Chief Fundraising and Partnerships Officer at Northern Rangelands Trust

Key roles/Responsibilities:
Fundraising:

• Oversee diversification of current donor base and stewardship of existing donors through increased grants capacity & tools for NRT & CCYs.
• Oversee the management of a portfolio of bilateral, multi-lateral donors & private/corporate donors for NRT & CCYs.
• Oversee development of increased funding support from County & National Government for NRT & CCYs.
• Oversee support of CCYs to develop own capacities for fundraising by providing guidelines, frameworks & technical support.
• Oversee compliance with all regulations, generally accepted accounting practices, contractual & external requirements (donor/legal/IRS) as well as NRT policies and procedures.
• Oversee the structuring & capitalization of the NRT Conservation Trust Fund.

Non-monetary partnerships:

• Grow non-monetary partnership base through strong relationship management, on all levels of the organization.

Communications & external engagement:

• Oversee the coordination of effective communications resource sharing with finance & operations as well as programs departments.
• Oversee the provision of guidelines for external communications to all departments and support of external engagement (PR, comms).
• Oversee and attend leadership engagement & stakeholder convening with donors, government & partners.
• Oversee that the communication material support the donor acquisition agenda.
• Oversee the maintenance and updating of a strategic annual communications schedule.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning:

• Oversee the consolidation of ME&L reports from all projects to strategically highlight key outcomes for donors/partners incl. annual lessons updates case studies, impact assessment & outcome harvesting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Management, Business Administration, Project Management or other relevant field from a University recognized in Kenya.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, MSC or any other relevant area.
• Possession of any relevant professional course and membership to a Professional Body will be an added advantage

Experience required:

• At least 10 years relevant experience 5 of which should be at senior Management level.
• Experience working with multiple different stakeholders on complex long-term projects.
• Experience in identifying need for external thought leadership and guidance; outlining approaches; and aligning stakeholders.
• Prior experience of developing and maintaining a strong network with senior institutional and private donors.