Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Marketing & Fundraising Specialist
Overview
Global Health Corps is building the next generation of diverse health leaders.
We offer a range of 13 month long paid fellowship roles with health organizations in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia and the opportunity to develop as a transformative leader.
Everyone has a role to play in the health equity movement!
Global Health Corps (GHC) together with its partner Afya Mzuri is inviting self-driven, passionate, young professionals with diverse skill sets and experiences to apply for this global health position for our 2022-2023 fellowship class.

Role Overview
The Marketing & Fundraising Specialist will support the marketing, communications, fundraising, business development, and resource mobilization efforts of Afya Mzuri. The specialist will work closely with the senior management team, project lead staff, and the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer.

Responsibilities
The Marketing & Fundraising Specialist will help to ensure Afya Mzuri’s long-term sustainability and financial viability through sustained marketing and business development efforts. They will be responsible for building strong brand recognition and visibility for the organization. Specific responsibilities include:
• Implement Afya Mzuri’s business development strategy, including regularly reviewing the organisation’s business development pipeline
• Develop funding proposals for potential donors
• Coordinate proposal writing teams
• Organise Afya Mzuri showcase events
• Develop innovative income generating activities
• Implement the organisation’s public relations strategy
• Developing strategic partnerships, including with the private sector and international and local organisations
• Tracking funding opportunities on a weekly basis
• Develop marketing strategies for the service department aimed at retaining and attracting clients for Afya Mzuri’s consultancy services
• Skills and Experience
• Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required
• At least one year of experience in fundraising, resource mobilization, and/or marketing/business development*
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in proposal writing*
• Experience managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as donors, government agencies, senior executives, or community beneficiaries*
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite*
• A master’s degree or relevant post-graduate qualification
• Experience working for a non-profit organization and/or in the corporate sector
• Experience working with large-scale donor funded programmes in the health sector, ideally with USAID
• Proven track record of capacity building at individual, community, or organizational levels
• Willing to work with minimal supervision; a self-starter
• Strong attention to detail
• A passion for writing and researching
About the Organization
Afya Mzuri is known to be among the experts in behaviour change interventions, working in both urban and peri-urban settings to address health risks focusing on gender, sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and HIV prevention. Afya Mzuri’s participatory approach aims at including key target populations such as adolescent girls and boys, young women, youth, and inadequately serviced populations.
Afya Mzuri’s mission is to contribute to the national health response through empowering people and communities to adopt healthy behaviours through innovative and participatory approaches.
Fellowship Benefits
Fellowship benefits include a living stipend, housing, health insurance, trainings, access to advisors and much more.
No prior health or international experience is necessary!
Applications opened on December 3rd 2021, will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will close in January 12th 2022. Early application is highly encouraged.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
To apply for this job please visit ghcorps.org.

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