Head of Fundraising / Communication

Position Summary

• Position is responsible for leading fundraising, donor management, grants management of the company.
• He she must have entrepreneurial approach to secure fundraising, donor engagement and managing grant requirement and implementation for the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities

Individual / Institutional and High Value Fundraising:

•  Responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic plan for fundraising that is aligned to the overarching business objectives.
• Identify new potential income streams and produce strategies to access these funds.
• Prepare annual fundraising operational plan and associated budgets factoring in risk and compliance.
• Identify development opportunities in major partnership fundraising with individuals and organizational donors.
• Monitor, analyses and report on income and expenditure variances to support the month end and quarterly forecasting process.
• Identify shortfalls in performance and, with support from the Operations head, prepare and implement contingency plans to ensure financial targets are met.
• Ensure that all data is collected, managed and stored appropriately in compliance.
• Lead and motivate the fundraising teams to deliver against agreed KPIs through clear direction, delegation and regular feedback on key activities.
•  Report against agreed income targets and other performance indicators to the Executive Committee and Board of trustees. 
• Assess key issues and report budget variance analysis.
• Work to promote the development of a fundraising ‘awareness’ in organization.
• Ensure that the measures are in place to deliver excellent donor experience and that they are thanked appropriately for their support.

 Donor Engagement and partnership building:

• Responsible for developing and implementing engagement and fundraising strategies or enhance and grow revenue with assigned workplace accounts and donors.
• Build network with donor and partner organizations to seek long term support.
• Follow up and review reports for submissions to individual/donor organizations.
• Follow up on fundraising activities and proper closure of activities/programs with specific reports.
• Streamline departmental activities with all stakeholders for implementation of marketing plans.
• Development and implementation of Hunar communications strategies across the organization.

Grants Management:

• Responsible for designing grant programs, grant proposals, grant regulations & managing grant databases effectively & efficiently.
• Analyze all processes, provide enhancements to all grant programs if required and manage all grant management processes according to policies and procedures.
• Monitor and analyze all budget trends and make recommendation for cost control for various grants.
• Monitor program budgets and expenditure and coordinate with Program manager and ensure effective program.
• Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process.
• Perform relevant research to identify available grant opportunities and evaluate the results.
• Oversee if the grants are implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the organization.
• Oversee the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process.
• Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement.
• Analyze the budget trends and make recommendations for cost control and reduction for various grants.
• Provide detailed reports to the funders and the board of directors with respect to the organization's progress.
• Provide training to the new staff on grants management and reporting requirements.

Financial Planning and Budget Management:

• Produce cost-effective budgets to achieve action plans.
• Develop and maintain income and expenditure tracking and evaluation systems.
• Ensure the Fundraising Department is kept within budget.

 Core Competencies:

• Ability to generate and execute a fundraising plan.
•  Ability to motivate and influence supporters to reach fundraising targets.
• Outstanding in grant proposal writing for Local & International institution.
•   Demonstrable track record of Strategic Fundraising activity.
• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative and make decisions.
• Proven ability to build, manage and develop key stakeholder, client and donor relationships.
•  Experience of developing and implementing strategic and business plans
• Outstanding Presentation & Communication Skills.
• Strong IT Skills including MS Office Suit and Database Management.

Skills Required:

•  Innovative management style.
• Decision Making & Problem Solving.
• Outstanding English language skills (written, reading and spoken)
• Forward Thinker & Team Player        
• Proficient in MS Office
• ·Technology Oriented.