Fundraiser

SOLS Foundation; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLS Foundation is seeking a Fundraiser to secure funding for our education, rural electrification and employment support programs. The role focuses on acquiring and retaining donors, managing corporate and institutional relationships, and leading campaigns and grant applications to sustain our impact.

You will track progress, coordinate with programme teams, and report to funders with accuracy and timeliness, ensuring funding aligns with programme needs and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
• 2–4 years of working experience in fundraising, social entrepreneurship, education, energy access, or the nonprofit sector
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills
• Decision-making and problem-solving ability
• Effective communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Experience in donor management, grant writing, or corporate partnership development
• Passionate about community development and social impact
• Strong proficiency in English and Bahasa Malaysia, both oral and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative, team-oriented approach
• Understanding of SOLS Foundation’s values, principles, and objectives and demonstrated ability to reflect them in day-to-day work
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in corporate volunteer coordination or CSR event management is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Identify and cultivate donors — individuals, corporates, foundations, government
• Build long-term relationships; keep donors updated, appreciated, and aligned with our mission
• Maintain donor and CSR-contact records, including communication history and engagement stage
• Research, write, and submit grant proposals aligned with our mission
• Keep a calendar of deadlines and hit every one
• Apply for awards that build our visibility and credibility
• Plan and run corporate volunteer engagements and fundraising events, with programme teams and partners
• Evaluate what worked and improve the next one
• Build and run employee-giving and digital fundraising campaigns, including the communications and stewardship materials
• Produce bespoke, on-schedule funder reports that strengthen relationships
• Coordinate the quantitative and qualitative data behind those reports
• Keep the donations/sponsorship tracking accurate; liaise with accounts on fund transfers and tax-exemption receipts
• Build the SOPs for reporting and tracking so the function runs cleanly as it grows
• Keep a clear, current fundraising pipeline — every active conversation, stage, and next action
• Organise proposals, decks, agreements, and reports in shared folders
• Prepare reports for the executive team and board

Skills

Fundraising

Donor management

Grant writing

Communication

Negotiation

Planning

Team coordination

English

Bahasa Malaysia

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Jobs are sourced directly from employers. No recruiter involved. Fundraiser

The Fundraising Executive secures the funding that keeps SOLS Foundation’s programmes running. That means acquiring and retaining donors, managing corporate and institutional relationships, running volunteer and crowdfunding campaigns, writing grants, and reporting to funders. You’ll track progress, keep funders informed accurately and on time, and align funding with what the programmes actually need.

Who the role is for - This is for someone who wants to eventually own fundraising end to end — donor to dollar to report.

You’ll run and grow an established fundraising function that keeps our programmes funded: education, rural electrification, and employment support for rural Orang Asli and Orang Asal communities and urban low-income.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Donors & relationships

• Identify and cultivate donors — individuals, corporates, foundations, government
• Build long-term relationships; keep donors updated, appreciated, and aligned with our mission
• Maintain the donor and CSR-contact records, including communication history and engagement stage

Grants & awards

• Research, write, and submit compelling grant proposals aligned with our mission
• Keep a calendar of deadlines and hit every one
• Apply for awards that build our visibility and credibility

Corporate volunteering & events

• Plan and run corporate volunteer engagements and fundraising events, with programme teams and partners
• Evaluate what worked and improve the next one

Campaigns

• Build and run employee-giving and digital fundraising campaigns, including the communications and stewardship materials

Reporting & impacy

• Produce bespoke, on-schedule funder reports (installation reports, programme feedback) that strengthen relationships
• Coordinate the quantitative and qualitative data behind those reports
• Keep the donations/sponsorship tracking accurate; liaise with accounts on fund transfers and tax-exemption receipts
• Build the SOPs for reporting and tracking so the function runs cleanly as it grows

Pipeline & documentation

• Keep a clear, current fundraising pipeline — every active conversation, stage, and next action
• Organise proposals, decks, agreements, and reports in shared folders
• Prepare reports for the executive team and board

QUALIFICATIONS

Necessary technical, functional or language skills

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 2–4 years of working experience in fundraising, social entrepreneurship, education, energy access, or the nonprofit sector
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills
• Decision-making and problem-solving ability
• Effective communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Experience in donor management, grant writing, or corporate partnership development
• Passionate about community development and social impact
• Strong proficiency in English and Bahasa Malaysia, both oral and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative, team-oriented approach — this role works closely with programme, energy, and operations teams and requires someone who is helpful, personable, and proactive in cross-team coordination
• Understanding of SOLS Foundation’s values, principles, and objectives and demonstrated ability to reflect them in day-to-day work
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in corporate volunteer coordination or CSR event management is an advantage