Volunteer Strategic Outreach

This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Staff
This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity
About The Affiliated Organization
Founded in 1980, Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. We are now the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world, a network of 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 93 countries at work creating systemic change on the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time. We find, support and collaborate with our Fellows to help scale their solutions across nations and continents and work with a wide range of partners to create an "Everyone a Changemaker" world, one in which we all can find and develop our power to contribute to meaningful change for the good of all.

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Job Description
We are looking for a Strategic Outreach and Operations Associate for the Ashoka Support Network (ASN) Expansion Campaign. It is a high-intensity, data-driven outreach initiative targeting a curated list of 3,000 high-net-worth individuals, business leaders, and philanthropists. The project involves executing a sophisticated, multi-touch communication strategy to transition these individuals from "cold leads" to engaged strategic partners. Our goal is to secure 100 new Ashoka Support Network members over the next 6 months. Each member commits meaningful financial and strategic support to Ashoka and our Fellows. Achieving this target will provide the critical, unrestricted funding required to identify and scale the work of leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows) globally. You will act as the Campaign Operations Coordinator. Specific tasks include:

• Execution: managing the daily sending preparation of personalized outreach via email (using provided templates and AI tools).
• Data Command: Owning the master "Outreach Dashboard" to track open rates, responses, and preparing follow-up triggers in real-time.
• Intelligence: Conducting rapid research on prospects to verify their interests and align them with specific Ashoka Fellows.
• Logistics: Managing the 8-step follow-up cadence to ensure no lead is dropped and coordinating the scheduling of high-level briefings for interested prospects.
• Communication: preparing Ashoka specific follow-up content for various stages of the engagement and for social medial campaign.

You will be the engine of our fundraising pipeline. With a target list of 3,000 prospects, the difference between success and failure is operational discipline. By managing the logistics of this campaign, you free up the leadership team to focus entirely on closing gifts. Your efficiency directly translates into new funding, which means more social entrepreneurs get the support they need to solve the world's most pressing problems.

What You Will Gain

• Strategic Mentorship: Work directly with and learn from a senior strategy partnership lead on how to build and execute high-level partnerships.
• Network Exposure: Gain visibility into the world of high-impact philanthropy and social entrepreneurship through a tested, well recognized 45 year brand.
• Resume Impact: "Managed a global outreach campaign for the world's leading social impact NGO" is a powerful addition to your CV.
• Flexibility: This role is fully remote with flexible hours, provided daily output targets are met.

If you meet the skillset defined below, please let us know today if you can help

Volunteer Logistics
Estimated hours required per week:

The estimated duration of the project is: 6-12 months

This position is Virtual (Remote)

Language Requirements
English

Desired Skills And Experience
Process-Focused:
You love checklists, spreadsheets, and systems. You understand that "success" is in the follow-up.

Tech-Fluent:
You are comfortable with Excel (advanced), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and email automation tools. You pick up new software quickly.

Detail-Oriented:
You have zero tolerance for typos. You understand that getting a name wrong in this campaign is not an option.

Strong Communicator:
You can draft professional, high-stakes communications with perfect grammar and tone.

Discreet:
You will be handling data regarding high-net-worth individuals and must maintain strict confidentiality.

Social media Savvy:
You can organize and online media campaigns and enjoy regularly posting new content on social media.

People and Partnerships Orientation:
Having past experiences with fundraising campaigns or connecting people to program is ideal. Being a member of a Diaspora or having experience of diaspora engagements is an added advantage.