Manager PR And Fundraising

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and refine fundraising process, defining activities, responsibilities, and key milestones.
• Work with program and project managers to brainstorm, discuss, develop, and summarize project ideas for funding and provide input into project outline documents.
• Keep fundraising force continually updated with correspondence, notes from calls, contact information, links to proposals saved on Box, amounts requested, likelihood of acquisition, follow up dates and next steps.
• Research fundraising opportunities (in the form of grants, loans, investments, or leads) and build relationships with major donors (online and offline), companies, and institutions both local and foreign.
• Join TV programs and media sessions for awareness and perceptional clearance and to generate funds.
• Promote individual campaigns using social media and find new avenues and ways to raise funds.
• Develop marketing campaigns that support marketing targets of the organization, evaluate campaign effectiveness, and develop campaign presentations.
• Write and create grant proposals to obtain funds from companies or institutes.
• Network with potential funders through personal connections or introductions, seeking to learn more about the funder’s priorities, how proposals are reviewed, and decisions are made.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Marketing, Branding, Business Administration, international relations, or related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum 4 to 6 years’ experience in a fundraising role.
• Proven experience in securing grants from bilateral and/or multi-lateral donors, corporates, foundations, and/or major donors, through complex application processes, including log-frame design and development with detailed budgets.
• Proven experience developing budgets and proposals, working with teams across different cultures and time zones.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with an excellent ability to conduct face-to-face meetings.
• Excellent networking skills, able to cultivate relationships at all levels of seniority.
• Ability and willingness to travel and work evenings and weekends when required.

Job Specification

Requirements

• Monitor expenditure and adhere to approved budget.
• Communicate Evidence Action’s values of evidence-based decision making, cost-effectiveness, and transparency to internal and external stakeholders.