Fundraising Manager

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa MaraisButton & Associates Full time

PART - The Opportunity
The African Impact Foundation is a small youth development non-profit with big ambitions for impact.

We operate programs and have a team in Zambia to create pathways out of poverty for young people in Livingstone.

We have a small fundraising and governance team in Cape Town.

Having recently entered into a partnership to expand our impact and partner with other foundations, we want to develop our fundraising and sustainability to support several organisations to meet their impact goals.


PART - Job description

SUMMARY


The Fundraising Manager will lead the annual fundraising plan, develop our digital presence, manage donor relations, identify opportunities and diversify our funding streams.

With a small team and consultant services, this person will develop fundraising support for the African Impact Foundation and, over time, create a pool of resources and skills for other small partner non-profits to access.

The African Impact Foundation is registered in the UK, Zambia and South Africa.

  • Own the process for fundraising strategies and plans involving team members and specialists.
  • Identify and explore diverse strategies for new donors, corporate partners and grants.
  • Develop our digital presence and media to attract and retain supporters and donors (we have a partner digital agency to support this).
  • Responsible for donor relationship management and identifying roles of the Executive Director, Trustees and other team members in engaging with donors.
  • Create donor relationship journeys and engagement using our CRM (Bloomerang) and other digital tools.
  • Work with the Program manager and team to agree on stories, metrics, and media required from projects to share with donors and partners.
  • Involvement in developing a fundraising team to serve a group of partner nonprofits an exciting opportunity for growth and development over the coming years.

DETAIL

Fundraising plan and strategy

  • Own the process to agree on our fundraising strategy and plans, involving various stakeholders and specialists.
  • Deliver the fundraising plan focussing on new acquisitions, donor retention, regular giving and grant writing (working with a freelance grant writer).
  • Explore fundraising strategies, platforms and partners to appeal to new donors.
  • Report progress, challenges and achievements with the Executive Director and Trustees.
  • Review fundraising strategies for continuous improvement and learning.

Digital presence and print media

  • Work with the digital agency to identify strengths and areas of improvement.
  • Involvement in digital presence improvement plan to improve online appeal and engagement with supporters and target.
  • Ensure our digital plan and voice represents our fundraising strategy, donor engagement, vision and values.
  • Work closely with the program team to create stories, metrics and media from projects of our impact, team and programs.
  • Lead the process of creating annual and impact reports that can be used as engagement materials.
  • Create media for the team to use in donor engagement both online and print

Donor Management

  • Manage the donor communications coordinator agreeing to plans, donor journeys and priorities for donor engagement and new acquisitions.
  • Manage the use of data and our donor CRM (Bloomerang), so our donors feel involved and proud and receive personalised and relevant communication and engagement.
  • Assist the Executive Director with major donors and corporate partner acquisitions and relationships.
  • Coach and support Trustees in nurturing and reaching out to their network.
  • Develop skills across the team in roles where they can engage potential donors and partners.

Fundraising team management

  • Supervise and coach the donor relationship coordinator agreeing to priorities, sharing ideas and agreeing on plans to develop our donor engagement.
  • Work with freelancers and consultants to develop fundraising and digital presence agreeing on their involvement, scope and terms.
  • In time and given the funds, develop the fundraising roles and team as per the need of the evolving partnership of nonprofits.

Part - Key skills and approach

  • Three years of experience in Fundraising Management with diverse expertise in different funding sources.
  • Fundraising or marketing qualifications.
  • Experience with international donors and fundraising
  • Donorcentric and engaging communication skills through written and visual media
  • Experience in mediumterm strategy experience with the ability to create realistic plans to deliver.
  • Proactive and able to propose thoughtthrough ideas and measure results.
  • Can work independently with good reporting and communication with the Executive Director.
  • Experience in managing a small team, agencies and consultants.
  • Familiar and experienced with social media, online platforms, shared drives, CRM systems, and quality website basics are essential, as much of our engagement

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