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Fundraising Coordinator

Employer
Reall
Location
Coventry, West Midlands Region
Salary
£26,000-£31,000 (FTE) depending on experience; based on a 35 hour week. 9am to 5pm weekdays with a o
Closing date
6 Dec 2019

Job Details

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations, we need you to contribute to the expansion of Reall’s funding base by attracting new finance and to manage the relationship with resultant funders.

We develop, refine and share innovative housing models that unlock the political will, capital investment and end-user finance needed to create the conditions for hard- working families in Africa and Asia to secure their own home.  

We do this because affordable homes not only provide a fundamental human right, they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean water and air, renewable energy and socioeconomic justice. We believe that the best way to realise this future is by working in open collaboration using an open-source approach, so that the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world. This enables functioning housing markets to be developed at greater speed and scale and means that together, we don’t just construct houses, we build a home for human potential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Secure new large-scale finance through researching and progressing funding opportunities
  • Programme and proposal design, bid writing, pitching and developing performance measurements, in line with the wider fundraising strategy
  • Initiate, develop and maintain strong relations with potential funders
  • Manage funder due diligence assessments, monitor progress against agreed funder targets, fulfil funder reporting requirements, and ensure compliance with other contractual obligations
  • Monitor trends and opportunities across institutional donors, major foundations and the impact investing sector
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs within the institutional donor, major foundations and impact investing space
  • Contribute to the ongoing development and revision of Reall’s fundraising and funder relations strategy
  • Lead on designated networking and presenting opportunities
  • Develop, maintain and update effective CRM / management information system

Person Specification:

Education:   A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience:  At least four years’ experience in major fundraising and funder relationship management within the international development space

Key Competencies:

Essential

  • Experience of securing funding from and working with major institutional donors, large foundations and/or multilateral bodies
  • Proven experience of proposal development, bid writing and pitching, grant contract management, funder reporting and monitoring
  • Effective relationship manager
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent computer literacy including word-processing, databases, spreadsheets
  • Strong research skills
  • Strong influencing and negotiating skills
  • Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
  • Understanding of and experience in the international development sector

Desirable

  • Understanding of the social enterprise and impact investment space
  • Experience of financial services products

Personal Qualities:

  • Great communicator
  • Systematic and thorough
  • Learning attitude
  • Conscientious and responsible
  • Constructive, flexible and helpful 
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Works well under pressure
  • Innovative and entrepreneurial
  • Able to work with minimal supervision, use initiative and drive results
  • Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish

Company

Reall, or Real Equity for All, is a UK-based international development organisation that invests technical, organisational and financial support in enterprising local organisations in Africa and Asia. 

We empower urban poor communities to transform slums by enabling them to secure land, build decent homes, earn an income, access safe water and sanitation and negotiate with governments – ensuring they have a voice that gets heard.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
02475093340
Location
8-14 Harnall Row
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 9DR
GB

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