ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES

This position plays a critical role in our growth and sustainability by cultivating relationships with key funders to support our mission and goals. This role typically involves working closely with colleagues throughout Inkomoko, as well as external stakeholders such as current and future donors, implementing partners, and other organizations in the sector.

This role requires a strategic thinker to build on and implement our five year development strategy, collaborating with members of the senior leadership team across countries to meet our funding targets. Regular travel to Inkomoko’s countries of operation will be required. The position holder can be based in any of our offices: Addis, Kigali, Nairobi, Juba or N'Djamena.

Strategy and People Management

Help chart the future direction of the Development team by implementing our 2030 strategy and increasing the number of funders who support our work

Manage a growing team of grant writers, with particular focus on building internal capacity around creative writing and storytelling

Build systems that streamline funder management and track external interactions through a CRM (eg Salesforce) of past, current, and prospective funders

Funder Acquisition

Identify, research, and fully analyze funding opportunities from corporates, bi/multi-laterals and foundations 

Lead writer on concept notes, full grant proposal, and budgets

Develop and lead a portfolio of contacts and champions

Relationship Management & Communications

Oversee the timely production of Inkomoko’s newsletters, annual report and other collateral materials, including an up-to-date website 

Work with Comms to ensure social media content is fresh and relevant for our funder audience

Attend conferences and external stakeholder events/meetings to represent Inkomoko and advocate for the work we do

Requirements

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Inkomoko has found that our happiest and most effective colleagues are proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, trustworthy, and accountable. They are go-getters with a can-do attitude, who support their teammates with sincerity. No task is too small and above all, they are humble and willing to give and receive feedback.

For this role, the successful candidate will have these qualities in spades. Additional qualifications and skills must include:

Excellent communicator in spoken and written English, additional languages preferred

6+ yrs experience donor management, fundraising and team leadership

Experience in grant writing, building teams, and developing a pipeline of future funders

Strong project management skills with a particular focus on budgeting and financial reporting 

Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives

Proven success in project coordination

Comfortable working with data and doing financial analysis

Demonstrated experience and results in nonprofit fundraising and reporting

Strong computer skills in MS-Office, G-Suite, and CRMs