Manager - Fundraising

Title:

Manager - Fundraising

About GTP:

Global Team Players ("GTP") is a Non-Profit Foundation geared towards connecting and developing athletes in developing countries with established and innovative trends for more active social exchanges and social business models.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall, creating, planning, implementation, management and oversight of all aspects related to fundraising for the organization.
• Identifying donor opportunities, develop donor database, respond to donor tenders and call for proposals, develop grant proposals, write appeals, represent the organization at donor meetings and undertake follow-up of potential funding opportunities.
• Explore and develop strategies for long-term sustainability of the organization and its interventions
• Develop business plans in consultation with other staff for possible generation of long-term incomes for the organization.
• Undertake online research and build contacts with potential individual donors and raise funds for the activities of the organization.
• Liaison with private agencies, the government and other organizations to explore potential collaborations for raising funds for the organization.
• Suggest other innovative ideas for effective resource mobilization.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in a sales/finance role
• Strong grant writing and business plan creation skills a plus
• Established fundraising network a plus
• Ability to perform under pressure, meeting rigorous deadlines
• High Travel Flexibility