Position - Business Development Advisor
VCP
Main Responsibilities
- Support in the development of a fund-raising strategy and social enterprise strategy and conduct training for staff on the strategies
- Lead in the implementation of the social enterprise and fund-raising strategies
- Support in leading activities to identity and develop solicitations to fund raise
- Co-design a social enterprise strategy to generate sustainable revenue.
- Co-develop policies and guidelines for donor engagement, proposal development, and resource mobilization.
- Support management in operationalizing the strategies, including monitoring progress and recommending improvements.
- Conduct research to identify new funding sources (grants, corporate partnerships, individual donors).
- Develop innovative project concepts aligned with Songtaba’s thematic focus.
- Draft proposals, budgets, and concept notes for fundraising opportunities.
- Collaborate with program teams to ensure project ideas are feasible and aligned with organizational priorities.
- Review and improve existing proposals for quality and donor competitiveness.
- Track deadlines and manage submission schedules for multiple funding applications.
Qualifications
- 3 to 8 years experience in a similar role(s)
- Fundraising & Grant Writing: Ability to draft competitive proposals, budgets, and donor reports.
- Business Development & Social Enterprise: Skills in identifying revenue streams, designing enterprise models, and operationalizing strategies.
- Innovation & Creativity: Capacity to develop novel approaches to fundraising and enterprise initiatives
- Capacity Building & Mentoring: Experience delivering training and coaching staff to enhance organizational capability.
- Project Management & Organization: Ability to plan, coordinate, and track multiple fundraising and enterprise initiatives.
- Analytical & Research Skills: Competence in researching funding landscapes, donor trends, and market opportunities.
- Communication & Presentation Skills: Ability to convey strategies, proposals, and guidance effectively to staff and stakeholders.
Project description and context:
Crossroads International will engage Canadians, Canadian stakeholders, Crossroads staff and volunteers, local partner organizations and women and men in sub-Saharan Africa to become Gender Equality Champions both in Canada and overseas.
The Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP) aims to reduce gender inequalities and alleviate poverty by addressing gender-based violence, inequalities in access to resources and economic opportunities, and barriers in exercising strategic forms of choice, voice, and influence.
Description of the partner
Songtaba is an emerging local organisation and needs complementary of its staff capacity in the field of fund raising/business development to support its operations. The organisation currently has no dedicated staff for this role due to the burden of having to deal with the cost of hiring one. We currently multi-task staff to share their time in this function which affects performance in the fund-raising area. To enhance the sustainability of the organisation, it has also become imperative for the organisation to establish a social enterprise to support our continuous operations/financial viability. In this regard we are soliciting for the support of a volunteer to support in this regard.
Eligibility criteria
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- Be a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
- Willing to conduct fundraising and public engagement activities before, during and after the placement
- Share the commitment of preventing and addressing sexual misconduct
- In good physical and mental health (medical examination required)
- The volunteer needs to bring their own computer.
- The volunteer must be available to attend an online pre-departure training.
Personalized support before, during and after the mandate provided by an experienced and welcoming team. The Crossroads’ experience includes the following:
- Daily living allowance (depending of the country of assignment)
- Plane ticket and local transport
- Pre-assignment online training.
Crossroads International is committed to addressing gender-based violence by supporting the innovative work our partner organizations in ending violence against women and girls.
APPLICATION
To apply for this position, we kindly ask that you fill out Crossroads’ online application form.
Please contact our volunteer mobilization team if you have any question: volunteer@cintl.org
We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
