About the Job

Just Grace seeks to appoint an experienced and results-driven Business Development Manager to lead their resource mobilisation efforts and drive sustainable income growth in support of our programmes.

The successful candidate will develop and implement fundraising strategies, cultivate strong relationships with donors and corporate partners, and identify new funding and revenue opportunities.

This is a strategic leadership role, overseeing a team and serving as a member of the management team.

It requires a strong strategic mindset, excellent written communication skills, proven fundraising expertise and a genuine commitment to our mission.

Key Responsibilities
Create and execute a results-driven strategy to secure substantial additional funding from donors, foundations, philanthropists and corporates.

Devise innovative ways to generate revenue, including non-traditional streams and growth of the Just Grace social enterprises.

Coordinate the creation of highly competitive resource mobilisation proposals and concept notes.

Oversee bid strategy from pre-solicitation and proposal preparation through to submission, follow-up and onboarding of new grants or revenue streams.

Prepare and submit grant applications.

Identify new funding leads and engage donors and prospective donors by phone and in person.

Build and sustain relationships with key funding stakeholders.

Set up and maintain an effective project tracking system, ensuring all donor funding requirements are met.

Prepare and submit donor feedback reports as required by grant agreements.

Conduct research that supports programme impact, including effective monitoring and evaluation processes.

Represent Just Grace at networking events and on mass media channels.

Lead and develop the business development team.

Support the Executive Director on ad-hoc matters as needed.

Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Development Studies, Business Management, Marketing or Communications.

Minimum of 5 years' experience in fundraising, resource mobilisation or business development, including at least 2 years managing a team.

Proven track record of securing funding from foundations, corporates (CSI, SED and ESD) and government.

Sound knowledge of the South African funding landscape and the B-BBEE scorecard.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, backed by a portfolio of successful proposals and donor reports.

Solid organisational and project management skills.

Proficiency with donor databases or CRM systems and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Advantageous: a postgraduate qualification, social enterprise or earned-income experience, monitoring and evaluation experience, and the ability to speak isiXhosa.

A passion for social causes and commitment to the mission of Just Grace NPC.

Please send your resume/CV