General

• Support development and implementation of IDC’s fundraising and resource mobilisation strategy
• Maintain an overview of funding priorities, needs and the development pipeline
• Plan fundraising opportunities, including prospecting, cultivation, proposal development and renewals
• Monitor the funding environment and identify opportunities, trends and risks related to private capital
• Identify and develop opportunities with corporates, philanthropists, family offices, donor-advised funds and other private funding partners
• Explore emerging funding channels such as digital giving and crypto philanthropy
• Build impact-oriented relationships with mission-aligned funders and partners
• Coordinate donor follow-up, thank-you letters and stewardship communications
• Prepare research, briefing materials and correspondence for donor meetings
• Coordinate impact stories and social media activities with the Chief Communications Officer
• Research prospective funders and assess opportunities against IDC’s strategy and capacity
• Maintain the funder database and pipeline of prospective funding opportunities
• Prepare prospect profiles and recommendations for internal consideration
• Coordinate concept notes, proposals, pitch decks and tailored partnership propositions
• Translate IDC’s mission, programmes and impact evidence into compelling funding propositions
• Coordinate proposal development timelines, inputs, reviews and submissions
• Maintain a calendar of funding opportunities, applications, pitches and renewals
• Improve systems for tracking prospects, applications, funder relationships and development activity
• Contribute to development reporting, pipeline reviews and fundraising progress tracking
• Capture learning from successful and unsuccessful funding approaches
• Improve fundraising tools, templates, processes and resources
• Help develop grant administration and acquisition systems, resources and team capacity
• Collaborate with the Executive Director, Programmes Manager, Chief Communications Officer, finance team and regional programme teams
• Participate in team meetings, training sessions and organisational activities
• Test and use AI tools where appropriate to improve efficiency, effectiveness and innovation

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