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Job Title:  Funding Officer

Organisation: Saferworld

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Salary: £32,590 per annum

About the Company:

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for-profit organization operational in 12 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Job Summary:   Saferworld’s funding base has grown significantly over the last few years, with the majority of funds coming from institutional donors, including the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the US Government/USAID, the European Union (EU), and other European Governments, such as the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) and grants coming from few foundations/philanthropic institutions. This role will support the organisation’s work towards growing, sustaining and diversifying its funding base across different income streams (trusts and foundations, commercial income, individual and major gifts donors) through researching and identifying new funding opportunities, supporting with drafting proposals, alongside maintaining and improving systems to capture critical funding information that supports our planning and budgeting processes.

The Funding Officer plays a critical role in supporting global fundraising efforts at Saferworld through:

Ensuring that relevant colleagues across the organisation are aware of new and upcoming funding opportunities;

Managing, keeping information up to date, and refining effective systems to record, track and analyse organisational funding activity and performance;

Providing support to fundraising efforts by contributing to drafting proposals including filing and collecting relevant documents, fulfilling due diligence requirements, drafting donor mappings, and supporting co-design processes, and recruitment and retaining of new individual and major gifts donors.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Support to proposal writing (approx. 35%)

• Produce and keep up to date organisational data and supporting documents for inclusion in fundraising proposals;
• Assist fundraising colleagues in the preparation and submission of fundraising proposals, providing support as required to specific countries or thematic areas;
• Support in relationship building especially for trusts and foundations by researching key information, supporting logistics for meetings, contributing to drafting compelling proposals together with other colleagues;
• Compile information and documentation in response to donor due diligence requests and file accordingly;
• Write briefing notes and other materials to support the CEO/HoF and others to lead on donor relationships effectively;
• Ensure Saferworld’s organisational details are kept up to date on relevant (online) donor portals.

Prospect research (approx. 30%)

• Identify new funding opportunities, including from multilateral donors, governments, trusts and foundations and commercial opportunities, through high quality research, using a range of prospect research platforms and resources;
• Work with fundraising colleagues to produce research into funders and funding opportunities, which will contribute to resource mobilisation plans;
• Communicate funding opportunities internally with relevant information and deadlines;
• Keep up-to-date with funding and donor trends within the sector by reviewing relevant funding reports/analysis, attending (mainly virtual) events and sharing feedback and notes with funding colleagues.

Tracking funding activity and performance (approx. 25%)

• Establish and maintain effective systems and processes for tracking and analysing funding activity, including the organisation-wide funding database and training of colleagues in its use as required;
• Ensure the fundraising database (CiviCRM) is kept up to date and all records of fundraising applications (and their outcomes), grants, contracts and donor intelligence are accessible and accurate;
• Extract and analyse data on funding activity and performance for inclusion in management and board reporting, liaising closely with the Fundraising Leadership Team;
• In liaison with fundraising colleagues, the HoF, and the Head of Operations, support on improving ways of working with the fundraising database.

Funding administration and support (approx. 10%)

• Organise and co-ordinate agendas with the Funding Working Group (weekly) and Funding Leadership Team (monthly) and record and follow up on actions from meetings and other funding related events;
• Support the Funding Leadership Team in the collection and analysis of funding data against key performance indicators for presentation to the senior leadership and Board;
• Lead on compiling and circulating fundraising news in the internal newsletter.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Experience of researching and identifying funding opportunities within the non-profit sector (experience doing this within the international development sector is desirable)
• Experience of managing and refining databases, maintaining accurate up to date records, and extracting data for analytical purposes
• Experience of drafting/supporting fundraising bids for statutory/institutional funders in the charity sector
• Experience of drafting compelling narratives/pitches for key trusts and foundations (desirable)
• Experience of carrying out administrative duties effectively
• Good understanding and experience of the fundraising environment, the principles of fundraising and the challenges of working within the charity sector

Skills and abilities:

• Ability to work proactively, on own initiative and well under pressure
• Excellent organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail and ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines
• Strong MS Office skills including Excel and CRM or other databases
• Analytical ability to identify synergies between donor funding priorities and Saferworld funding needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to consult and work confidently, proactively and collaboratively at all levels
• Ability to negotiate and understand priorities of colleagues, applying a problem-solving supportive approach
• Effective and flexible team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to condense complex information

Personal qualities:

• Commitment to and compliance with Saferworld’s safeguarding principles
• Commitment to respect and value equality and diversity, and understanding of how this applies to own area of work
• Commitment to own continuing personal and professional development
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of Saferworld

How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 20th November 2024

NB: We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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