The WASH Partnership Director will play a pivotal role in mobalising the resources required to deliver both Dig Deep’s mission and the Bomet County WASH Masterplan. This position requires a dynamic individual with a strong background in both resource mobalisation and international development. The Partnership Director will be responsible for securing and stewarding long-term relationships with international foundations & trusts and corporate partners.

Responsibilities

Business Development | Trusts & Foundation and Corporate Partners:

• Lead on the development and stewardship of these critical funding relationships
• Develop funding pipeline through conducting research to identify suitable funding partners
• Attend and speak at conferences, technical working groups and other networking events to raise the charity’s profile and build relationships with potential and existing partners
• Make approaches to identified prospects through a mixture of cold outreach, creating networked introductions, generating referrals and presentations
• Maintain regular contact with existing trust and foundation partners to further strengthen these relationships
• Drive the implementation of Results-Based Financing (RBF), climate financing, and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) with government partners

Grant writing:

• Once suitable opportunities for grant applications have been identified, write high-quality applications leveraging the charity’s expertise & track record of success
• Liaise with the Programme team to refine and develop programmes where possible to increase the likelihood of securing funding
• Maintain regular contact with the organisations being applied to steward the grant through relevant application processes

Programme reporting:

• Steward existing funding relationships through writing excellent reports on programmes as specified by individual partners
• Liaise with the Programme team to refine and develop programme reporting where possible to increase the likelihood of repeat funding
• Maintain regular contact with the organisations being reported to between formal reporting cycles to further strengthen relationships

Programme communications:

• Liaise with Programme team to write regular, compelling updates on programmes successes for use on social media and impact reports

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in International Development, MBA, Economics, Project Management, or equivalent preferred with basics in accounting
• At least five years’ experience in mobilising resources/fundraising in the international development context
• Knowledge of the Kenyan / International WASH sector specifically, or of the wider International Development Sector

Desired experience:

• Experience in resource mobilization and developing relationships, including direct experience with donors eg WB, USAID, GAC, UN Agencies, philanthropy organizations

Desired Competencies

• Excellent understanding of the needs/requirements of international development funders
• Strong track record of mobilising resources from trusts & foundations and/or mobilising resources from corporate partners
• Strong track record of networking and influencing senior stakeholders to mobilise resource
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to persuade through both presentations and written grant application
• Competency in designing professional-looking presentations and reports
• An ability to think creatively
• An ability to undertake long-term strategic planning