Fundraising Director Job in Nairobi Kenya

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.