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Country Fundraiser

Full time at Sightsavers in Nigeria
Posted on May 8, 2024

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Job title : Country Fundraiser jobs in Abuja Job Location : Abuja Deadline : May 19, 2024 Quick Recommended Links Responsibilities Key accountabilities, not limited to:

  • Bid Development: working alongside internal teams to develop and deliver high quality bids targeting new donors and HNWI’s to support the Nigeria Foundation funding strategy.
  • Strategic relationship building: Maintaining internal and external relationships critical to fundraising activities to achieve objectives. Converting identified organisations and high value individuals to supporters/donors. Networking across our thematic areas to further build relations with INGO’s and key stakeholders.
  • Individual Giving: Identifying, developing and managing a portfolio of new and existing donors. Taking responsibility for delivery of agreed targets.
  • Strategy and Planning: Growing the portfolio to engage new prospects through development and implementation of operational plans that support our fundraising strategies.
  • Contract management and reporting: Managing the contracts and grants for agreed Sightsavers’ projects; reporting to the Country Director and Board of Sightsavers’ Nigeria Foundation on income, KPI’s, prospecting, account planning. Maintaining legal and compliance obligations for partners.
  • Market understanding: develop and maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of the corporate social responsibility agenda of corporate organisations/partners in Nigeria towards advising the Country Office on potential areas of collaboration and fundraising.
Skills and Experience
  • Proven track record of successful relevant fundraising experience in Nigeria managing high level relationships
  • Experienced working at senior level externally to develop high value relationships with prospective supporters/clients while maintaining relationships with existing supporters/clients
  • Depth of experience of fundraising from corporate/foundation fundraising; major individual donors
  • Significant experience of working at senior level in a fundraising, marketing or sales capacity
  • Previous experience within international development in a similar role
  • History of meeting or exceeding financial targets and soliciting gifts from donors and prospects, or business in a commercial setting
  • Knowledge of the principles of major donor, corporate and foundation fundraising.
  • Significant experience of successful face-to-face donor / customer contact, building long term relationships
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of good fundraising practice and relevant legal issues or equivalent from a commercial setting.
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Available to travel across Nigeria for up to 12 weeks annually

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