Fundraising Consultant(Africa-Based) at Namati

• We are seeking a consultant to conduct both desk research and relationship-building outreach, including potential in-person meetings alongside Namati staff or attendance of relevant events, focused on grant funding available from foreign embassies in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Mozambique.

The consultant will:

• Using online resources, develop a comprehensive list of the foreign embassies and development agencies that offer local grant funding, in the capital cities of each of our three program countries: Sierra Leone, Kenya and Mozambique. This should include an overview of the general thematic priorities/ funding focus areas for each of these embassies, average grant sizes, any known restrictions or cyclical deadlines, and a listing of recent prior grants if available. The consultant will place an emphasis on cross-country analysis, whenever a certain country’s embassies offer similar grants on similar themes in more than one of our program countries, as we would like to prioritize embassies that offer grants across multiple countries.
• For each embassy and development agency, to the extent possible, identify staff members in charge of grantmaking programs; then, work with program leads at each of our country sites to outreach to those staff members, secure meetings, and otherwise build relationships with key contacts who may be able to apprise us of funding opportunities and otherwise assist us in securing funding from these institutions.
• Using the above information, prepare a final report providing an analysis of the foreign embassy grantmaking landscape in each of our three African program countries, with recommendations on which embassy relationships to emphasize and which may be less relevant.

We expect that most of this work can be conducted virtually, but Namati will support travel to one or more of our program sites where there is a clear justification for doing so.

We expect a duration of 6-8 weeks for this consultancy.

Qualifications

The consultant should have the following qualifications:

• Experience with researching, analyzing and presenting fundraising-oriented information -- either through a fundraising or grantmaking role at another institution or NGO, or through a similar contract.
• We would prefer to engage someone with a home base in Nairobi, Freetown or Mozambique, to allow for more direct contact with at least one of our program teams.
• Experience documenting, analyzing, and synthesizing key learnings.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English.