Role Title: Chief Fundraising Officer – RefuSHE

Organization Profile

RefuSHE protects, nurtures, educates, and empowers young refugee women and girls in East Africa through a unique holistic model that provides protection, shelter, education, case management, counseling, childcare, vocational training, and legal support. RefuSHE’s holistic programming meets the imminent needs of unaccompanied, separated, and orphaned refugee girls, young women, and their children.

Founded in 2008, RefuSHE is a registered non-governmental organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and a 501(c)3 charitable organization with offices in Chicago, USA. It is the first and only organization dedicated to refugee girls in East Africa. Over the past fifteen years, RefuSHE has grown to become a leading institution and global thought-leader in the field of refugee protection.

Job Purpose

The purpose of the Chief Fundraising Officer role is to provide leadership to the development of RefuSHE’s strategic fundraising activities. This includes meeting stretching financial targets for grants, corporate partnerships, and foundation support, and helping to forge new relationships to build RefuSHE’s visibility, impact, and financial resources. This role is also responsible for overseeing grant management and monitoring and evaluation at the organizational level and communications activities in Kenya.

Salary Range: Kes 450,000 – Kes 500,000 Gross, Monthly.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising:

• In collaboration with the CEO and Managing Director, create, implement, and manage an overarching multi-year fundraising strategy that aligns with RefuSHE’s organizational strategy and core program areas.
• Develop and implement a global research and engagement strategy to identify and prioritize new potential donor leads.
• Meet annual revenue targets as agreed with the CEO/Executive Team.
• Collaborate with the Managing Director on fundraising targets related to major donors/high net worth individuals and regular givers.
• Expand RefuSHE’s existing institutional funding portfolio by securing new sources of government and foundation support.
• Lead all proposal development activities related to government, foundation, and corporate funders, including, but not limited to: preparation of data/content and log frames (with the M&E and programs teams), development of proposal budget (with finance team), articulation of proposal activities (with programs team), writing narrative sections, proof-reading and editing, proposal submission, and follow-up.
• Write, edit, and finalize high quality and compelling written materials including Expressions of Interest/Letters of Intent, Concept Notes, and Proposals.
• Work closely with the finance team and program managers to develop accurate and forward-thinking proposal budgets.
• Mentor the US-based Fundraising and Grants Manager to manage the proposal development process for smaller grants.
• Support the CEO with outreach to existing and potential donors in Nairobi/Kenya, including arranging and participating in meetings and visits.
• Maintain a record of all RefuSHE staff interactions with donors.
• Manage the RefuSHE SharePoint files for all proposals and grants, ensuring that copies of all relevant documents are kept for future reference.

Partnerships:

• Manage ongoing relationships with key government, foundation, and corporate donors.
• Network with a diverse community of stakeholders to develop new partnerships.
• In collaboration with the Communications staff, oversee and implement a multi-channel engagement strategy for all RefuSHE supporters.

Grant management:

• Oversee financial and programmatic reporting and donor communication for all RefuSHE grants, through supervision of the Grants Management team to ensure that reporting requirements are met in a timely and compliant manner.
• Supervise the Grants Management team to ensure that the terms of all contracts and agreements are effectively communicated to the Executive leadership, finance, and program teams both at inception and during program implementation.

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Regularly review M&E data with the M&E team and Program Managers to ensure that each program is accomplishing its objectives and, if not, that corrective action is being taken to meet the set targets.
• Work with the M&E and Programs teams to develop a robust indicator tracking and evaluation system to ensure program efficacy and success.
• Lead the organization in measuring the outcomes and impacts of programs and partnerships.

Capacity Building:

• Provide coaching and mentorship to program staff in proposal development/writing and reporting.
• Supervise Grants Management Officer, M&E Manager, and Communications and Marketing Manager in Kenya and support the Managing Director in dotted line supervision of the Fundraising and Grants Manager in US.

OCCASIONAL DUTIES

• Act as a signatory to the RefuSHE Kenya bank accounts.
• Participate in recruitment and selection for senior staff positions.
• Present fundraising information to the Kenya and US Boards, as requested by the CEO.
• Draft Terms of Reference and supervise consultants engaged in fundraising related tasks.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject (e.g. international development, social sciences, communications, monitoring and evaluation).
• Master’s degree in a relevant subject is desirable.

RELATED EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATION

• 8 years experience in fundraising/resource mobilization, preferably in an INGO setting, including at least 3 years in a supervisory position.
• Substantial experience in leading and coordinating the development of major grant proposals to institutional donors, multilateral agencies, foundations, and/or corporate donors.
• Demonstrated success in managing and meeting fundraising targets.
• Experience of handling grants from US government and/or UN agencies is desirable.

TECHNICAL & BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Vast knowledge of, and a strong personal network of relationships with, institutional donors, government and multilateral agencies, and foundations.
• Experience of corporate fundraising/CSR is preferred.
• Outstanding technical grant writing and reporting skills.
• Strategic networking skills and ability to form productive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills in English, including a proven ability to turn data and numbers into concise and compelling narratives.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including communicating with impact, influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively across teams and time zones, managing multiple assignments and deadlines.