Vacancy title:
Fundraising and Resource Mobilization Manager

Jobs at:
Children’s Dignity Forum (CDF)

Deadline of this Job:
25th November, 2018

Duty Station:
Mpwapwa, Mara and Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 31st October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

The Children’s Dignity Forum (CDF) is a voluntary, private, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit-making Civil Society children’s rights organization based in Dar es Salaam as its headquarters, founded and registered in 2006 under the NGO Act No. 24/2002. CDF has offices in Tarime District, Mara Region and Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region. For more information about CDF, please visit us at www.cdftz.org , www.facebook.com/cdftz  and Instagram@cdf_tanzania . Due to the strategic expansion along with the implementation of the new CDF Strategic Plan 2020-2024, CDF is looking for the qualified and motivated person to fill the following position with immediate effect:.

JOB DETAILS:

The candidate will perform the following duties as listed below:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Research fundraising opportunities and write grant applications
  
• Build relationships with donors or organization and make presentations on organization’s works
  
• Devise and organize fundraising campaigns, events
  
• Responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive and coherent fundraising strategy for the organization.
  
• Prepare budgets to determine what the fundraising department’s needs are going to be.
  
• Set and achieve realistic time-limited fundraising targets, agreed in consultation with key staff and the Board of Directors.
  
• Develop standardized fundraising and publicity materials for awareness and fundraising.
  
• Take ownership of organizational growth and funding, reporting to the Board of Directors on progress against fundraising targets at quarterly meetings.
  
• The fundraising manager will be responsible for developing a diverse range of sustainable funding streams to support and expand the work of the organization.
  
• Develop and deliver a comprehensive and coherent fundraising strategy for the organization.
  
• Carry out prospect research and develop a comprehensive fundraising database that captures all relevant information.
  

Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Master’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Management, Economics or related field
  
• A minimum of three years’ experience in fundraising
  
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  
• Good at researching and devising strategies and opportunities for fundraising
  
• Able to work under pressure, meeting key project and reporting deadlines
  
• Willingness to travel when necessary
  
• Excellent planning, time management and organizational abilities
  
• Experience in managing budgets, planning events, coordination and evaluation.
  
• Perform such other duties as my be assigned by the supervisor