Fund Development Manager

Overall Objectives Raise funds, manage events, campaigns, etc. and manage a team responsible for fundraising, donor stewardship, events, campaigns, marketing, and PR. Work effectively with a wide range of individuals and stakeholders, and have a firm understanding of donor management, and donor management systems and tools.


Responsibilities:
1. Fund Development
Develop a fund development strategy that is in line with the company strategy and ensure the proper execution of the strategy
Prepare and update the fund development plan annually
Fundraising / Proposals writing / Donor Prospecting Local and International
Donor relationship management, reporting, and stewardship
Grow the individual giving programme
Conceptualise, develop, and initiate new initiatives, campaigns, events etc.
Manage and implement all projects, events, and campaigns for the year
Maintenance of the donor data base
Board management
Donor base analysis
Media interviews / relations and related
Reporting
Meet targets set
2. Marketing and PR
Ensure that we have a monthly marketing / PR / Comms plan, planned in advance, as well as a tentative generic year planner
Ensure that our all our social media platforms grow steadily, according to set targets, that platforms are updated / posted daily, and that the engagement is suitable for our brand
Ensure that the company''s CI manual is updated and properly implemented internally and externally
Ensure that all our marketing and communication tools are regularly updated website; social media platforms; YouTube channel, pamphlets etc.
Compile the monthly newsletter, and ensure that is well written and circulated timeously
Compile the Annual Report
Marketing and PR - create national awareness and exposure of the work we do
Prepare media releases; promotions; marketing material; briefs etc.
Host visitors and potential donors to showcase the work we do
Conduct research as and when needed
3. General Duties
Team management
Resource mobilisation
Manage our brand ambassadors
Recruitment and management of volunteers
Monthly reporting