Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) creates a future of hope for children, families, and communities by helping them develop the skills and resources to overcome poverty and pursue justice. Headquartered in Markham, Canada, CCFC currently has thousands of children receiving sponsorship and we are involved in child centered community programs. More information about CCFC is available on our website www.ccfcanada.ca.
Job Description
CCFC has a vacancy for a New Business Development (NBD) Manager in our country office in Ghana.
- The NBD Manager is responsible for the identification of and effective response to funding opportunities from institutional, private sector and other sources to enable CCFC successfully acquire grants.
- This position will also be responsible for capacity building of country office (CO) staff and CCFC’s local partners, to broadly enhance their resource diversification skills and strategies.
- The NBD Manager reports directly to the Country Director and the NBD Manager at Markham Office.
Key Functions & Results
- To generate revenue through grants acquisition
- Leading the development of the Country Office fundraising strategy, in collaboration with critical stakeholders.
- Conducting trend analysis, building and maintaining relationships with new and potential funders to position CCFC for better success.
- Identifies funding opportunities and working in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, developing and writing successful proposals for grant acquisitions in a team environment.
- Cultivating strategic partnerships, to win long lasting business relationships with other organizations, funders and contractors.
- Supporting local partners in resource diversification, and dissemination of lessons learned.
- Engaging current and potential funders, partners and the public, in a manner that generates mutual trust and commitment to CCFC’s work.
- Training staff and local partners in identification and response to funding opportunities.
- Networks with other CCFC and ChildFund Alliance colleagues, to exchange mutually beneficial information on new business development, as well as development trends.
Work station
The successful candidate works from the CCFC Accra Office with 30% travel to Country Office in Tamale and main program areas in Northern Ghana.
Required Skills or Experience
Minimum of 7 years of experience in corporate fund raising.
- Proven track record in development, submission and winning of major grant awards > $1Million
- Degree in relevant development field; MBA or other relevant post-graduate degree is an asset.
- Proven track recording of raising large grants from bi-lateral and international donors and support donor compliance on grant implementation and reporting
- Professional certificate in grants and resource mobilisation
- Experience working with institutional, public and private sector funders.
- Adequate working knowledge of the Northern Region of Ghana an added advantage
How To Apply
If you have the passion and expertise in working in CCFC Ghana country office to achieve the visions of CCFC apply now through our Careers & Opportunities page of our website at www.ccfcanada.ca.
- Include your gross annual salary expectation (in Ghanaian Cedis) for the position in your cover letter and a resume/CV.
- Applications are welcome from qualified candidates (women and men), and will be received until March 10, 2015.
- Applications must be sent as soon as possible and must be written in English language.
- Consistent with our Child Protection Policy the successful candidate must receive clearance by a criminal record check.