Madagascar: Fundraising Manager, Fluent in French and English

I.Major Functions:

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for i) overall fundraising and resource mobilization activities of the organization, including the development and implementation of a 3 - 5 year strategy to financially support and strategically advance Madagascar and WIO’s environmental conservation activities; ii) implementation thereof .

This senior position reports directly to the Country Director, and is a member of the Senior Management Team.

II.Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop the WWF Madagascar resource mobilization strategy – building upon the existing fundraising capacity assessment findings and recommendations.
• Implement and monitor the resource mobilization strategy to cultivate, expand, and leverage the donor basis from the WWF network, bilateral and multilateral institutions, corporations, foundations, etc., to advance WWF’s conservation objectives and increase income.
• Lead effort to integrate national-level fundraising strategy with the landscape conservation approach and design landscape-specific fundraising action plans;
• Monitor overall donor outreach activities to ensure that relationships, content development, follow-up and reporting are being managed appropriately;
• Lead and/or support proposal development teams in the fundraising process;
• Write grants for multilateral and bilateral donors, corporations, foundations, the WWF network, and other NGO partners;
• Work with program, communications, and fundraising staff from across the WWF network to develop a range of fundraising, communications and marketing materials to support WWF Madagascar’s conservation activities.
• Develop and implement an annual work plan for coordinating fundraising activities;
• Monitor, update, and report on achievement of goals and objectives for the annual work plan and fundraising strategy;
• Supervise and coordinate the maintenance and upgrading of the fundraising database (C2G) to support strategy and decision-making by senior management;
• Identify and oversee management of major reputational risks for WWF related to execution of grant contracts.

Team Management

• Serve as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and provide relevant data, analysis, and reporting to support SMT decision-making on fundraising issues;
• Coordinate and lead fundraising meetings internally among Madagascar CO staff and externally with appropriate WWF network and partner organizations;
• Communicate fundraising goals, expectations, progress, and best practices across the entire organization and engender a team approach to fundraising activities.
• Supervise and evaluate members of the fundraising team;
• Provide orientation, training, coaching and advice to programme staff to ensure that they understand and carry out their responsibilities effectively;
• Work with HR to identify training needs and career development opportunities on fundraising and partnership management for staff g.

Budgeting

• Develop, monitor, and update the annual budget for fundraising development;
• Ensure that expenditures remain within budget during the year and are efficiently used.

· Performs other duties as requested by the WWF Madagascar Country Director.

III.Profile:

Required Qualifications and experiences:

· Minimum MSc degree in business management, Law, International Relations, Development Studies or related fields;

· At least 7 years professional experience in inter-institutional relationship management, programme development and fundraising;

· Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and French;

· Knowledge and experience of the realities of conservation & development issues, donor strategies, funding instruments and contract administration.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Excellent inter-personal skills, and proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships, negotiate/mediate on issues, chair, resolve conflicts, and develop capacity;

• Self-starter with the ability to work quickly and efficiently to meet tight deadlines in and out of office hours;

· Strong cross-cultural skills and versatility in dealing with different types of partnerships;

· Personal integrity with an honest and open personal style;

· Approachable, and an ability to engage partners at all levels;

· Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Adheres to WWF’s values, which are: Knowledgeable, Optimistic, Determined and Engaging.

IV.Supervisory Responsibilities

The Fundraising Manager

• Supervise and evaluate members of the fundraising team;
• Provide orientation, training, coaching and advice to fundraising staff to ensure that they understand and carry out their responsibilities effectively;
• Work with HR to identify training needs and career development opportunities for fundraising staff as well as broader training needs for MWIOPO staff as it relates to fundraising.

V.Working Relationships

Internal -Is part of Madagascar Country Office’s Senior Management Team and thus contributes to the overall decision making in the region. S/he works closely with staff in other departments on a daily basis, particularly with the conservation and finance teams at regional and country level. S/he also coordinates and interacts with partner WWF National Offices, Global Programmes WWF International, , especially staff who have relations with partners in the region (e.g., Public Sector Partnerships focal points in the National Organizations).

External - Interacts with government aid agency donors, embassies, national governmental institutions, non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, business and industry leaders, the media, donors, specialists / consultants, and other stakeholders.

Cover letter and detailed CV(*) with telephone number for quick contact, photo, 03 professional references to be sent by mail to recruitment@wwf.mg or presented at WWF Antsakaviro, Antananarivo or WWF Field Offices with the mention “**Fundraising Manager**”.

(*) specific template for cover letter and resume is available on www.wwf.mg or can be requested at WWF Offices.