JOB DESCRIPTION
HER INITIATIVE is seeking a qualified Partnership and Resource Mobilization officer aged 18 to 35 to join our team. He/she will be responsible for effective communication and feedback management with existing partners of the organization to ensure sustainable partnerships. As the lead of resource mobilization, he/ she will coordinate and oversee and coordinate internal and external fundraising activities that lead to the acquisition of funding. He/she will support and lead project management activities related to project design and implementation. He/ she will lead organizational development activities related to gender, safeguarding, and institutional development.
 
JOB SUMMARY
We are currently looking for a partnerships and resource mobilization officer to oversee the departments’ activities related to partners management, resource mobilization and fundraising, stakeholder engagement, grants management, safeguarding and gender, and institutional development. 

Duration: 12 months

RATES
Reasonable rates will be provided.
 
ABOUT HER INITIATIVE
Her Initiative is a young women led organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a ‘new normal’ for girls; a world in which girls are not held back from reaching their full potential, either by themselves, their families, their communities, or by their financial status. Her Initiative stands for a girl who has empowered herself enough to address her social-economic problems. 
Her Initiative aims to reach out to adolescent girls and young women and girls aged between 15 to 35 years. Her Initiative’s team is a resilient group of social change-makers who personally identify with the experiences of the young women and girls we reach and who are tenacious enough to tackle Tanzania’s challenging economy head-on through bold, young women and girls-led initiative. Young women's and girls’ ideas are at the center of the solutions we provide, ensuring that we don’t waste resources on ideas that don’t reflect their needs.
The organization works with and for girls and young women in the areas of Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Our work is focused towards enabling young women to achieve their financial freedom through entrepreneurship for income generation. Our programs aim at reflecting the needs of young women by ensuring their engagement in everything we do.  Our work includes significant engagement of stakeholders including governmental institutions, private sector, NGOs, as well as other national and international agencies as part of change readiness, systematic communications, and engagement.

Partnerships

• Build an increasingly, diversified network of resource partners including development partners, coalitions, women's rights organizations, private sector, academia, policy-makers, philanthropists, and foundations. 
• Develop and maintain existing donor and partner relationships by ensuring that the organization maintains effective communications and feedback with donors and partners on updates, activities, and achievements of the organization
• The officer will routinely map and research stakeholders to identify partners who share the vision of Her Initiative and advice on entry points of engagement with each identified donor
• Represent the organization in virtual and physical meetings with public and private stakeholders as well as meetings with existing and future donors and partners.
• Develop concise partnership agreement documents for the organization with partners such as Memorandum of Understandings, Teaming agreements, contracts etc. 
• In collaboration with the communications team, engage in organizational brand building including the development of collateral materials to support partners engagement and fundraising efforts

Resource Mobilization

• Routinely research to identify new funding opportunities within and outside the United Republic of Tanzania shared by stakeholders including potential private donors, public companies, foundations, philanthropy etc
• Write concise and structured fundraising proposals for the organization and champion fundraising initiatives that can support org in mobilizing new funding.
• Work closely with the key project personnel in motoring and managing resources throughout the time of project implementation.
• Develop and implement a Resource Mobilization Strategy
• Develop and/or enhance resource mobilization tools as needed;
• Liaise with the Program team and other staff and help them in building their fundraising capacities and knowledge.
• Manage Fundraising Development-related documents, and files, and keep the fundraising section of the organization’s website/drive up to date. 
• Perform regular and timely resource mobilization reporting. 
• Advise the organization on changing donor priorities and ensure that new local and international funding opportunities are identified and shared with the Program Unit promptly, along with recommendations on whether and how to proceed.

Organizational development

• Develop concise safeguarding documents to ensure compliance by participants, personnel, and vulnerable adults on the scope of Her Initiative’s safeguarding policy such as safeguarding declarations for employees, staff etc, consent forms, data protection agreements, etc.
• Work closely with key project personnel in developing and updating risk matrix for projects before, during and after project implementation.
• Develop safeguarding information and communication materials that describe organizations' safeguarding protocols by staff and engaged parties
• Perform regular and timely safeguarding quarterly reporting.
• Organize refresher training on safeguarding for staff and engaged parties to ensure compliance, adherence and effective safeguarding procedures in the organization
• Support regular coordination of programs and projects as assigned by the management.
• Coordinate capacity building and team building initiatives for staff and management to foster effective implementation of activities related to departments, projects, and institutional strengthening

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Business Development, Marketing, Public Relations, International relations Community Development, or a related field.
• Masters / Professional qualifications in Fundraising and resource mobilization are an added advantage

Experience

• Minimum 2 years and above of demonstrated experience in fundraising, proposal writing and project design, and pitching for non-governmental organizations
• Demonstrated engagement with diverse donors and development partners
• Experience working with Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) is an added advantage
• Experience working in programs/projects on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) is an added advantage.

Competencies

• Computer MS Office skills (MS Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Proficiency in developing persuasive fundraising proposals and grant applications.
• Proactive networking abilities to expand the organization's network of supporters and collaborators.Good knowledge and experience regarding gender mainstreaming.
• Knowledge of grant management, monitoring and evaluation practices
• Ability to deal with people with tact and diplomacy.
• Proven competence in written and spoken English
• Outstanding writing and editorial skills.
• Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills.
• Strong networking skills and excellent interpersonal relationship skills.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.

Language Requirements

• Proficiency in both written and spoken English