Head of Fundraising (Remote)

African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.  

ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa. 

At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose. 

We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Executive Assistant to join ADC. 

• Lead the development and implementation of strategies for grants fundraising, major donor fundraising, corporate fundraising, community fundraising, and individual giving fundraising 

• Build relationships with high profile and high net worth individuals as potential donors 

• Build relationships with charitable trusts, foundations, corporates and other institutional funders 

• Lead a team of fundraisers by providing the necessary vision, direction, and fundraising skills that will enable the organisation to achieve its fundraising goals 

• Develop high-impact and innovative donor acquisition campaigns and recruitment drives  

• Explore all fundraising channels and streams for new donor acquisition 

• Establish and implement tracking procedures for each fundraising program/channel and ensure that fundraising goals are met 

• Increase fundraising capacity for future years by developing robust processes around budgeting, forecasting and planning, working closely with the finance team and social impact team 

• Ensure that funding applications and reports are based on a sound understanding of the work that we do and the impact that we deliver 

• Contribute to the development of thought leadership initiatives that position ADC as an influential driver and leader of systemic social change in Africa

Essential 

• 10+ years of strategic fundraising experience at a senior level 

• A track record of successful fundraising campaigns and grants applications 

• Demonstrable success in growing income through a diverse range of fundraising activities 

• Experience in developing innovative and targeted fundraising campaigns and high-level events 

• Experience in producing high-quality and compelling cases for donor/funder support 

• Able to articulate strategies for soliciting and cultivating gifts, sponsorships, and grants 

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to develop long-term relationships with institutional sponsors and individual major donors/high net worth individuals 

• Ability to actively take the initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment 

• Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week

Desirable 

• Experience working in an early stage star-tup and going through a scaling phase 

• Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a bit of ambiguity 

• Experience leading, managing and coaching successful teams in different geographical locations 

This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits: 

• Professional learning and career development opportunities 

• An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession 

• An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is delivering systemic social change in Africa 

• An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise 

• We provide work reference  

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