Their work informs research, journalism, and policy at the global level, serving as a trusted source for those shaping initiatives in peacebuilding and crisis management.
As a newly created position, the Fundraising Manager will report to the Head of Grants & Development and oversee a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer. The role will be instrumental in implementing the organisation’s strategic plan to expand reach and impact and increase income by $10M over 3 years.
As Fundraising Manager, your initial focus will be developing existing and new relationships with institutional funders, working closely with the Head of Grants & Development. Developing relationships with foundations will be another priority area, with potential to leverage existing relationships that have arisen from tech-level engagement with foundations. In the longer term, plans include pursuing corporate sponsorships and developing income from individual donors (HNWIs).
About the role
As Fundraising Manager, you will:
- Implement the fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Head of Grants & Development and the Executive team
- Identify, build, and manage relationships with current and prospective donors across public sector funders, foundations, international organisations, corporate sponsors and individual donors
- Support the development of new projects/proposals in partnership with the Global Programs team, consulting with the Chiefs and Department Heads to ensure proposals align with their capacities
- Collaborate with the public sector licensing team to grow reach to public sector clients (corporates)
- Line manage and support a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer
About you
Ideal skills and experience:
- An entrepreneurial and resourceful fundraiser with experience of developing proposals and budgets and securing significant grants from institutional and international foundation sources
- Working with individual donors (HNWIs) and/or corporate sponsors would be advantageous, but not essential
- Evidence of excellent relationship management skills, with both current and prospective donors
- Ability to handle the complexity of managing multiple fundraising efforts globally
- Line management experience