Position Title: Grant Writer
Employer: Inkomoko
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.
Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 60,000 entrepreneurs across East Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest lender to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.
Inkomoko has 650+ staff in 40 offices across Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 4 additional countries to improve the lives of more than 7.6M people by serving more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and investing $150M into refugee & host communities across Africa.
Company Values
All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organisational values:
- Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, be a global leader.
- Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible.
- Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback.
- Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, inclusive.
- We Eat Goat: we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, urang babarengan.
Inkomoko reflects the communities we serve. Displaced persons and women are strongly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES
This position plays a critical role in the growth and sustainability by cultivating relationships with key stakeholders to support our mission and goals. This role typically involves working closely with other members of the organisation, as well as external stakeholders such as potential partners, donors, and other organisations in the community.
Grant Writing & Reporting
- Identify, research, and analyse funding opportunities from corporates, bi/multi-laterals, governments, and foundations
- Write concept notes, letters of interest, tenders, and grant proposals
- Write grant reports, analyse budgets, evaluate data, and summarise program results
- Develop and lead a portfolio of foundation contacts
- Maintain real-time proposal and reporting calendars, and an accurate database of past, current, and future funders
Communications
- Research new funders, schedule meetings and site visits, and prepare pitch materials
- Support the development of and help implement an annual external relations comms strategy for current and future funders
- Draft donor pitch decks and other presentations
- Oversee the timely production of Inkomoko’s newsletters, annual report and other collateral materials, including ensuring company websites are up-to-date
- Research and secure high level speaking opportunities for Inkomoko staff
- Ensure social media content is relevant for donor communications and external relations
Fundraising Strategy
- Help implement a multi-year, multi-stream funding strategy, with a particular focus on creating new programs to widen Inkomoko’s impact
- Analysis of Inkomoko's donor trends and trends of other similar organisations to refine strategy to meet changing landscape
- Work closely with the leadership team to fundraise for appropriate projects, receive up-to-date evaluation data for donor reporting and communications, understand financial projections and budget needs
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Inkomoko has found that the happiest and most effective Inkomokoers are proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, trustworthy, and accountable. They are go-getters with a can-do attitude, who support their teammates with sincerity. No task is too small for the stellar Inkomokoer and above all, they are humble and willing to give and receive feedback.
For this role, the successful candidate will have these qualities in spades. Additional qualifications and skills must include:
- Excellent communicator in spoken and written English, additional languages preferred
- 3+ yrs experience in fundraising and grants management
- Strong project management and budgeting skills
- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Experience and results in nonprofit fundraising
- Basic understanding of data analysis
- Strong computer skills in MS-Office and G-Suite
WHAT YOU'LL GET
This role is a tremendous opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organisation. Our compensation includes both a great culture and a competitive market-based remuneration, including:
- Supportive and inclusive company culture, with a deep investment in your learning and growth, and a commitment to equity and diversity
- Opportunity to work with a talented, passionate, and committed team of professionals across the region
- Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth
- Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus
- Favourable policies like health insurance, staff savings program, parental leave, and sabbatical program
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