Grants, Fundraising & Partnership Officer

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, Public Health, Public Administration and Management, Business Administration, Social Works and Administration, or related field
  
• A master’s degree in Community Based Rehabilitation, Social Work and Social Administration, or Public Health is added advantage
  
• Minimum of 5 years of experience providing coordination or management support to program implementation in humanitarian and development contexts,
  
• Experience working with key institutional donors (USAID, FCDO, EC, private foundations, etc.) and familiarity with their donor regulations related to reporting and program implementation
  
• Advanced training in Project Management/Programs Management is an added advantage
  

• Identify new donor, corporate, and institutional funding opportunities alignedto CoRSU’s strategic plan.
  
• Facilitate design sessions in coordination with CoRSU Head of Programs and Partnerships and ensure proposal design is in line with CoRSU standards and practices.
  
• Liaise with Head of Programs and Partnerships to ensure proposals are of high quality, meet internal and donor standards and are submitted on time to the donor.
  

Fundraising & Resource Mobilization

• Support the implementation of the CoRSU Resource Mobilization &
  
• Fundraising Strategy.
  
• Develop fundraising materials, impact stories, case studies, and
  
• communication products in collaboration with the PR/Communications team.
  

Communication and engagement strategy.

• Collect and synthesize program data, patient stories, impact evidence, and
  
• photos for communication, reporting, and fundraising purposes.
  
• Support the preparation of program briefs, donor updates, and documentation of achievements and lessons learned.
  

Capacity Building

• Provide support and training to the field teams to ensure that effectively contribute to Business Development
  
• Provide support to program teams at key moments including program start-up, kick-off meetings, inception meeting check-ins, quality audits and spot checks, and end of program transition meetings.
  
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the Team to grow competencies in business development.
  

Representation

• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with donors, peer agencies and other stakeholders to ensure consistent communications to donors at all levels.
  
• As delegated, act as focal point for all queries and information requests from CoRSU and donors in collaboration with head of programs.
  
• Represent CoRSU to donors, peer agencies and other key stakeholders, as
  
• requested.
  

Financial Management

• Develop the budget for the department as per the guidelines set.
  
• Monitor and control the allocated budget and put measures in place to address variances.
  
• Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency.
  

Risk Management

• Perform risk assessments for strategies prior to implementation and develop a mitigation plan to manage the risks.
  

Compliance

• Ensure CoRSU Program policies, Donor guidelines and regulatory compliance in execution of activities.