Purpose of the Position

The Fundraising and Communications Coordinator will serve as a critical member of the leadership team charged with overseeing our in-country fundraising operations and communications. The Fundraising & Communications Coordinator will create and oversee the fundraising and communication strategy to support company’ strategic plan with a focus on Fundraising, Communications and Marketing to increase growth and efficiency.

The Fundraising & Communication Coordinator is a skilled relationship-builder, communicator and creative architect of an integrated development plan for the organization that can generate generous giving to support the company today and sustain it for the future. The Fundraising & Communications Coordinator is a capable systems-builder, writer and a strong collaborator while gaining an understanding of company’s programs in Ethiopia in order to share an exciting opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of women in Ethiopia to new and existing donors.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the execution of the Ethiopian Fundraising Strategy with an annual revenue goal set; set benchmarks for all facets of fundraising process (identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship)

• Coordinate content for digital communications such as e-newsletters and social media calendars pertinent to fundraising activities.

• Identify and cultivate grants, and track pre-and post-award funder deadlines.

• Support the submission of funding requests (e.g. compiling necessary documents to create an application package).

• Conduct preliminary research and analysis on prospective individual, corporate, and foundation donors.

• Track donor opportunities, research prospects, and support proposal development, funding requests, and report writing.

• Design, implement and manage all fundraising activities including multi-year giving, grant writing, impact reports, major donor proposals, presentations, annual campaigns, planned giving and event planning solicitations.

• Build and maintain a portfolio of qualified donors, grants and prospects sufficient to meet personal and organizational revenue goals.

• Support the Country Director in the development and activation of a portfolio of theorganization’s donors and stakeholders in Ethiopia.

• Cultivate content for the Communication and Marketing Strategy to engage donors,prospects and key stakeholders.

• Coordinate marketing and communication materials for annual giving initiatives, direct mail solicitation.

• Support Grants Specialist and Country Director in coordinating the Grant Portfolio and develop a system for grant requests and implementation.

• Oversee fundraising events in Ethiopia and Goodwill Ambassadors’ engagements.

Required: Frequent travel required

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• At least five (5) years of directly related experience in a non-profit fundraising and communications role.

• Ability to handle confidential donor/constituent information with sensitivity and integrity

• Excellent communication and entrepreneurial skills.

• Professional fluency in spoken and written English with ability to communicate clearly and concisely.

• Social media savvy; experienced with content creation using a variety of platforms such as LinkedIN, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

• Familiarity with technology tools for web conferencing like Zoom.

Special Aptitude or Personality Requirements:

• A passion for helping women; a strong commitment to equity and inclusion.

• Demonstrated experience with all phases of the development cycle, from prospect

• identification to stewardship.

• Experience managing a personal portfolio of donors and prospects.

• Experience and confidence with in-person solicitation.

• Excellent organizational skills to coordinate across multiple projects and constituencies (both internal and external), and balance multiple priorities.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with people of all ages and at all levels of an organization.

• Must be able to work independently and as a collaborative team member.

• A self-starter with excellent work ethic and passion to make a difference.

• Experience with design of development marketing materials.

Commitment to values and principles of the company.

How to Apply

Interested and Qualified candidates can apply email to internationalngo@ethiojobs.net