JOB SUMMARY

With our growth, Caritas Zambia is committed to enhancing its impact and further realizing its Mission and Vision. To support this, we have established a formal structure designed to foster the development of Caritas Zambia and the role of Fundraising Officer is essential to this effort. You would be joining a team and a project dubbed “All Right,” a project within Caritas Zambia aimed at building capacity through effective fundraising.

We are looking for a passionate and driven Fundraising Officer to become part of our engaged and committed team, where your expertise in cultivating relationships and increasing fundraising income will be valued.

Your role is responsible for increasing fundraising income by developing diverse channels that ensure both immediate success and long-term sustainability. You will have an opportunity to contribute to our growth and support the communities we serve.

SKILLS AND SPECIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience in formulating/drafting funding proposals, especially in the context of EU-funded programs.
• Demonstrated ability to build and develop engaged, genuine, constructive long-term relationships and networks, internal and external to an organization.
• Knowledge of the field of businesses, institutions, and NGOs and how they are best harnessed.
• Extensive experience with the use and coordination of contemporary fundraising channels, investments, and donor/supporter engagement, leading to relationship acquisition, and financial outcomes.
• Ability and experience bringing to life an organisation for donor and supporter engagement, thereby competitively and credibly positioning an organisation with funders, and growing a positive reputation for an organisation.
• Competency with significant stewardship over financial budgets and KPIs, analysis, and funding/income generation achievements.
• Demonstrated capacity to envision, develop, articulate, and operationalise a fundraising plan.
• Experience in effectively operating and managing between modes of communications, in collaboration with the Communications unit, such as but not only:
  • effectively drafting, editing, and writing proposals, in a team environment
  • presenting analytics and trends, writing reports
  • creating/advising on appealing visual assets for online presence
  • persuading people orally, face to face, digitally, and by other means (website, social media, flyers, events).
  • creating and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences, face-to-face and digitally.
• Able to use Microsoft Office suite, to build and maintain a data bank of intelligence information, processes, reporting, knowledge, and other collateral.
• Demonstrated drive in setting sights on challenging goals and being resourceful in the achievement of a role’s objectives.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and inspiringly in a team environment, where each person’s talents are valued and contribute to tangible and intangible outcomes.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a team player.
• Demonstrated integrity and ethical professional behavior, acting with a passion within an organisation’s Mission, Vision, Code of Conduct, and Policies and Procedures.
• Awareness and support for, sensitivity and empathy for the people Caritas Zambia serves.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

• Master’s degree in marketing/fundraising/communications/social sciences or other relevant degrees, or greater than 8 years experience in a similar role preferably within a non-government organization/not-for-profit organisation
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Web Conferencing Applications.

REPORTING

This role reports to the Project officer AllRight, with close relationships, dotted line reporting to the Head of Programs

DURATION

3 years fixed-term contract with the possibility of Extension based on the availability of funds