We are recruiting an experienced Partnership Advisor for a newly created position to raise funds for Change the Game Academy (CtGA).
CHANGE THE GAME ACADEMY
Change the Game Academy offers online and face-to-face courses on grassroots fundraising and mobilising support in a number of countries around the world. The aim of the programme is to train grassroots groups and civil society organisations in the skills needed to strengthen community philanthropy and self-development for advocacy and social transformation.
Change the Game Academy offers online and face-to-face courses on grassroots fundraising and mobilising support in a number of countries around the world. The aim of the programme is to train grassroots groups and civil society organisations in the skills needed to strengthen community philanthropy and self-development for advocacy and social transformation.
The programme is currently running in 15 countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa and Gambia (Africa); India, Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia (Asia). In Latin America, it is available in Brazil and the Andean region (Colombia and Peru). The global partners together form the Change the Game Alliance and jointly manage the programme and its development. Online courses on mobilising local resources and mobilising support (lobbying and advocacy) are offered free of charge in four languages on the www.changethegameacademy.org portal.
The Change the Game Alliance is governed by a Global Management Board, which delegates key tasks to relevant sub-committees, including the Resource Mobilisation Committee, which will be the main point of contact for this role. The Wilde Ganzen Foundation acts as the Alliance's host organisation and handles secretarial, administrative and coordination tasks.
Wilde Ganzen Foundation
Wilde Ganzen Foundation
The Wilde Ganzen Foundation is a Dutch NGO founded in 1957 whose mission is to reduce poverty and inequality through community-based initiatives. We support a range of small-scale projects by providing funding, advice, expertise and networking. Local fundraising has enormous potential in low- and middle-income countries. Every community has the resources to drive the change it envisages. Based on this conviction, Wilde Ganzen and four partners from the South have created the Change the Game Academy, which supports change agents at local level. Wilde Ganzen is a committed and diverse team of around 60 people based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and a global digital communications consultant, CtGA Communications, based in Brazil.
PROFILE
We much prefer candidates to be from and based in the South of France. Our international network is diverse, respectful of gender equality and aims to work in an inclusive way.
We much prefer candidates to be from and based in the South of France. Our international network is diverse, respectful of gender equality and aims to work in an inclusive way.
Main activities:
- The partnership advisor will :
To develop a concise and practical strategy for building and optimising partnerships with funders to further CtGA's mission. - Identifying funding and partnership opportunities, making an initial selection and creating donor profiles, advising members of the CtGA alliance on the opportunities identified and coordinating responses.
- Leading and supporting the drafting of proposals (multi-stakeholder).
Overseeing the alliance's grant portfolio and setting up a database to monitor relationships with partners. - Establish relationships with potential partners and funders and positively reinforce the programme's brand image.
Other skills required:
- 3+ years' experience with civil society organisations in a similar role with a proven track record of successful fundraising.
Excellent command of written and spoken English to communicate with national partners of the CtGA Alliance. - Fluency in Spanish or French is considered an asset.
- Ability to work on several projects at the same time, with meticulous planning and rapid follow-up.
- Ability to involve and motivate people
- Positive approach to collaboration, including strong facilitation skills, patience with group processes involving people from different backgrounds and cultural contexts;
- Results-oriented personality with a performance mindset
- Willingness to travel
What we offer
- A stimulating international working environment
Working with motivated change agents and trainers from all over the world - A solid programme focused on a mission of social change
- The possibility of working remotely
- competitive remuneration.
The Partnership Advisor will have a contract based on consulting with a CtGA Alliance member for 24 hours per week for 1 year, preferably from the beginning of March 2024.
Applications in English, including a CV and covering letter, should be sent to info@changethegameacademy.org.
Applications in English, including a CV and covering letter, should be sent to info@changethegameacademy.org.
The deadline is 11 February 2024.
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