fundraising and partnership work. The ideal person is: Structured, reliable, and detail oriented. Curious about fundraising, philanthropy, partnerships, and social entrepreneurship. Comfortable coordinating across different people, priorities, and timelines. A strong communicator, both written and verbal. Proactive and able to follow up consistently. Comfortable working with documents, spreadsheets, databases, and online research. Able to handle sensitive information with care and discretion. Interested in Ashoka's mission and eager to learn how fundraising supports systems-change work. Entrepreneurially mature, creative, independent, and willing to improve processes and bring ideas where needed. Prior fundraising experience is encouraged. More important is a strong willingness to learn, a high level of organization, and the ability to work thoughtfully with senior leaders.

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