Organization:

Free Haven Community Initiative, Inc. (FHCI) is a registered poverty-alleviation Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) located in Livingstone Zambia that has four main areas of focus: Education, Health, Nutrition, and Empowerment.

To read more about us and our projects, visit fhcizambia.org

This FULL-TIME position is focused on development, partnership and fundraising efforts of the organization and will be in Livingstone, Zambia.

Skillsets required:

-fluent English speaker

-professional communication experience

Preferred qualifications:

-fundraising, partnership building, and/or sales experience

Responsibilities:

-Researches and cultivates potential donors and funding sources.

-Develops and updates annual fundraising plans, including legacy giving programs, Major Gift programs, and capital campaigns and any other special donor initiatives.

– Communicates the vision and mission of the organization to internal and external audiences, adjusting the message to attract and build sustaining relationships with diverse audiences.

-Serves as subject matter expert (SME) for fundraising/donor inquiries, maintaining current knowledge of trends.

-Builds institutions partnerships with businesses and philanthropic organizations to secure greater funding.

-Applies to grants directly and leads our grant applications volunteers in any of our grant application processes.

-Ensure that current and prospective major donors are identified, cultivated, retained, and recognized.

-Qualifies a caseload of donors from a larger group of prospects.

-Creates goals for each donor in the caseload based on knowledge of that donor’s interests and financial capacity.

-Creates and executes a communications, cultivation, and stewardship plan for each donor in the caseload.

-Develops customized offers and giving proposals to secure donor support.

-Communicates back to donors the impact of their giving.

-Ensures that major donor portfolios are accurate, strategic and effective and all tracking and databases are maintained.

-Stays in contact with the CEO, president, and board of directors of Free Haven.