PA to Fund Developer (Hybrid)

About

The role focuses on providing assistance with relationship development and maintenance with private donors who share the NPO’s vision. Support to the Team of Fund Developers may be requested on occasion.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain a donor database and customer relationship management system
• Draft donor letters, and other correspondence
• Plan detailed logistics for travels (using your Advanced Excel skills)
• Support donor visits to the head office and to NPO field programmes including planning, gathering quotes and hotel reservations
• Support in promotion of NPO’s Legacy Programme and administration of the programme.
• An ability to support the team of Account Managers, to ensure the grant lifecycle from inception to close out
• Update NPO’s online customer relationship management system to record and process opportunities, agreements, reports, thank you letters, campaigns and extract reports
• Compiling and supporting travel itineraries and quotations
• Support donor due diligence processes
• Developing high quality presentations and other communications materials

Requirements

• A degree equivalent qualification in communications, social sciences, natural sciences or similar advantageous
• A minimum of three years of demonstratable experience, which includes:
  • Demonstrated administrative skills
  • Demonstrated ability in maintaining and organising databases
  • Experience in monitoring budgets
  • Exceptional writing skills and communication (English) (ability to speak other languages will be advantageous)
  • Solid co-ordination and quality assurance skills
  • Ability to do desktop research on donors and potential donors
  • The ability to collate information from disparate sources to provide timely and impactful donor reports
  • Ability to build relationships with staff in remote areas
  • An ability to work under deadlines
  • Willingness to travel in Africa as required

Advantageous

• Experience and ability to manage donor events
• Advanced computer skills, including Advanced Excel and D365 / other CRM processes/software
• Ability to create infographics/dashboards using tools such as Power BI
• Ability to design high-quality presentations and other communications materials