Location: Ethiopia
Organization: African Parks
Deadline: 7 April 2025
Job Description
Job Reference Number: AP-227
Department: Fundraising
Industry: Professional
Job Type: Contract
Positions Available: 1
Salary: Market Related
Job Description
The Funding and Reporting Manager is responsible for overseeing the park’s grant portfolio and ensuring the effective and compliant delivery of projects. This includes working closely with the financial manager to ensure correct allocations of donor funding and tracking burn rates, coordinating grant work plans, briefing the heads of departments on key deliverables, providing required partner visibility, and monitoring risks to grant project components’ delivery. The role also involves participating in quarterly funding calls, debriefing the African Parks Network (APN) funding and finance teams on the park’s funding needs, grant delivery, and key operational updates.
The position will have a regional component, supporting transborder grants, donor relations, and strategic funding efforts between Ethiopia and South Sudan. This requires collaboration with the Regional Operations Manager and the African Parks headquarters team to strengthen grant management and fundraising efforts across both countries.
Primary Function and Responsibilities:
Park-Level Responsibilities:
- Map out the park’s funding needs and develop compelling funding packages, concept notes, and proposals for fundraising from both private and institutional donors. Ensure proposals align with the park’s long-term objectives, business plan, approved budget, and monitoring program.
- Coordinate and collate park reporting for both internal and external purposes, ensuring accurate impact measurement and data entry into African Parks’ reporting systems. Develop high-quality donor reports, park factsheets, and analytical reports that inform decision-making.
- Lead park-level surveys, case studies, data collection, and analyses for impact assessments.
- Support the writing of operational documents, such as business plans and special project descriptions.
- Develop concept notes and seek support from in-country partners for collaboration and funding.
- Craft compelling stories and narratives that distill complex project goals into relatable and engaging concepts for donors and partners.
- Develop templates, tools, and systems to streamline reporting processes.
- Act as a bridge between field operations and donors to ensure transparent communication.
- Support capacity-building for staff in grant management and reporting.
- Where needed, provide support to carbon credit or other ecosystem service valorization processes and facilitate park visits from key stakeholders such as donors.
Regional Responsibilities:
- Support transborder grant management, particularly for institutional donors such as the European Union (EU). Ensure accurate financial tracking, compliant grant delivery, and alignment with donor expectations.
- Work closely with the Funding and Reporting Manager in South Sudan, focusing on grant compliance, proposal development, financial management, streamlining narratives and cross-border field progress, and monitoring & evaluation (M&E) frameworks.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional funders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, including multilateral organizations, government donors, and international NGOs.
Represent African Parks in donor meetings and delegations, ensuring the organization’s priorities are effectively communicated.
Job Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, International Development, Environmental Science, Conservation, or a related field. A Master’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in grants management, fundraising, and donor reporting, preferably in an international NGO. Institutional funding experience preferred.
- Proven track record of securing and managing grants from institutional donors (e.g., USAID, EU, DFID) and private foundations.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write compelling funding proposals and donor reports.
- Advanced proficiency in budgeting and financial reporting.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain donor relationships.
- Experience working in conservation, social development, or sustainable land use management in Africa.
- Familiarity with M&E frameworks and donor compliance requirements.
- Capacity-building experience preferred.
- Willingness to travel to remote field locations and adapt to challenging environments.
