Description:
The organisation advances conservation and sustainable community development through long-term, values-based partnerships. The ideal candidate is a senior fundraising professional with a strong track record in building high-value partnerships, securing large-scale funding, and translating impact into compelling donor propositions.Core Criteria:
- Minimum 5+ years experience in fundraising, partnerships, grant writing, or resource mobilisation
- Proven track record of securing large-scale funding, with the ability to raise R50 million+ per annum within 3 years
- Strong experience across public, private, corporate, and philanthropic funding streams
- Excellent strategic, financial, and project management capability
- Outstanding communication, stakeholder engagement, and cross-cultural collaboration skillsCore Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and growth of strategic fundraising and partnership initiatives aligned with organisational objectives
- Identify, establish, and nurture high-value private, public, and corporate donor partnerships locally and internationally
- Drive grant prospecting and proposal development, including donor research, copywriting, and proposal refinement
- Work with finance and operations teams to ensure strong budget alignment with proposals, activities, and timelines
- Develop and refine monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, including Theories of Change and logframes
- Strengthen knowledge management by maintaining proposal templates, reporting tools, and partnership documentation
- Maintain and analyse a live donor and partnerships database to inform fundraising strategy and trend analysis
- Ensure full compliance with organisational funding, confidentiality, and data governance policies
- Act as a senior ambassador for the organisation, strengthening credibility, reputation, and long-term impactWork Environment:
- Sandton office-based role, with extended hours
- Extensive travel within South Africa, regionally and internationally, including remote locations and potential uncomfortable working conditionsThis is a live-out position.
21 Jan 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za