Administrative-jobs at UBONGO, WWF

JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities

Lead in grant writing efforts, including, prospecting, drafting, editing, and submitting applications that Ubongo decides to pursue
• Researching, prospecting, and identifying donors, funders, and opportunities for Ubongo to pursue
• Updating and managing our CRM database for prospective donors, applications, and past (already pursued) prospects
• Writing applications for awards and challenge grants, LOIs, and concept notes

Manage relationships with individual donors through consistent personalized communications and the development of content for fundraising campaigns
• Owning and managing our Network for Good fundraising platform & pages
• Writing fundraising newsletters and supporting the creation of other fundraising communications including website copy, social media content, blog posts, and press releases
• Understanding Ubongo’s vision, mission, impact, and priorities and sharing our story effectively with potential funders through different communication channels
• Designing and writing appeals for individual donor campaigns
• Building personal relationships and following up consistently with individual donors and peer-to-peer fundraisers, encouraging them to get more involved
• Finding creative ways to host and facilitate Ubongo introductory webinars for interested stakeholders, supporters, and donors
• Supporting brand awareness and building within our US audiences and the African diaspora – thinking critically and creatively about building brand awareness, with support from the comms team, in the US and among African diaspora communities

REQUIREMENT: KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, and QUALIFICATIONSESSENTIALS:
• 3+ years experience fundraising or grant writing for a non-profit company or social enterprise
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills: Proven grant writing and storytelling skills
• Experience in outreach and/or network-building roles
• Ability to synthesize research and produce compelling literature reviews.
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in English Literature, Creative Writing, Education, Research, Marketing, Communications, Nonprofit Management, Business, or a related field
• Proven experience working in grant writing, fundraising, marketing, corporate communications, content development, writing, or project management
• Must be able to provide at least 3 professional references
• Must love kids!
• You have the ability to work independently and to think on your feet
• Be willing to wear many hats

PREFERRED:
• Deep understanding of Africa’s education and development landscape
• Passionate about education, storytelling, and being a changemaker
• Loves building relationships and talking to new people
• Great storytelling skills come through in public speaking and writing. We tell powerful stories and you need to be able to represent our brand well publically
• Experience with Salesforce, and other fundraising CRM is a bonus


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree