Traidcraft Exchange seeks to employ a Partnerships and Investment Lead (Africa)
Salary Scale: Band 3, £33,423 – £42,798 FTE
Hours of work: Full time (37 hours per week), Flexible
Location: Nairobi– substantial homeworking options can be discussed
Traidcraft Exchange’s vision: A world without poverty where all trade is fair.
We’re a UK-based NGO with offices in Bangladesh, India, and Kenya from which we run projects across South Asia and Africa.
With a strong commitment to locally-led development – with communities we tackle injustices in three key ways:
- By leading development projects working with vulnerable farmers, artisans, and workers
- Addressing systemic injustices by advocating in UK government and internationally to change the rules which govern trade – promoting equality of opportunity for those at the bottom of the supply chain
- Focusing on inclusion and access to the benefits of trade for women, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and in a South Asian context, those discriminated against because of their caste
Over the last 35 years we’ve supported over 3 million people directly and countless millions more through the laws and policy changes brought about through the campaigns we’ve led.
During this time, we’ve seen wages rise for the poorest, better health and wellbeing for those at the bottom of the supply chain, more inclusion for minority groups and their rights and therefore the rights of their children, protected.
It is an exciting time to join our organization as we have recently made a commitment to become more locally led. We are currently testing participatory grant-making in Africa and more pilots will be rolled out in South Asia in the coming months.
About the role
The Partnerships and Investment team have joint accountability to raise funds and build partnerships in the UK and internationally for newly defined portfolios of work and raise match funding for large multi-year development programmes. The team manage resourcing from trusts and foundations, statutory donors, high net worth individuals, companies, and social enterprises. Although the post-holder will focus largely on foundations, statutory and trust funding the postholder needs to be versatile and able to engage with partners and donors at all levels with a willingness to fundraise across a wide range of disciplines where the need arises.
About you
We are looking for an experienced, skilled, and charismatic communicator with a proven track record of generating new business to minimum, six-figure sums, in an NGO or charity setting across a range of fundraising disciplines to help us reach new audiences and inspire potential donors and partners to support our important work.
We are committed to equality and providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, including disabled people and individuals from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities.
Closing date for applications: 25th April,
Provisional date for interviews: May 4th/5th
Interested? You can download the application form and full Job description at https://traidcraftexchange.org/jobs/
Then submit your completed Application Form via recruitment@traidcraft.org
