Fundraising and Communication Manager at Windle Trust Kenya

KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Years of Experience: At least five years in a senior fundraising, marketing or communications role with evidence of having brought in multi-year donor partnerships, particularly in the humanitarian field
• Income Generation: Proven experience and a successful track record securing grants from trusts, foundations, key institutional funders, legacies among others.
• Strategies: Experience in designing, developing and delivering organization-wide fundraising strategies and tactical plans with a proven track record of managing fundraising targets and having reached or exceeded them
• Leadership & Capacity Building: Proven experience of building colleagues’ capacity on fundraising to respond to donor with tangible outcomes.
• Coordination: Demonstrated ability to work remotely, effectively and efficiently with teams in different countries.
• Marketing: A track record of leading, developing and delivering successful marketing and communication strategies for an organization, which grew organisation profile, reach and engagement
• IT: A good understanding and experience of working with databases, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, websites and Knowledge /use of funder portals and software.
• Relationship Building: Proven experience of networking and building working partnerships with donors, NGOs and other stakeholders and representing your organization on external platforms.
• Proposal and Report Writing: Experience of producing high quality proposals and reports, delivering quantitative and qualitative information in both formal and informal styles. Understanding of Log frames and M&E frameworks.
• Budgeting: Experience of producing budgets and reports for funders; experience of negotiating budgets, value for money, etc.
• Monitoring: Experience of establishing systems for monitoring and evaluating communications and fundraising and measuring long term impact
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, business administration or related field required

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrable commitment to refugees and communities affected by conflict and marginalization
• Confident, honest and dependable
• Proactive, self-motivated and innovative, capable of working on their own and as part of a team.
• A commitment to WI’s mission and values, including the protection of children and survivors of human rights abuses.