Specialist, Global Foundations, Organizations and Institutions at Habitat for Humanity International

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To actively contribute to develop relations internally and externally, develop the pipeline in Africa, targets, and forecasts (70%):
• Support the Director in coordinating a collaborative process with Habitat colleagues on FOI activity including pre-positioning, forecasting, go/no-go processes, proposal development processes and after action reviews.
• Contribute to identifying opportunities through forecasts and market intelligence to help achieve Habitat’s objectives.
• Prepare briefings and other informational materials that support the Director and organizational leadership with FOI engagement.
• Build and maintain effective FOI relations globally and regionally with guidance from the Director, as well as maintaining the CRM systems.
• To contribute to developing and training staff on FOI tools for effective fundraising (20%):
• Support the Director with the design of relevant FOI tools and training and advice to the HFHI network to encourage FOI champions across Africa.
• Support the effective stewardship of awards in partnership with Grant Mangers and guidance from the Director.
• Monitor the execution of the donor strategies implemented in close collaboration with internal Habitat colleagues.

Other departmental projects and initiatives (10%).

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of proven partnership pre-positioning and fundraising experience, especially with foundations, organizations, and institutions such as EU, FCDO, European bi-laterals, USAID and African and other Development Banks.
• Fundraising experience in securing grants, preferably with the top funders in the housing/shelter, community development, and related sectors.
• Expertise in Internet research, specifically gathering and analyzing FOI grant programs, areas of concentration and grant guidelines/requirements, grant writing and budget development.
• Good oral and written communication skills with strong interpersonal and presentation skills in English.
• Solutions-oriented and collaborative in an evolving, dynamic, inter-cultural global team.
• Reflects the organizational principles through on-time delivery of work products in changing work terrains as the organization rapidly evolves.
• Disciplined; performs well under pressure and capable of balancing competing priorities; ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills with good attention to detail.
• Commitment to delivering excellent internal and external customer service.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams for global information sharing and knowledge management, and project management software.