Job Description
NGO Jobs. The African Climate Foundation Jobs
Purpose
As the first climate-focused re-granter on the continent, the ACF provides a mechanism through which philanthropies and donors can contribute to Africa’s efforts to address climate change. We work closely with a diverse range of funders to identify strategic opportunities to support our programmatic interventions on the continent. A core objective, underpinning all our work, is increasing philanthropic flows into the continent. The ACF is at a critical point in its growth and is looking to expand its partnerships and fundraising team.
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About the role
Reporting to the Head of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, and working with the ACF’s Programme Leads and Grants Unit, the Strategic Partnerships Programme Officer will play three critical roles:
- Supporting the development and implementation of the ACF’s fundraising and growth strategy.
- Managing funding relationships, proposal preparation and process management, reporting and donor support needs.
- Monitoring trends in climate philanthropy, engaging with philanthropy networks in Africa and internationally and identifying strategic entry points for philanthropies and translating these into funding opportunities and pipelines
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Support the development of the Strategic Partnerships, Communications and Advocacy strategy, particularly focusing on diversified funding, attracting and retaining donors, strategic partnerships and long-term fundraising and growth.
- Support the ACF’s preparation of funding proposals and identify potential new funding opportunities.
- Support donor reporting processes and engagement together with relevant departments.
- Support the development of fundraising plans for identified areas of programme delivery and ACFs incubated hubs.
- Maintain and update a donor pipeline database, tracking proposals, prospects, and reporting deadlines.
- Support the drafting of briefing materials for leadership’s donor meetings and events.
- Coordinate with Finance and Grants teams to ensure donor compliance and timely reporting.
- Support the design of relationship activities, including donor inputs and alignment in newsletters, webinars, or events.
- Assist in scoping and cultivating new partnerships with corporates, foundations, and pooled funds.
- Contribute to risk assessment processes for new funding opportunities.
- Support ACF’s fiscal hosting services by coordinating donor/partner communications as needed.
- Support the development of initiatives to increase investments in the ACF’s high-impact programmes and projects
- Support the monitoring and tranche allocations, aligned to reporting, of all incoming grants.
- Support the development of knowledge management processes and systems that will create efficiency and ease within the department.
- Contribute to building the capacity of the ACF staff to engage with funders, and in philanthropy and donor forums,
- Contribute to the development of effective and diversified approaches to fundraising which anticipate future trends, including research and analysis of potential opportunities at a national, regional and international level,
- Represent the ACF in philanthropy and other funding and partnership forums.
- Monitor trends in climate and development philanthropic giving in Africa to identify gaps in and opportunities for philanthropic support in Africa
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How to Apply
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