Partnerships and Fundraising Officer at Majeurs Holdings Limited

Majeurs Holdings Limited is a creative and luxury furniture manufacturing company founded in June 2011 with headquarters in the United Kingdom and a production factory in Lagos State, Nigeria. The company is the premier manufacturer of luxury furniture in West Africa. Majeurs Holdings Ltd, the parent company, houses Majeurs Furniture, Majeurs Academy and Mandy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Partnerships and Fundraising Officer

Location: Surulere, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the company fund raising strategy by actively participating in the preparation of the company office plans and budgets to ensure conformity with the company strategic plan and organizational grant acquisition guidelines.
• Effectively communicate the organization’s strategies, cultivating and managing donor/partner relationships, and providing opportunities for cooperation, networking, alliance-building.
• Identify and analyze funding opportunities originating in company and scope potential partnerships to complement and strengthen the company office’s program portfolio.
• Coordinate and lead market study, donor mapping and company office plan to ensure strong fundraising pipeline.
• Gather relevant and timely intelligence information necessary for grant acquisition; identify grant opportunities and relevant institutional guidance materials to share with relevant departments.
• Lead in proposal writing and support with budgeting in compliance with the donor and institutional requirements.
• Ensure adequate staffing and cost recovery is included in grant budgets and reviewed on a regular basis to ensure the right resources are available to deliver quality programs.
• Ensure quality proposal development in compliance with donor requirements and institutional policy, procedures, and practices.
• According to the priorities of the Company's Fundraising Strategy, take the lead in activities related to networking and positioning before donors. This means, inter alia, approaching donors, organizing meetings or events to make Majeurs Holdings Ltd. known amongst the donor community and build a network of contacts for the organization.
• Identify key stakeholders and networks relevant to priority pipeline opportunities for effective prepositioning.
• Support the company office/MD to engage in strategic partnerships with civil society, INGOs, UN and government entities as appropriate, to fund our program.
• Knowledge management and Information generation.
• Ensure that the Company’s program produces relevant information that serves the purpose of positioning the organization before donors, sponsors and partners funding the program.
• Promote awareness of the organization’s mission and work.
• Cultivate a network of dedicated donors and volunteers.
• Spot new fundraising opportunities.
• Plan fundraising initiatives to help the organization meet financial goals.
• Form strong relationships with external stakeholders.
• Ensure major donors are satisfied and kept in the loop.
• Research individuals, corporations, and foundations that are interested in supportgiving.
• Effectively convey the organization’s mission, vision, and programs to potential donors.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess HND, Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science and M.Sc qualification.

Skills, Qualification, and Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in partnerships and fundraising, grantacquisition and management preferable in an International development, NGO or humanitarian organization.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising, partnership and donor’s expectation management.
• Familiar with the fundraising environment with proven knowledge of partnerships and sponsors.
• Demonstrable proposal writing and budgeting competencies with evidence of successful awards in the past 2-5 years from major donors, fundraisers and partners.

Qualities and Key Skills:

• English (fluent)
• High skills in office software (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.);
• High presentation and public speaking skills
• Fundraising strategy, documentation, and donor profiling etc.

Other Requirements:

• Availability to travel to rural areas;
• Flexible working hours.

Job Offer Conditions:

• Immediate incorporation.
• Full-time job.
• Work Center: based in Lagos
• Remuneration in accordance with Majeurs Holdings Ltd remuneration policy.
• Discipline: Other.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV / Resume to: hr@majeursholdings.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.