This role supports, trains, and advises countries in the region on growing institutional income, from pre-positioning through proposal development to inception workshop delivery. It will also provide global donor account management for prioritized GS-owned donors.
Who we’re looking for:
- A university degree in a relevant subject area is essential, higher education degree is an advantage.
- Extensive fundraising experience and a track record of successfully soliciting restricted and unrestricted income from Institutional donors, trusts and foundations and corporates.
- Experience in regional facing fundraising and business development with substantial experience in regional resource mobilization and regional donor relationship building.
- Substantial experience of project cycle management, including project conceptualization, project design, proposal development (technical and financial), monitoring and evaluation.
- Experience of developing high quality donor proposals, concept notes for high value and institutional donors (preferably EU, FCDO, USAID, Sida, Danida or UN Agencies)
- Experience of setting up and managing high value donor contracts, with knowledge of
- donor contractual requirements.
- Experience of establishing and maintaining systems and processes to support fundraising.
- Experience of building partner relationships with local CSOs, donors, INGOs at the local, regional and international level.
You should also have a strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.
What we offer:
ActionAid is committed to providing a welcoming, supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done, encourage close collaboration and sharing power, and where safeguarding standards and feminist leadership are exemplified everywhere. At ActionAid, you can look forward to a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment, including
- A workplace that embraces feminist principles
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption pay
How to apply
For more information on the role and its requirements and to apply please visit our website via the link.
Applications close at 23.59 GMT on Monday, 24 February 2025.
https://actionaidinternational.bamboohr.com/careers/200
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Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
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