Job description

We are looking for a driven, focussed, and motivated business development and fundraising lead at Innovate Durban. The lead will be responsible for growing the organisation’s portfolio, generating income that is highly geared towards Innovate Durban’s principles and to be able to source funding from a variety of sources. We are looking for someone with a background in fund income generation, preferably within the non-profit sector but has a strong understanding of government and corporate CSI mechanisms.

This position calls for someone that has the ability to come up with creative and innovative ways of growing the organisation.

In addition:

• Developing growth strategies and plans including a fundraising plan
• Managing and retaining existing partnerships and funders
• Attracting and increasing partnerships including funding and other support
• Writing up of funding proposals
• Researching and keeping abreast of funding and partnership opportunities
• Stakeholder engagement and management including presentations
• Having an in depth understanding of the organization and the projects and programmes that it runs
• Researching and identifying other income generating streams
• Following local and global trends
• Advising project teams on possible opportunities and support
• Reporting on plans and systems

Company Description

Innovate Durban is a Non-profit Organisation aimed at stimulating innovation within the Durban region. We focus on creating momentum and driving projects and programmes in the city that innovatively tackle social, system and structural issues.

Requirements

• A postgraduate degree at a minimum.
• We are looking for someone with an evident interest in innovation and socio-economic development.
• Experience in fund income generation, preferably within the non-profit sector is essential.
• The candidate should have a strong understanding of government and corporate CSI mechanisms.
• We are looking for a candidate with strong networking capacity and managerial capacity and experience.
• An excellent command of English, proposal writing and grant application experience is critical to this role.
• Excellent administrative, budgetary and planning capacity is also essential.
• Research experience is a must.
• Presentation and stakeholder management and engagement experience is also essential.

The successful candidate will be someone who is highly motivated, willing to go the extra mile, takes initiative, manages his/her time effectively and is flexible.

The candidate will be required to work on weekends or afterhours if the projects demand such time but this is on an ad-hoc basis. Driver’s license and own car is essential. The flexibility to travel is essential to this role. The candidate needs to be highly proficient in MS Office, with specific reference to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Posted on 17 Jan 08:20