Nishen Naicker 🇿🇦

Experience

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  KNOWCRIME

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2010

  Project Manager

  • Responsible for the development of organisation strategy and budget• Marketed & promoted the organisations work and plans to various national stakeholders• Responsible for funding solicitation and meeting projects needs• Implementation of various crime preventative initiatives • Management of volunteers • Public relations, newspaper articles , radio interviews, television, presentations• Website management & newsletter editor • Received the eThekwini Mayoral Excellence Award for the year 2009 in crime prevention category Show less

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  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa

  Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

  Face to Face Fundraiser

  • Engaged in face to face fundraising signing up monthly field partners to ensure the sustainability of the all urgent work nationally and internationally.• Raised public awareness on relevant issues, in particular of the plight of people at various risk.• Promoted the organisations work in South Africa, primarily in response to the HIV/ AIDS epidemic.• Fundraising research and analyzing of individual giving patterns/profiles• Donor Cultivation

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  SANCB

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2016

  Programme Manager: Fundraising and Public Relations/ Business Developer

  • Responsible for organisation's strategic fundraising plan and budget.• Management of 7 staff members which include 2 fund development officers, donor relations officer, communications and publications officer, direct mail coordinator, bequest officer and information officer.• Responsible for managing all fundraising activities including a healthy direct mail program, individual donors, SMME’s, SA CSI portfolio, international donors, bequest program, trusts and foundations, school and churches, special campaigns such as Casual Day, E-giving, mobile giving and fundraising events such as stakeholder’s gatherings.• Responsible for managing all organisational public relations and communication activities including advocacy projects, monthly newsletters, special events, communication plans and media related exposure through various media platforms such as social media and conventional media. Show less

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  Inclusive Education South Africa

  Aug 2016 - now

  Head of Partnerships and Engagement / Partnership Consultant

  • Responsible for organisational strategic fundraising plan• Development of partnerships with International grant making organisations, CSI South Africa, Trusts & Foundations, Individuals and non-profit organisations.• Researching and testing alternative and innovative financing models.• Advocating for the successful implementation of White Paper 6: Inclusive Education

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  Africa Check

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  Head of Partnerships & Engagement

  Building Partnerships around ensuring equal access to facts.

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  Thinklink

  Jan 2020 - now

  Chief Partnership Officer
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  Mental Wellness Intiative

  Apr 2020 - now

  Founding Partner & Executive Director

  MWI is a diverse collective of mental health practitioners with the shared vision of delivering mental health at the core of development priorities and other activities in South Africa