Senior Fundraising Strategy Consultant
2025-04-02T04:00:38+00:00
War Child
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Management
2025-04-14T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Overview
The War Child Alliance is seeking a Senior Fundraising Strategy Consultant with extensive experience in developing global fundraising strategies for complex organizations and humanitarian INGOs. This high-impact consultancy will lead the design of a three-year global fundraising strategy and an associated one-year action plan, ensuring alignment with War Child’s ten year Impact Strategy and its mission to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children affected by conflict.
In an increasingly challenging funding landscape, where donor commitments are shifting, aid budgets are tightening, and competition for resources is intensifying, this strategy must focus on maximizing impact with limited resources, diversifying revenue streams, and building resilience and innovation in fundraising efforts across the War Child Alliance.
Working closely with senior leadership, fundraising teams, fundraising members (UK, US, NL, SE, DE) and key stakeholders across the War Child Alliance, the consultant will leverage deep expertise and strong networks to create a strategy that drives sustainable revenue generation, strengthens donor engagement, and enables War Child to continue to deliver impact for children affected by conflict. The strategy will reflect sector best practices, emerging fundraising trends, and innovative financing opportunities, ensuring War Child remains at the forefront of humanitarian and development fundraising despite a more constrained and complex humanitarian system and funding environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Fundraising Leadership
- Build on scenario planning exercises and pipeline mapping to develop a comprehensive, future-focused global fundraising strategy aligned with organizational priorities, system and sector priorities and needs and new and emerging funding trends.
- Assess and analyse existing fundraising performance, position in the market, revenue streams, pipelines and donor engagement models to identify income generating opportunities.
- Identify and evaluate new and innovative funding sources, including institutional donors, trusts and foundations, public-private partnership funding and other emerging and innovative approaches to fundraising in line with priorities of the Humanitarian Reset and other emerging ways of working.
Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Development
- Engage and consult with senior leadership, fundraising teams, fundraising members, programme teams, advocacy, scaling, finance, R&D, and communications to ensure internal alignment and strategic buy-in.
- Leverage an extensive global network of donors, partners, and sector influencers to inform strategy development and explore funding opportunities.
- Develop a donor engagement and stewardship strategy to strengthen relationships with key institutional and private donors.
Capacity Building & Implementation Roadmap
- Assess internal fundraising structures, skill gaps, and resource needs, providing recommendations for strengthening capacity.
- Develop a structured one-year action plan, outlining key priorities, roles, and responsibilities.
- Provide a detailed monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework with key performance indicators (KPIs) to track success.
Governance & Decision-Making
- Work under the guidance of a steering committee led by the Head of IFGD and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
- Present findings, recommendations, and strategic documents to key governance bodies, including the IF ACG and Directors/IMT.
Risk Assessment & Adaptive Strategy Development
- Conduct a risk assessment to anticipate potential fundraising challenges and develop mitigation strategies.
- Implement a flexible strategy framework, ensuring adaptability based on market trends, donor shifts, and organizational needs.
Methodology & Approach
- Market Analysis: Conduct desk research on fundraising best practices, donor behaviour, and emerging funding landscape.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate high-level consultations, key informant interviews, and strategic workshops.
- Strategy Development: Produce a comprehensive fundraising strategy and an actionable implementation roadmap.
Timeline & Milestones
- Month 1: Initial consultations, scenario planning, and fundraising landscape assessment resulting in a market assessment report. Exact scope and level of detail to be further discussed.
- Month 2: Development of a draft strategy and action plan and initial stakeholder review.
- Month 3: Refinement and roll out of the strategy and action plan based on feedback and further stakeholder engagement.
Your profile
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven leadership experience (10+ years) in developing and executing global fundraising strategies for humanitarian INGOs.
- Strong network and expertise in institutional fundraising, trust & foundations (T&F), and other innovative financing and partnership models and approaches.
- Deep knowledge of the humanitarian and development fundraising environment, including donor trends and regulatory landscapes.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing senior leadership and external partners.
- Strategic thinker with expertise in scenario planning, revenue forecasting, pipeline mapping, and risk mitigation.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex strategies into actionable insights.
Strategic Fundraising Leadership Build on scenario planning exercises and pipeline mapping to develop a comprehensive, future-focused global fundraising strategy aligned with organizational priorities, system and sector priorities and needs and new and emerging funding trends. Assess and analyse existing fundraising performance, position in the market, revenue streams, pipelines and donor engagement models to identify income generating opportunities. Identify and evaluate new and innovative funding sources, including institutional donors, trusts and foundations, public-private partnership funding and other emerging and innovative approaches to fundraising in line with priorities of the Humanitarian Reset and other emerging ways of working. Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Development Engage and consult with senior leadership, fundraising teams, fundraising members, programme teams, advocacy, scaling, finance, R&D, and communications to ensure internal alignment and strategic buy-in. Leverage an extensive global network of donors, partners, and sector influencers to inform strategy development and explore funding opportunities. Develop a donor engagement and stewardship strategy to strengthen relationships with key institutional and private donors. Capacity Building & Implementation Roadmap Assess internal fundraising structures, skill gaps, and resource needs, providing recommendations for strengthening capacity. Develop a structured one-year action plan, outlining key priorities, roles, and responsibilities. Provide a detailed monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework with key performance indicators (KPIs) to track success. Governance & Decision-Making Work under the guidance of a steering committee led by the Head of IFGD and provide regular updates to senior leadership. Present findings, recommendations, and strategic documents to key governance bodies, including the IF ACG and Directors/IMT. Risk Assessment & Adaptive Strategy Development Conduct a risk assessment to anticipate potential fundraising challenges and develop mitigation strategies. Implement a flexible strategy framework, ensuring adaptability based on market trends, donor shifts, and organizational needs. Methodology & Approach Market Analysis: Conduct desk research on fundraising best practices, donor behaviour, and emerging funding landscape. Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate high-level consultations, key informant interviews, and strategic workshops. Strategy Development: Produce a comprehensive fundraising strategy and an actionable implementation roadmap.
Proven leadership experience (10+ years) in developing and executing global fundraising strategies for humanitarian INGOs. Strong network and expertise in institutional fundraising, trust & foundations (T&F), and other innovative financing and partnership models and approaches. Deep knowledge of the humanitarian and development fundraising environment, including donor trends and regulatory landscapes. Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing senior leadership and external partners. Strategic thinker with expertise in scenario planning, revenue forecasting, pipeline mapping, and risk mitigation. Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex strategies into actionable insights.
Proven leadership experience (10+ years) in developing and executing global fundraising strategies for humanitarian INGOs. Strong network and expertise in institutional fundraising, trust & foundations (T&F), and other innovative financing and partnership models and approaches. Deep knowledge of the humanitarian and development fundraising environment, including donor trends and regulatory landscapes. Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing senior leadership and external partners. Strategic thinker with expertise in scenario planning, revenue forecasting, pipeline mapping, and risk mitigation. Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex strategies into actionable insights.
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Vacancy title:
Senior Fundraising Strategy Consultant
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
War Child
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, April 14 2025
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Overview
The War Child Alliance is seeking a Senior Fundraising Strategy Consultant with extensive experience in developing global fundraising strategies for complex organizations and humanitarian INGOs. This high-impact consultancy will lead the design of a three-year global fundraising strategy and an associated one-year action plan, ensuring alignment with War Child’s ten year Impact Strategy and its mission to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children affected by conflict.
In an increasingly challenging funding landscape, where donor commitments are shifting, aid budgets are tightening, and competition for resources is intensifying, this strategy must focus on maximizing impact with limited resources, diversifying revenue streams, and building resilience and innovation in fundraising efforts across the War Child Alliance.
Working closely with senior leadership, fundraising teams, fundraising members (UK, US, NL, SE, DE) and key stakeholders across the War Child Alliance, the consultant will leverage deep expertise and strong networks to create a strategy that drives sustainable revenue generation, strengthens donor engagement, and enables War Child to continue to deliver impact for children affected by conflict. The strategy will reflect sector best practices, emerging fundraising trends, and innovative financing opportunities, ensuring War Child remains at the forefront of humanitarian and development fundraising despite a more constrained and complex humanitarian system and funding environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Fundraising Leadership
- Build on scenario planning exercises and pipeline mapping to develop a comprehensive, future-focused global fundraising strategy aligned with organizational priorities, system and sector priorities and needs and new and emerging funding trends.
- Assess and analyse existing fundraising performance, position in the market, revenue streams, pipelines and donor engagement models to identify income generating opportunities.
- Identify and evaluate new and innovative funding sources, including institutional donors, trusts and foundations, public-private partnership funding and other emerging and innovative approaches to fundraising in line with priorities of the Humanitarian Reset and other emerging ways of working.
Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Development
- Engage and consult with senior leadership, fundraising teams, fundraising members, programme teams, advocacy, scaling, finance, R&D, and communications to ensure internal alignment and strategic buy-in.
- Leverage an extensive global network of donors, partners, and sector influencers to inform strategy development and explore funding opportunities.
- Develop a donor engagement and stewardship strategy to strengthen relationships with key institutional and private donors.
Capacity Building & Implementation Roadmap
- Assess internal fundraising structures, skill gaps, and resource needs, providing recommendations for strengthening capacity.
- Develop a structured one-year action plan, outlining key priorities, roles, and responsibilities.
- Provide a detailed monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework with key performance indicators (KPIs) to track success.
Governance & Decision-Making
- Work under the guidance of a steering committee led by the Head of IFGD and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
- Present findings, recommendations, and strategic documents to key governance bodies, including the IF ACG and Directors/IMT.
Risk Assessment & Adaptive Strategy Development
- Conduct a risk assessment to anticipate potential fundraising challenges and develop mitigation strategies.
- Implement a flexible strategy framework, ensuring adaptability based on market trends, donor shifts, and organizational needs.
Methodology & Approach
- Market Analysis: Conduct desk research on fundraising best practices, donor behaviour, and emerging funding landscape.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate high-level consultations, key informant interviews, and strategic workshops.
- Strategy Development: Produce a comprehensive fundraising strategy and an actionable implementation roadmap.
Timeline & Milestones
- Month 1: Initial consultations, scenario planning, and fundraising landscape assessment resulting in a market assessment report. Exact scope and level of detail to be further discussed.
- Month 2: Development of a draft strategy and action plan and initial stakeholder review.
- Month 3: Refinement and roll out of the strategy and action plan based on feedback and further stakeholder engagement.
Your profile
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven leadership experience (10+ years) in developing and executing global fundraising strategies for humanitarian INGOs.
- Strong network and expertise in institutional fundraising, trust & foundations (T&F), and other innovative financing and partnership models and approaches.
- Deep knowledge of the humanitarian and development fundraising environment, including donor trends and regulatory landscapes.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing senior leadership and external partners.
- Strategic thinker with expertise in scenario planning, revenue forecasting, pipeline mapping, and risk mitigation.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex strategies into actionable insights.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
Interested candidate or teams should submit:
- Resume detailing relevant experience and available start date.
- Cover letter outlining expertise in global fundraising strategy development.
- Proposed approach to the consultancy, outlining a detailed methodology and timeline, and proposed costs for three month period
- References from previous similar projects.
Application Deadline: 6 April
Contract Duration : 3 months
Interviews will be conducted on the week of 7th of April 2025.
Start Date: Immediately
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