Education and Qualifications

A university degree in a relevant subject area isessential, higher education degree is an
advantage.

EssentialExperience

Extensive fundraising experience and a track record of successfully soliciting restricted
and unrestricted income from Institutional donors, trusts and foundations and
corporates.
• 5 years quantifiable experience in regional facing fundraising and business
development with substantial experience in regional resource mobilization and regional
donor relationship building

Substantial experience of project cycle management, including project
conceptualization, project design, proposal development (technical and financial),
monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience of developing high quality donor proposals, concept notes for high value and
institutional donors (preferably EU, FCDO, USAID, Sida, Danida or UN Agencies)
• Experience of setting up and managing high value donor contracts, with knowledge of
donor contractual requirements.
• Experience of establishing and maintaining systems and processes to support
fundraising.
• Experience of building partner relationships with local CSOs, donors, INGOs at the
local, regional and international level.
• A good understanding of human rights, women’s rights, social mobilization, socioeconomic justice.
• Experience in delivering capacity building, coaching and training to individuals and
groups
• Knowledge of the donor funding environment in the region and experience of building
relationships with donors including knowledge of the political and socio-economic
development context for Kenya and East Africa.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to present complex
information in written formats.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence external
organisations and individuals
• Excellent attention to detail when handling complex technical/programme information
• Strong numeracy and financial skills, with the ability to develop complex budgets in
Excel and other templates provided by donors.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to create visually appealing and professional documents
in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage a varied workload, taking initiative and often
working to conflicting deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally when the situation demands.

Essential Knowledge

Strong technical knowledge of donor funding proposals and use of logical models like
logical framework analysis
• Soundknowledge of institutional andgovernmentdonors and funding policies
• Broad knowledge of the development and social justice sectors with the ability to relate
AAI’s theory of change and mission strategy objectives to donor priorities

Essential skills

Focused and goal-driven, with the ability to triage competing priorities effectively and
distinguish the importance from the urgent, tostay ontrack withagreedgoalsandtargets.
• Excellent stakeholdermanagementandinfluencing skills.
• Ability to “manage up” effectively in a matrix management context through accountable,
transparent, and proactive communication and feedback.
• Good research and analytical skills with the ability to bring different strands of
informationtogether and determine their relevance for the organization.
• Numeracy and goodfinancial skills.
• Feminist leadership skills and attributes, including self-awareness, a growth mindset,
ambitious drive for collective results, excellent teamwork skills, and strong commitment
to dismantling bias and promoting equity and inclusion.