Resource Development Team Officer (RDT)
Organisation overview
Tostan is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Dakar, Senegal and currently active in five West African countries. At a strategic level, the organization strives to further develop its core competency of strengthening education and to document and scale its relevant sustainable impact on a variety of issues. Tostan’s flagship model, his three-year Community Capacity Building Program (CCBP), has reached thousands of communities in West and East Africa since 1991. Governance, education, health, economic empowerment and environmental impacts are currently being monitored. And Tostan is particularly proud of the important role it has played in inclusively empowering women and girls and ending harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage in its communities. As part of its 2023-2030 strategic engagement plan, Tostan is focused on increasing its strategic scale. The organization develops new implementation strategies to support community leadership by driving broader systemic change at the local level. We are also creating new models for sharing and replicating our programs with other development partners, expanding our ability to share Tostan’s global approach to supporting and impacting diverse regional and global audiences. Masu.For more information, please visit : www.tostan.org
Position overview
Tostan’s resource development efforts are at a pivotal time, making it a particularly exciting time to join the team. As Tostan continues to launch and develop his new 2030 Strategy, there is significant opportunity to build relationships with new funding partners and strengthen connections with existing supporters. The Resource Development Team Leader will be responsible for supporting the work of Tostan’s Resource Development Team in researching, developing, and maintaining funding partnerships with potential institutional and philanthropic partners. This role involves collaborating internally with several different teams, including key sub-teams of the Partnerships team (Communications, Influence, and Resource Development), among others.
Roles and responsibilities
Under supervision of the Head of Institutional Giving, the RDT will be responsible of :
Support the management of a balanced portfolio of funding
- Conduct systematic online research on potential new partners to identify a good fit in terms of themes, operations, and values.
- Research and analyze relevant global industry trends, as well as specific strategic partner priorities and interests.
- Leads account management for assigned accounts from recruitment stage (initial contact) through renewals.
- Develop high quality and timely proposals and reports in English and French, collaborating with relevant teams (programs, national coordinators, finance, grants management (GPS), etc.).
External relationship management
- Foster robust relationships with strategic and long-time period institutional prospects;
- Support the onboarding of latest investment partnerships together with accomplishing strong due diligence;
- Engage with and constitute in Tostan`s networks and stakeholder organizations as necessary.
Internal coordination
- Support the coordination throughout the Resource Development Team (RDT) together with with the Institutional Partnerships crew and the
- Philanthropy crew to make certain obvious and aligned running practices e.g. RDT crew normal and unique meetings (generally bi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and annual retreats), unique discussions of particular companions and capacity companions;
- Ensure that cross-crew running practices are visible, rational, and powerful, together with with Grant Management (GPS), Comms, Influencing, Finance, and Programs;
- Contribute to running organizations to improve the manner Tostan addresses key thematic troubles from a donor angle e.g. weather change, gender, safeguarding etc.
Systems, resources, and processes
- Develop, enhance and hold powerful systems, sources and methods to guide Tostan in turning into a greater powerful fundraising organization;
- Ensure powerful expertise control together with up to date databases (Salesforce);
- Support the improvement of sources to allow greater green thought formation in English and French.
Team development
- Monitor Key Performance signs on a month-to-month and quarterly basis;
- Support the paintings making plans method and strategic improvement for 2024;
- Support different advert hoc duties for the branch as required.
- This listing isn’t exhaustive, the RDT could be referred to as upon to carry out another responsibilities that can be assigned to him/her in reference to his/her capabilities or position.
Key relationships
- Direct line Manager : Head of Institutional Giving, will report to Chief Partnerships Officer until the Head of Institutional Giving is in post
- Supports : Senior Advisor (Institutional Partnerships), Head of Philanthropy, Partnerships Advisor, Partnerships Officer, Partnerships team members
Localisation: Thies, Senegal
Education
Bachelor’s Degree required;
Liberal arts or similar advanced degree in relevant discipline preferred.
Language skills:
- Fluency in French (oral and written) is required;
- Fluency in English (oral and written) is required (C2 level).
Knowledge and Experience
- 3-five years in commercial enterprise improvement with a success song report in company and institutional fundraising, suggestion writing, furnish writing, or communications;
- A very excessive fashionable located on English language writing;
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel;
- Strong pc literacy and talent in the usage of the net for research;
- Experience running with CRMs and databases (incl. Salesforce).
Soft skills (characteristics)
- Enjoy running inside a small NGO surroundings this is mission-driven;
- Comfortable running independently and in a group surroundings;
- A group participant with a willingness to help group members;
- Must be capable of paintings below stress at instances to address a extensive type of activities;
- Solutions orientated;
- Very sturdy interpersonal capabilities and the capacity to construct family members with numerous stakeholders.
Type of contract: local contract
Start date: October 2023
Our team is made up of people who strongly believe in Tostan’s mission to empower communities to develop and realize their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements towards dignity for all.
Vision, Mission, Values, Problem definition
Vision
Dignity of all
Mission
Empower communities to develop and realize their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements toward dignity for all.
Values
Love – integrity, respect and humility – learning and innovation – sustainability – partnerships – and dialogue
Problem definition
Lack of success in empowerment and non-formal education, exacerbated by poverty and deeply rooted social norms, created an environment that does not adequately prepare individuals and communities to realize their own vision of well-being. Sustainable communities.
How to apply
Send your resume, cover letter, and scans of your diploma and certificate of education and training by email to hr@tostan.org.
Please send an email with » RDT Officer Sept 2023 » quoted in the subject line. We will accept applications until 30th September 2023.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
