VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Christian Care is involved in Food and Nutrition Security and value chain development; Water
Sanitation and Hygiene; Advocacy, Protection and Education; Emergencies and Disaster Risk
Reduction (including climate change issues) seeks to fill in the position for a Fundraising Officer on a
“Proposal Success Based renumeration basis.”

1. JOB TITLE: FUNDRAISING OFFICER

Purpose of the Job:

 To increase the provision of funding streams to enable Christian Care to carry out its
developmental mandate and increase opportunities for developing new and existing projects.
Job Summary:
The post holder will be responsible for:
 Raising funds for Christian Care from community fundraising, grants/trusts and developing
other key income streams.
 Engaging with major donors to facilitate fund raising activities.
 The post holder will hold a strategic over view of Christian Care’s fundraising needs and be a
key player in the organisation’s communications and marketing.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Income Generation
 Manage, support and develop imaginative fundraising activities, some of which will be
events-based
 Contribute to bid writing for grant/trust applications
 Inspire new funding partners to raise money, while maintaining and developing relationships
with existing partners
 Deliver presentations to possible funding partners.
 Develop and broaden corporate support
 Develop and coordinate web-based fundraising including social media Strategic Direction
 Maintain and update the fundraising and communications budgets, with the Finance Officer
 Develop and update a strategic plan to guide fundraising activities and revenue generation
 Work in conjunction with the Programmes Director & Finance Officer to have a good overall
understanding of all revenue streams.

Desired Qualifications, technical skills and experience

 Relevant Degree in Social Sciences, Water and sanitation, Natural Resources Management,
Agriculture, Climate Change or Food Security. A relevant Master’s Degree is an added
advantage.
 Relevant experience in fundraising within the NGO environment or similar field.
 In-depth knowledge of Climate Change, Conservation Agriculture, Implementing Small grain
& Small livestock value chains and understanding of mainstreaming principles and
experience of working on mainstreaming activities especially of gender, WASH ,HIV/AIDS
and Child Protection
  Knowledge of Sphere and commitment to humanitarian principles
 Evidence of maturity and experience of working in rural community in development
programs.
 Good communication and interpersonal skills.
 Proficiency in using standard computer software, especially Microsoft products
 Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural
environment, flexible and able to work under pressure
 Clean Class 4 Driver’s licence.

Communications
 Work with the Programmes Director to raise the profile of the organisation.
 Raise awareness of the organisation, its service, successes and plans in the community and
through both social media and the local press.
Administration
 Planning, budgeting and forecasting income
 Preparation of fundraising report for Board meetings
 Maintaining the fundraising database and documents
 Write and design organisational materials
 Contribute updates of fundraising events and activities for quarterly Newsletters
 Write appeals and direct mail in collaboration with other team members
 Manage the web site content working in conjunction with the Administration Officer to
update the content of the website.

APPLICATIONS

Applications, together with a detailed Curriculum Vitae and a scanned recommendation letter from
your church leader should be sent via email to christiancare.communications@gmail.com not later
than 4:00 PM, Thursday, 21st July 2022. “Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply”.
For the sake of women and children, all Applicants must have a clean record in Sexual
Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment. All applications should attach a valid Police Clearance.
Strict Reference checks will be conducted.

REMUNERATION: -
The package on offer for the advertised positions will be disclosed to short listed candidates.