Director of Partnerships

Summary

Join Mary's Meals International as the Director of Partnerships, a leadership role focused on securing long-term funding and growth. Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer, you will develop and implement a global fundraising strategy to maximize income from various philanthropic sources. Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to identify and cultivate key relationships, ensuring a diverse funding stream. Lead the Partnerships team in securing funding from trusts, foundations, corporations, governments, and major individual donors. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children in impoverished countries. The role requires a strong background in fundraising and experience securing multi-year funding at a high level.

Requirements

• With a strong background in growing income streams, you will bring a proven track record in securing multi-year funding at the level of six figures+
• You will have experience raising funds from a diverse range of fundraising streams including major donors, institutional funders, foundations, multi-lateral funders and corporations
• You will have strong understanding and experience of how donors make decisions to ensure maximum fundraising success

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee the implementation of a global fundraising strategy that fits in with our overall Growth strategic plan, to maximise income growth through a range of philanthropic funding sources
• Work closely with the CGO and the CEO to identify and advance funding priorities and relationship opportunities, at times supporting the key relationships and at times being the lead on a key relationship
• Work collaboratively with the Mary’s Meals International Programmes team on opportunities for government and institutional funding
• Build relationships with the National Affiliate Executive Directors to ensure that global relationships are well defined
• Lead the Partnerships team who are focused on increasing support from trusts, foundations, corporations, governments and major individual donors

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within a non-profit organisation that is international would be very beneficial

Benefits

• 34 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time working patterns) including bank holidays, increasing by 1 day each completed calendar year, to a maximum of 39 days (+ option to buy another week)
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Medical insurance for candidates located in Kenya, Liberia, Malawi and Zambia
• Pension - depending on the location of the candidate. For international candidates - any pension contribution paid as part of salary will be subject to normal statutory deductions/ taxation