Communications ,Grants & Partnership Officer at Bunmi Adedayo Foundation

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a strategic grants plan.
• Build and maintain donor relationships to achieve a 70% success rate in funding proposals.
• Manage donor database, optimize donor engagement, and deliver exceptional experiences.
• Organize campaigns and lead grant proposal development.
• Work closely with the Executive Director, and other Team Leads to identify opportunities, develop proposals, and build relationships with prospective individual donors.
• Organize, plan and oversee fundraising activities and campaigns.
• Manage overall grant efforts, optimize the grant administration process.
• Reviewing grant proposals, ensuring compliance with grant regulations, managing grant databases.
• Prepare progress reports, document payments, expenditures, and financial reports.
• Research and apply for relevant grants opportunities on both local and international scales.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of funder prospects and prospective collaborative partners
• Build upon partnerships with, and secure funding from, a diverse and sustainable base of major donors, with a specific focus on individuals.
• Provide a first-class experience to all our donors and supporters.
• Build relationships with new individual partners and maintain relationships with existing partners.
• Actively contribute to implementing a new integrated fundraising strategy and yearly budgets in line with yearly organizational goals.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to evaluate specific fundraising projects and ensure a steady increase in funds raised.
• Ensure high-quality, ongoing management and engagement with a range of external stakeholders, existing individual partners, and potential individual donors.
• Research and maintain information on donor strategies and funding opportunities on the national level, in conjunction with the program coordinators.
• Lead the development of proposals for submission to donors in coordination with sector leads and the finance and operations teams; contribute to budget development/management in coordination with Finance through budget review to ensure that budget aligns to the proposed intervention and the correct costs are included.