Digital Fundraiser (Part-Time)

Amref Health Africa is a long-running international health development charity that was founded in 1957. Its headquarters are in Nairobi, and the organisation runs programmes across 35 African countries, reaching more than 40 million people. It also maintains advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America to support its mission of lasting health change by empowering communities and strengthening health systems.

In Switzerland, Amref launched an individual fundraising programme in 2025 with digital channels identified as the priority for growth. They’re looking for a proactive Digital Fundraiser to help design and deliver the digital fundraising strategy, leveraging paid and owned digital media to attract new supporters and keep existing donors engaged.

The role is part-time and onsite in Lugano, Ticino, with a flexible schedule of about 2–3 days per week. It’s a good fit for someone who enjoys building digital campaigns, writing for different audiences (including German and French speakers), and working with an external agency as well as internal teams.

A day-to-day look at the role in Lugano

You’ll help shape the digital fundraising plan by bringing audience insights, campaign learnings and fresh growth ideas, while supporting agency briefings and coordination. In practice, you’ll plan, implement and optimise digital appeals and donor-acquisition campaigns, including lead generation where agreed, and collaborate with a digital agency on Meta and Google advertising, contributing creative concepts and feedback and tackling campaign tasks under guidance. You’ll also coordinate campaign assets, landing pages, donation forms and internal approvals to ensure readiness before launches, monitor performance and prepare recommendations, and stay alert to digital trends that can unlock growth and engagement.

On the content side, you’ll lead the strategy for Amref’s owned channels, pulling content from available sources, setting the content calendar, writing copy and posting regularly. You’ll manage online communities, tailor content for paid social, email marketing and the website, assist with fundraising and campaign landing pages, help plan editorial calendars and ensure consistent messaging across digital platforms. There’s also a role for keeping website content fresh through SEO updates.

In CRM and data work, you’ll support donor data management and segmentation, help track campaigns and compile reports, and contribute to keeping data quality and protection strong while supporting audience analysis. You’ll use website analytics, email reports, advertising reports and CRM information to understand how campaigns perform and what supporters do, then prepare regular summaries of performance.

Donor journeys and digital engagement will see you supporting the design and delivery of welcome, engagement and retention paths. You’ll build and schedule email communications, support automation workflows with guidance, and use audience segmentation to keep messages relevant while monitoring engagement levels.

Must-haves and nice-to-haves

Here’s what the team looks for in a candidate, with the essentials and the extras that help.

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in marketing, communications, digital media, business, international relations or a related field
• One to three years of relevant experience in digital marketing, communications, fundraising or a similar role
• Proven ability to craft engaging copy and adapt messages for multiple digital channels and audiences, including German and French
• Hands-on experience managing social media channels and email marketing tools, plus a clear grasp of how digital activity can recruit, engage and retain supporters
• Understanding of what visual, video and copy assets tend to drive engagement
• Ability to create, edit and adapt visual and video content using digital design and editing tools
• Familiarity with website content management and basic search engine optimisation
• Commitment to Amref’s mission and the nonprofit sector, with curiosity and a willingness to learn
• Good command of English
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• A supporter-focused approach, good interpersonal skills and sound judgement when handling enquiries or sensitive content

• Knowledge of Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads
• Experience working with CRM systems
• Familiarity with email marketing platforms and marketing automation tools
• Basic understanding of digital analytics and reporting
• Knowledge of Italian is considered an asset
• Previous experience in the nonprofit sector is an advantage

Pay, benefits and practical details

Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and local market conditions.

The role offers flexible part-time arrangements (2–3 days per week) and is onsite in Lugano. It sits in a dynamic, international working environment with opportunities for professional development in digital fundraising and marketing, plus the chance to make a tangible impact through your work.

You’ll have the opportunity to build something from scratch and contribute to a meaningful international mission, with a focus on digital fundraising growth in a Swiss setting.

Tips for applicants

Lead with the most relevant experience in your CV, especially any work spanning paid and owned digital channels, donor acquisition and retention, and language skills in German and French.

When you show you meet the must-haves, provide concrete evidence: share links to campaigns you managed, samples of copy you wrote in German and French, and examples of CRM segmentation or reporting you’ve produced.

Be ready to talk through a real example of a digital fundraising project you owned, from strategy through execution to measurement, and discuss how you collaborated with an external agency and internal teams to succeed.

Ask how the digital fundraising plan fits with Amref’s overall goals in Europe and what success would look like in the first 90 days, including how the 2–3 day per week schedule is allocated across core activities.

How to apply

Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. The closing date is 23 November 2026 at 23:59 hrs CET. Amref reserves the right to close the application process before the advertised deadline if a high volume of applications is received.

Amref Health Africa does not charge applicants any fees at any stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not appointed any agent to facilitate recruitment on its behalf. Official Amref communications will come from an @amref.ch email address. If you are asked to make a payment in connection with a recruitment process, treat it as fraudulent. Amref is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and is an equal-opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment policy.