Fundraising & Communications Coordinator - Arusha, Tanzania

This is an exciting, management level role for a highly motivated, professional individual who is committed to the rights and empowerment of children and young people and has extensive experience in fundraising, communications, branding, graphic design, website development and media for development. With a keen eye for consistency, brand identity and effective visual tone, the Fundraising & Communications Coordinator will be based in Moshi and will report to the Director.
Key roles and responsibilities:

• Lead the redesign and hosting of the Mkombozi website, making it more interactive and easy to use. Ensure the website is kept up-to-date with current stories, images and information. Work with other staff to create news stories which promote Mkombozi’s work and provide insight into our progress and development.
• Develop an integrated external communications strategy that ensures regular updates about Mkombozi’s work are sent to individual donors and supporters via the website, Facebook and other social media sites.
• Lead the revitalisation of Mkombozi’s brand, including developing new house styles for publications/reports, creating templates for a range of materials.
• Ensure brand consistency throughout Mkombozi communications (local and international, internal and external) which translates support/donation to direct buy in to the organization's vision and mission.
• Promote Mkombozi via Facebook and social media sites, systematically capture and document individual supporter information from the Mkombozi website and social media spaces. Use this information to build relationships with individual donors and explore how to expand their support to Mkombozi via Friends of Mkombozi networks.
• Work with and develop networks of overseas volunteers who promote the Friends of Mkombozi charities in the UK and in the USA. Produce communications materials to be used for fundraising and develop a strategy for building the number of supporters and individual donors that regularly give to Mkombozi via the UK and US.
• Work with the Executive Director to write Fundraising proposals to institutional, corporate and other donors.
• Supervise staff and / or volunteers working in fundraising and communications.
• Develop a strategy for increasing the number of individuals, groups and corporate supporters located in Tanzania that regularly give to Mkombozi in Tanzania. Produce communications materials to be used for local fundraising.
• Work with staff in other teams to assist with the editing, design and production of organisational materials in Kiswahili & English, for example, the community newsletter, the Annual Report, research reports, the annual calender and business cards.
• Build a library of photographs that depict all aspects of Mkombozi work, ensuring Mkombozi’s Child Protection and picture use policy is followed and permissions are obtained from all image subjects.
• Maintain organisational knowledge by taking part in M&E and research activity. Keep abreast of developments in NGO fundraising and communications that could expand Mkombozi’s audience and be a good investment of time and energy for Mkombozi.
• Perform any other official assignment as requested. Please note that your duties may vary or change situationally to meet the strategic needs of the organization.

 Please visit www.mkombozi.org/support/careers.html for the full job poster and application procedure.