Foundation and Investment Club Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya

Position Title: Manager – Foundation and Investment Club

Our client in the Financial Services Industry seeks to recruit Manager, for its Foundation and Investment Club.

Overall purpose: This role is responsible for providing strategic direction and overseeing effective management of the Foundation and investment Club to cultivate, solicit support and ensure their continued sustainability.

The Foundation focus is on education and Environmental sustainability initiatives, the Investments club invests in real Estate and Property industry.

Key Accountabilities

Leadership and Management

  • Oversee and guide the development of activities within the Foundation and the Club by advising on statutory and regulatory requirements and supporting their successful implementation.
  • Developing and implementing strategies that enhance the sustainability of the Foundation and the Club.
  • Developing and implementing foundation and club administration policies, systems, and controls in line with the legal and statutory guidelines and best practice.
  • Establishing, monitoring, and regularly evaluate the Foundation and club performance against the annual plans

Fundraising and Resource Mobilization

  • Developing and implementing a strategy to grow income from foundations evaluating the strategic positioning and access to funding for the foundation.
  • Review existing resource mobilization action plans and develop viable best practice implementation strategies to grow the foundation and club.
  • Set fundraising targets while monitoring and managing performance on a continuous basis
  • Developing and maintaining the Foundation’s database for existing, targeted, and potential partners, and keep data accurate and always updated

Branding and visibility

  • Ensuring team’s maximum awareness of the Foundation and Club programs and fundraising opportunities, including developing and keeping updated information on the services, success stories, projects and initiatives requiring funding.
  • Developing and preparing high quality written materials, writes, edits and reviews foundation and corporate grant proposals, communications, award submissions, and stewardship reporting.
  • Preparing proposals and reports.

Risk Management and Compliance

  • Developing risk strategies and manage risk as appropriate.
  • Identifying and documenting risks related to the Foundation and Club services, processes, and products within the risk register.
  • Developing appropriate risk responses for identified risks to ensure the risks are mitigated and eliminate any possibility of recurrence.
  • Reporting any occurring risks regularly to the Group Head Corporate Affairs and the Risk Division.
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:

  • A Bachelors / Master’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Marketing, Economics, Communication or Business Administration or related field.
  • At least eight years’ proven experience of successful networking and fundraising in at least one of the areas of: public sector partnerships, major donors, trusts/foundations or corporate fundraising.
  • Experience of creating and implementing a fundraising strategy for new markets
  • Proven track record of experience and expertise in developing relationships with institutional donors, high net worth individuals and/or corporations

How to Apply

Qualified candidates to apply via email jobs@careermanagementcentre.com clearly indicating the position they are applying for on the email subject as “Foundation Manager – Foundation and Investments Club .” by COB 18th January, 2023.

Due to the urgency, application will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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