Lesson Two
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Lesson Two
I personally enjoy assisting organisations to secure ongoing financial resources that enables them to provide support and assistance to vulnerable children, teens, women, and families. I have worked with a range of organisations, and donors, around South Africa and Eswatini over two decades, and it has been very fulfilling to observe the positive impact of their work. I have also enjoyed being self-employed as a consultant and being in control of my own time and work schedule.
There is a lot of travelling involved which does take you away from your family for days or even weeks at a time throughout the year. It is interesting and exciting to see new places, but the downside is being away from your family.
Being self-employed as a consultant means that if you don’t work, you don’t get paid. So, there is pressure to minimise annual leave and not take proper sick leave compared to someone who is employed by a company.
As a fundraising consultant there is a huge pressure to raise significant funding for organisations, some of whom do not always have the funds to adequately cover the daily needs to do this work. Personally, you want to be offering a quality service to organisations, yet there are limits to what is possible in some cases. Working for a donor has the challenge of having limit funds to distribute to a certain number of organisations, so tough decisions often have to be made which can mean disappointing some while supporting others.
Being self-employed means your annual leave is managed by?
