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• Cultivate relationships with members of the Watoto schools community
  (alumni, current and past parents, staff and all funders) to enable the
  School to benefit from their influence, contacts, expertise, voluntary
  help and financial support.
• This includes being first point of contact including face-to-face,
  telephone, written and electronic communication.
• Devise, and then organise, manage and supervise in person an annual
  programme of events for teams visiting Watoto Schools to provide social
  and networking opportunities, relationship building and fundraising leads,
  in conjunction with the Head of Operations,
• Ensure all follow-up after events is timely, efficient and
  professional.
• Develop and manage the Watoto Schools communications
• Increase awareness of the work Watoto does to both potential
  individual and corporate partners within the local market in relation to
  education
• Intentionally look out for different networking possibilities for
  partner retention for the directorate

• Coordinate the implementation of projects under the Education
  Directorate (in conjunction with Opeartions Team Leader)
• Ensure that records/data on the projects are maintained accurately
  and continuously improved.
• Maintain an up-to-date needs list of funding requirements for
  Education Directorate and ensure donors receive timely, correct and
  personal acknowledgements of their gifts.
• Handle all other administrative duties of the Development office as
  required

• Prepares initial grant/funding proposals for the education
  directorate in line with the Ministry’s strategic objectives
• Prepare all annual development reports to achieve all objectives and
  analyze trends and provide necessary recommendations.

• The applicant for the Watoto Development Officer job opportunity
  should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, Business
  Administration, Social Sciences, Marketing or a related area.
• Five years of working experience in public relations, marketing,
  customer service or a related role
• Computer literacy
• Outstanding organisational and communication skills as well as being
  a team player and able to deal with conflicting demands and tight
  deadlines
• A professional, customer-facing attitude will be key, as will a keen
  eye for detail.
• Experience with project management and writing winning proposals
• A team player, results oriented, self-motivated, able to work with
  minimum supervision and for long hours under extreme pressure

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