Director of Communications and Fundraising
An exciting opportunity exists for someone with senior level experience in communications, marketing and fundraising.
An exciting opportunity exists for someone with senior level experience in communications, marketing and fundraising.
To report to the MD
Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesCommunications and Marketing
- You will develop
the communications and marketing strategy for training and productions,
both locally and internationally, and be responsible for its successful
implementation within agreed budgets.
- You will collect
feedback from clients and customers, and ensure high levels of customer
satisfaction. You will analyse the same to continuously improve execution,
increase audiences, and to inform the overall company strategy.
- You will help
seek and seal both local and international partnerships. You must be able
to design and execute partnership agreements, presentations, proposals,
and network energetically.
- You will handle
media relations and proactively disseminate information on a regular basis
about the activities and successes of the organisation and manage online
presence with a view to increasing its impact, and develop and manage
Friends of the organisation.
- You will also
develop the Member organisation.
- You will develop
corporate and membership policies and initiate systems and processes to
ensure that they are followed and monitored.
- You will
co-ordinate and attend four board meetings per year.
Fundraising
You will mobilize resources by successfully identifying and
pursuing funding opportunities to increase funding diversity.
You will strengthen relationships with the existing network of
donors and supporters.
You will prepare timely programme and financial reports that
comply with donor and organizational internal policies, and manage submission
of the same.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation
You will help develop processes for evaluating the training and
productions and continuously measure progress towards the achievement of
project outputs and objectives, and identify challenges and opportunities to
feedback into the strategic plan.
Desired Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree (or higher) in a relevant field
- Five years’
experience in fundraising and marketing
- Strong work
ethic and problem solving skills
- Able to
multi-task with a high level of independence
- Strong computer
and general business skills
- Excellent verbal
and written communications skills
Employees of need to be committed to excellence in the arts in
Kenya, to respect our environment and to be self-motivated, dynamic,
independent and honest.
Remuneration
Remuneration
A competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with
experience, will be offered to the right candidate.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit a CV to
alternatedoors@gmail.com
Please include a brief cover letter, your current (or most
recent) comprehensive salary in gross monthly KSH, expected salary, and notice
period required before beginning employment.
