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Fundraising Intern (Lesvos) (m/f/d)

September 2025

Full-time

Lesvos

Europe Cares is a young and growing humanitarian organization supporting people on the move and standing up for human rights at the European external borders. 

On Lesvos, we operate the community center Paréa Lesvos located within walking distance from the CCAC (or Mavrovouni refugee camp). The center offers a safe space where residents of the camp, locals, and international people can meet freely to spend time in a peaceful environment with many recreational activities and sports, a Women Space, a Child Friendly Space, a cafeteria with free drinks and daily lunch. Our center hosts another 10+ partner organizations offering a wide range of services to our visitors including MHPSS, medical and legal support, NFI distributions, informal education and integration support.

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Position Summary

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Our Fundraising Intern is responsible for supporting our remote central team with grants research and writing, fundraising campaigns, donors relation, organizing fundraising events. It is a crucial role for Europe Cares to keep our projects running, grow and further develop our capacity to better meet the needs of the community we serve.

You will be based on Lesvos and work partially remotely with our central team, and partially in our community center with our local team. You will work 30-35h a week. The ideal starting date is in early September 2025.

This role can be accounted as an official internship.

Daily tasks

  • Research and contact companies for in-kind donations;

  • Assist in managing donor and sponsor relationships, including maintaining communication and providing necessary follow-up;

  • Help develop fundraising materials, including presentations, flyers, outreach material, etc;

  • Help develop fundraising campaign, including goals, message and content;

  • Help developing concepts for fundraising events;

  • Support volunteers organizing fundraising and/or awareness events;

  • Help maintain a fundraising database and generate reports on fundraising progress and outcomes;

  • (Depending on previous experience) research, contact and apply for relevant grants, funding programs, and sponsorships;

  • Support the comms team with content creation;

  • Support the local team with smaller admin tasks and/or project-related tasks.

What we are looking for

  • Able to commit for (at least) 3 months;

  • (Under-)graduate degree in a relevant field of study;

  • Interest in the humanitarian sector, especially migration issues;

  • (Desirably) previous experience working with displaced communities;

  • Previous experience in similar roles will be highly prioritised;

  • Excellent research and analytical skills, with the ability to gather and synthesize information effectively;

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English & German;

  • Ability to work independently, proactively and collaborate effectively within a team;

  • Good organizational & time management skills;

  • Able to provide a Criminal Record Check;

  • High degree of integrity and strict compliance to Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policy;

  • Commitment to the values and mission of Europe Cares.

What you get

  • Working experience in a dynamic & motivated multicultural team;

  • 200-eur monthly reimbursement;

  • 100-eur monthly supermarket vouchers;

  • 1 week off every 8 weeks;

  • Endless amount of coffee, as well as daily breakfast and lunch during working days in the community center;

  • Support finding accommodation on the island;

  • Induction session on humanitarian field work & the context on Lesvos, as well as training sessions on safeguarding, safety, fundraising, the Greek legal system, psychological first aid, etc.;

  • Regular focus groups & team building activities with our team;

  • Monthly individual check-in chats with our Coordinator;

  • Bi-weekly Sharing Circles open to all the volunteers;

  • Internship Certificate & Recommendation Letter;

  • A wide network of partner organizations to learn & be inspired by;

  • An inspiring community of alumni you can stay in touch with after leaving the island.

How to apply

Please send your CV and motivation letter to application@europecares.org ASAP. Please include when you would be available to start. References and criminal record checks will form part of the hiring process. 

We consider all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strongly encourage qualified people with a refugee background to apply.

Please note that Europe Cares cannot provide documents to enable your stay - we can only accept applicants who do not require a visa or residence permit to stay in Greece. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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