International Advanced Diploma in Fundraising

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Need to direct and lead fundraising, planning, analysis and forecasting at the highest level?

Want to create an environment that enables fundraising to flourish and demonstrate your commitment to the evolution of the fundraising profession? The International Advanced Diploma in Fundraising could be for you.

The Advanced Diploma encourages you to think differently and offers practical mechanisms for making decisions that extend beyond fundraising. Participating in the course provided me with the framework and language to better advocate for fundraising within my organisation.

Jenny Boland, MCIOF(Adv. Dip)

Who is this qualification for?

You are expected to have been working at a senior level for a minimum of five years with a proven knowledge of each major area of fundraising and experience of senior fundraising management. The content is highly strategic – you will need skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation to succeed.

What are the benefits to you and your organisation?

You will be enabled to lead organisational growth and increase impact. You will understand how the application of your extensive practice and management skills combined with academic knowledge and research can help an organisation to double, triple (or more), fundraising income in less than ten years. By challenging yourself and the organisation you work with, you will be helping to define the fundraising profession. Through your success, your organisation will be helped to fulfil its mission and produce greater impact.

What will you learn?

The International Advanced Diploma teaches you how to create the institutional environment to enable fundraising to flourish – it does not teach fundraising. The knowledge audit will help you assess whether you are ready to meet the challenge. 

Further details

Assessment

You will be required complete and pass seven formal written assignments to achieve this qualification. The qualification is eqivalent to level 7, and is similar in level and assessment to a Master’s degree.

Course format

You are taught via Virtual Delivery, with all sessions delivered on Zoom. You are expected to engage with the course material and your fellow students in advance, between and after the teaching blocks.

The approach is innovative; it is primarily delivered through Active Learning and Just in Time teaching approaches.

Commitment

This is a demanding 2 year-long course; you are expected to commit approximately 10-12 hours a week until the completion of the programme. 

You will be required to submit a CV as part of the application process. You will then be asked to take part in an interview with a member of our Professional Development team. 

Requirements

During the course you will write several assignments drawing on your workplace or your work practice, using your experiences as examples or as the basis for some research. In some situations you will be able to adapt your assignment and be able to submit your work as a Practice Paper to the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing. The paper will be peer reviewed and if suitable published in the journal. If you would like to know more please use this link for further information

Fees and membership

  Individual Member Fee Non-Individual Member Fee
Live virtual delivery  £4,148.00 £4,457.00

Please see the training, events, qualifications and resouces listing for upcoming course dates.

Fees include access to all online course materials, Individual Membership, two three-day teaching blocks, student support and supervision and assignment grading. You will need to purchase the two core course textbooks yourself directly at additional cost.

If you are not yet an Individual Member your first year's membership is included with the non-member rate to enable you to access the full range of member benefits during your course. You must hold a valid Individual Membership while studying for a qualification.

Booking terms and conditions apply for all qualification courses. 

The International Advanced Diploma has been developed in collaboration with the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the European Fundraising Association, and is recognised throughout Europe and North America.

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