Partnerships Officer / Fundraiser

IICD is a non-profit foundation that specialises in information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for development. IICD is active in Africa and Latin America where we bring about technical and social innovations that create and enhance development opportunities in education, health, economic development, and water and climate resilience. For maximum impact we work closely with partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors.

More information about IICD can be found at http://annualreport.iicd.org and www.iicd.org

The Community Relations Department is responsible for: 1. Fundraising and Sales (acquisition, management and reporting), 2. Visibility of the organization (for knowledge and PR purposes), and 3. Impact and Learning activities (monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management). The team consists of 8 professionals and we are currently seeking an enthusiastic community relations officer in the role of:
 

Partnerships Officer/Fundraiser

At IICD we are seeking to expand and diversify our partnership and marketing activities. For this advertised position, the partnerships officer is responsible for: acquisition/fundraising and relation management with regard to institutional and private sector donors and client organizations.

Summary of key responsibilities

Specific (partnerships)

• Responsible for acquisition with donors and client organizations, which includes proposal writing, corporate presentations, facilitation of partnership meetings, organising partnership events, and advanced budgeting for proposals and consultancies;
• Responsible for reporting and account management with your Northern private and public partners, which includes reporting on impact and results;
• Co-responsible for the concept and implementation of new acquisition activities for donors;
• Co-responsible for production of public brochures and other communication products targeted at donors;

General

• Establishes and maintains effective working relations with IICD staff and communities in order to implement the community relations strategy, and produces intended results and use these relationships to identify new opportunities;
• Participates in meetings and presents information, proposals, results, achievements and recommendations as appropriate.

Specific knowledge, skills and abilities:

• 5+ years experience in professional fundraising and partnership management;
• Advanced skills in the complete fundraising cycle: e.g. market mapping, partnership strategy development, negotiation, budgeting, facilitation and chairing of partnership meetings, donor relationship management, reporting and monitoring;
• Able to demonstrate a track record of successful fundraising activities;
• Advanced proposal writing for institutional and private sector donors;
• Used to work with fundraising targets;
• Excellent written, verbal, networking and interpersonal communication skills;
• Fluent in English (speaking and writing). Fluent Dutch, Spanish or French is a plus.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Master Degree;
• Thematic expertise and knowledge of ICTs for Economic Development, Water & Climate and/or Education a plus;
• Knowledge and affinity with ICTs a plus;
• EU/Dutch working permit;
• Native English speaker a plus;
• Self-motivated, responsible, with proven commitment to continuous learning and self-development;
• Independent worker;
• Results driven;
• Positive, flexible and optimistic;
• Creative and entrepreneurial;
• High degree of professional versatility and hands-on capability;
• Convincing presenter for small and large groups;
• A great team player.

We offer:

• Competent work environment with room for personal development and initiative;
• Competitive salary package conform to Dutch NGO standards;

• International working environment.
• More information about IICD can be found at http://annualreport.iicd.org and www.iicd.org

To apply please e-mail your Cover Letter plus CV to:

Ms F. Alvarez (Sr. HR Adviser) at vacancy@iicd.org

For more information about the position, please contact:

Ms F. Alvarez +31 (0)70- 311 73 11

Closing date:

September 1st, 2013