Fundraising and Partnership Coordinator

Objectives of the Position

The Fundraising and Partnership coordinator will support the overall country grant acquisition, partnership and management strategy and lead the development and realization of the resource mobilization strategy in the country in close collaboration with the Country Director.

Responsibilities

Fundraising strategy

• Support the development and implementation of the Country fund raising strategy by actively participating in the preparation of the country office plans and budgets to ensure conformity with the country strategic plan and organizational grant acquisition guidelines.
• Effectively communicate the organization’s strategies, cultivating and managing donor/partner relationships, and providing opportunities for cooperation, networking, alliance-building.

Fundraising

• Identify and analyze funding opportunities originating in country and scope potential partnerships to complement and strengthen the country office’s program portfolio.
• Coordinate and lead market study, donor mapping and country office plan to ensure strong fundraising pipeline.
• Gather relevant and timely intelligence information necessary for grant acquisition; identify grant opportunities and relevant institutional guidance materials to share with relevant departments.
• Lead in proposal writing and support with budgeting in compliance with the donor and institutional requirements.
• Ensure adequate staffing and cost recovery is included in grant budgets and reviewed on a regular basis to ensure the right resources are available to deliver quality programs.
• Ensure quality proposal development in compliance with donor requirements and institutional policy, procedures, and practices.

Partnerships, Networking and Positioning

• According to the priorities of the Country’s Fundraising Strategy, take the lead in activities related to networking and positioning before donors. This means, inter alia, approaching donors, organizing meetings or events to make Ayuda En Accion known amongst the donor community and build a network of contacts for the organization
• Identify key stakeholders and networks relevant to priority pipeline opportunities for effective prepositioning.
• Support the country office/country director to engage in strategic partnerships with civil society, INGOs, UN and government entities as appropriate, to maximize the use of our resources for the implementation of quality programs.

Knowledge management and Information generation

• Ensure that the Country Program produces relevant information that serves the purpose of positioning the organization before donors and influencing their programming and funding decisions.
• Lead the management of the pipeline and knowledge database to ensure information is shared among field program and other concerned staff, to capture new opportunities and track the ongoing fundraising.
• Develop and maintain knowledge management system for tracking fundraising opportunities including maintaining a repository of proposal development templates, pre-award tools, program concepts, capacity statements, proposal templates, pricing tables etc.

Job offer conditions

• Immediate incorporation.
• Full-time job.
• Work Center: based in Kampala
• Remuneration in accordance with the Ayuda en Acción remuneration policy.