Manager- Foundation and Investment Club at Career Management Centre

Key Accountabilities

• Leadership and Management 
• Oversee and guide the development of activities within the Foundation and the Club by advising on statutory and regulatory requirements and supporting their successful implementation.
• Developing and implementing strategies that enhance the sustainability of the Foundation and the Club.
• Developing and implementing foundation and club administration policies, systems, and controls in line with the legal and statutory guidelines and best practice.
• Establishing, monitoring, and regularly evaluate the Foundation and club performance against the annual plans

Fundraising and Resource Mobilization

• Developing and implementing a strategy to grow income from foundations evaluating the strategic positioning and access to funding for the foundation.
• Review existing resource mobilization action plans and develop viable best practice implementation strategies to grow the foundation and club.
• Set fundraising targets while monitoring and managing performance on a continuous basis
• Developing and maintaining the Foundation’s database for existing, targeted, and potential partners, and keep data accurate and always updated

Branding and visibility

• Ensuring team’s maximum awareness of the Foundation and Club programs and fundraising opportunities, including developing and keeping updated information on the services, success stories, projects and initiatives requiring funding.
• Developing and preparing high quality written materials, writes, edits and reviews foundation and corporate grant proposals, communications, award submissions, and stewardship reporting.
• Preparing proposals and reports.

Risk management and Compliance 

• Developing risk strategies and manage risk as appropriate.
• Identifying and documenting risks related to the Foundation and Clubservices, processes, and products within the risk register.
• Developing appropriate risk responses for identified risks to ensure the risks are mitigated and eliminate any possibility of recurrence.
• Reporting any occurring risks regularly to the Group Head Corporate Affairs and the Risk Division.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications: 

• A Bachelors/Master’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Marketing, Economics, Communication or Business Administration or related field.
• At least eight years’ proven experience of successful networking and fundraising in at least one of the areas of: public sector partnerships, major donors, trusts/foundations or corporate fundraising.
• Experience of creating and implementing a fundraising strategy for new markets
• Experience and expertise in developing relationships with institutional donors, high net worth individuals and/or corporations