Fundraising Director
A high-growth social enterprise based in Nairobi is looking for a motivated, professional Fundraising Director to secure donor funding for economic development and agricultural livelihood programs and research in rural communities.
The Fundraising Director is a salaried position with full benefits and performance bonuses.
Responsibilities
Develop a pipeline of strategic funding proposals and achieve monthly targets for submissions and approvals.
Maintain a list with the requirements and formats of different donors with respect to sectors, priorities, guidelines and what budget lines are fundable.
Manage time frame and submission deadlines for the relevant donors.
Identify new sources of funding via list serves, internet searches, and networking, and proactively create opportunities to secure program funding and consultancy work.
Represent organization to potential donors at forums and events, and coordinate and encourage donor visits to field programs.
Manage and support program teams, developing budgets and writing proposals.
Develop highly successful donor relationships.
Requirements
3 years economic development or agriculture fundraising experience working within or securing funds from complex institutional funders, foundations and corporate.
Previous experience with the organizational structure of NGOs, charitable foundations, or bilateral development agencies.
Familiarity with requirements of key livelihood donors and capacity to work in a multi-donor environment.
Good program design skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent and consistent documents including log frames.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present effectively to decision makers.
Experience with strategic planning, project management and financial planning.
Strong numeracy skills with the ability to manage budgets and use Excel.
Demonstrable ability to develop strong working relationships with funders.
Interested candidates should email a detailed CV, recent sample proposal, and salary requirements to NairobiCareers@gmail.com with the subject line “Fundraising Director”.
The application deadline is 21 May, 2012.
Kindly note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.