Background
The African
Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is a not-for-profit organization
designed to facilitate and promote access and delivery of appropriate
proprietary agricultural technologies for use by resource-poor smallholder
farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Foundation is a
one-stop-shop that provides expertise and know-how that facilitates the
identification, access, development, delivery and utilization of proprietary
agricultural technologies.
AATF has launched a special resource mobilization campaign, Africa Thriving: Practical Solutions for Farmers, to accelerate and expand its current projects, ensuring they successfully reach smallholder farmers and their families as well as establish several new projects.
AATF has launched a special resource mobilization campaign, Africa Thriving: Practical Solutions for Farmers, to accelerate and expand its current projects, ensuring they successfully reach smallholder farmers and their families as well as establish several new projects.
With an initial target
of $10 million, the campaign has a total goal of $85 million over five years.
Government, foundation, corporate and, where appropriate, individual investment
is being targeted.
To meet these objectives, AATF is seeking a Resource Mobilization Officer
Under the responsibility of the Executive Director the Resource Mobilization Officer's key responsibilities will include developing and implementing prospective donor strategies, implementing and supporting the campaign strategy and key resource mobilization activities and will be guided by the following Terms of Reference:
To meet these objectives, AATF is seeking a Resource Mobilization Officer
Under the responsibility of the Executive Director the Resource Mobilization Officer's key responsibilities will include developing and implementing prospective donor strategies, implementing and supporting the campaign strategy and key resource mobilization activities and will be guided by the following Terms of Reference:
- Assist
the Executive Director in mobilizing resources from bilateral and
multilateral donors, philanthropic foundations, and other sources
- Assist
establishing resource mobilization targets; projecting financing gaps for
AATF and its projects
- Deliver
agreed upon annual fundraising and activity targets
- Build
and advance relationships with portfolio of current and prospective donors
- Play
integral role supporting overall resource mobilization activities
- Create
briefing memos and donor presentations for senior leadership in
preparation for donor meetings
- Develop
outstanding written materials as well as draft correspondence (outreach
letters, follow up notes, etc) for senior leadership and volunteers. AATF
has developed substantive campaign cases and promotional materials that
the consultant can use and improve
- Assist
in streamlining the preparation of concept notes and proposals for donor
funding across all AATF project portfolio
- Track
all contacts with AATF’s current and prospective donors through a ‘moves
management’ system
- Coordinate
regular small events to cultivate prospective donors, handling all
logistics and tasks associated with the event as necessary
- Conduct
prospect research and identification
- Support
donor stewardship activities, such as writing a campaign update and ‘good
news’ report on stories from the field every other month
- Assist
in scheduling and coordination of meetings
- Undertake
worldwide travel across Africa as well as North America and Europe is
required
- Perform
other duties as assigned
Applicants to this position must have a Master’s degree in
finance, agricultural economics, financial economics, financial management,
law, economics, business administration, international relations,
marketing/communications and or grant writing.
They should also have
at least 5 years resource mobilization experience including working in resource
mobilization for UN agencies, private foundations or NGOs, or donor-aid
programs.
Experience working in
Africa and/or in agriculture and rural development is desirable.
The ideal candidate
should have excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the
ability to work both with autonomy and with a team in diverse cultural
contexts.
S/he should have
outstanding written and oral communication skills in English, with knowledge of
French as an added advantage.
This is a professional National Recruited Staff (NRS) position based in Nairobi and is on a 2-year renewable contract subject to individual performance and availability of funds.
This is a professional National Recruited Staff (NRS) position based in Nairobi and is on a 2-year renewable contract subject to individual performance and availability of funds.
Salary and benefits
will be in line with those provided within AATF’s NRS scheme.
AATF has attractive
compensation package compared to the best employers in Nairobi.
If this interests you, and you believe you meet the relevant criteria for these roles, please submit your application with a motivation letter and detailed CV, stating your current function, your verifiable achievements in mobilizing resources, the list of reputable organizations/companies you have mobilized resources for, your e-mail and telephone contacts by email before 26 October 2012.
If this interests you, and you believe you meet the relevant criteria for these roles, please submit your application with a motivation letter and detailed CV, stating your current function, your verifiable achievements in mobilizing resources, the list of reputable organizations/companies you have mobilized resources for, your e-mail and telephone contacts by email before 26 October 2012.
Applications can be
sent to aatf-hr@aatf-africa.org.