Grant/fundraising intern
Role Overview
We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as Partnership & Fundraising Coordinator. This role is pivotal in enhancing our program visibility, building strategic relationships, and ensuring the sustainable funding of our initiatives. If you are passionate about making a positive impact, connecting with diverse stakeholders, and driving fundraising efforts, we invite you to apply for this exciting position.
Responsibilities
Networking and Relationship Building:
Fund Development:
Grant Application Process:
- Develop and manage relationships with local and international donors.
- Collect, document, and share impact stories to facilitate fundraising.
- Prepare timely program reports, newsletters, and (annual) reports for donor updates.
- Represent the organization in various knowledge-sharing forums and in networking and alliance meetings, events and forums at national and international levels.
- Establishing formal and informal partnerships with Ministry of Education, County govt, other non profit orgs, schools/scholarship providers
- Identify and partner with scholarship providers and schools to support and transition Akili school student to high school
- Encouraging networking of local groups, schools and businesses.
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners, such as fashion designers, fabric suppliers, and fashion organizations, to enhance the training center's offerings and network.
Fund Development:
- Benchmark with other orgs and companies that build capacity for schools and businesses.
- Develop a fixed savings account for yearly fundraising for staffing and program operations.
- Build relationships with foundations offering unrestricted funding.
- Develop a 12-month cash reserve/working capital for program continuity.
- Develop and implement local fundraising plans.
Grant Application Process:
- Conduct discovery workshops to identify funding sources.
- Collect workshop information and share it with relevant teams.
- Research and share potential funding sources based on future departmental needs.
- Draft grant applications and lead the development of quality proposals.
- Share documentation with relevant teams for feedback.
- Submit grant applications.
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