World Resources Institute (WRI) Development Specialist Job

Development Specialist Job, Current NGO Jobs in Kenya,

You will report to the Senior Development Manager with a dotted line to the Deputy Regional Director.

Some international travel may be required. Fluency in French is a significant advantage.

Responsibilities

Proposal Development and Internal Coordination (70%):

• Lead on drafting responses to funding opportunities based on inputs from WRI Africa Programmes Teams and ensuring submission of quality concept notes and proposals including accurate budgets.
• Oversee internal organization for bid development, ensuring strict adherence to established internal development processes.
• Draft strategic briefs and presentations to inform and guide important interactions and dialogues with prospective donors.
• Support annual and multi-year project planning efforts to ensure the development of aligned projects, and compelling offers, to ensure strategic engagement on fundraising priorities and opportunities.
• Communicate donor restrictions and reporting requirements; monitor compliance in collaboration with WRI Africa’s operations team
• Ensure adherence to WRI’s fundraising & development guidelines and corporate vetting procedures, working with colleagues in WRI Africa and on the Global Development team
• Work with the Senior Development Manager to strengthen and lead fundraising coordination and proposal development processes in WRI Africa, with WRI’s Global Development team

Donor Stewardship and Prospect Development (30%):

• Support in identifying, and researching new major prospective donors and funding opportunities in the six and seven-figure range.
• Assist in the development and implementation of strategies aimed at achieving sustainable funding that aligns with the ambition and opportunities of WRI Africa.
• Contribute to the development and management of external partnerships to enhance WRI’s ability and position the organization to attract and deliver large-scale multi-year funding.
• Engage in direct fundraising activities such as proposal pitches, strategic partnership development meetings and donor cultivation engagements jointly with other WRI Africa Team members. 
• Directly support the WRI Africa programmes team in donor cultivation efforts with current and prospective donors, arranging meetings, leading preparations, and tracking donor engagement with an emphasis on enhancing relationship-building efforts.
• Actively manage a revenue and opportunity pipeline for WRI Africa on Salesforce and lead regular reviews with WRI Africa leadership to ensure a proactive strategy for revenue management and development is maintained.
• Support donor relationship management by working with program teams to track all donor outreach activities in Salesforce and ensure appropriate follow-up on donor requests.
• Provide expert development advice, including training and strategy development, to WRI Africa managers.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, international development, public administration, social sciences or related subject required
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant, full-time experience including 2 additional years of experience in a development position with major fundraising responsibilities
• International experience strongly preferred with prior experience of working in the development field and preferably in the international NGO sector is essential.
• Excellent prospect research skills; understanding of what constitutes relevant and strategic information and how to analyze the data to support prospect development
• Excellent proofreading experience to translate technical information into lay language; experience developing and organizing proposals for varying audiences
• Working knowledge of MS Office 365, SharePoint and Salesforce
• Excellent communication skills to diplomatically guide peers and directors through strategy conception to concrete proposed deliverables focused on impact at global scale
• Languages: English. Fluency in French both spoken and oral is an added advantage
• Requirements: Existing work authorization is required where this position. WRI is unable to authorize visa work authorization

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