Responsibilities:

● Manage development strategy on a monthly and yearly basis to reach specific targets of scaling plans.
● Identify, build and cultivate a knowledge base of current and potential donors to secure donations from new streams of funding.
● Develop a broad external network and profile within the philanthropic and corporate communities.
● Set up and keep up to date the donor data management system (donation, funder records…).
● Prepare meeting packets, toolkits, proposals, presentations and mailings to prospects and donors.
● Write with the support of relevant team members grant proposals and reports.
● Ensure exceptional ongoing communication and cultivation of all supporters through regular communication.
● Coordinate with ED and, local and overseas development team (TFL-US) to ensure alignment of funding priorities and strategies, and of communication with supporters.
● Conduct donor research, cataloging and collecting necessary data for grant reports, proposal updates and supplementary materials.
● Identify and contact possible donors to reduce costs for fundraising and development events.
● Collaborate with TFL departments to keep abreast of programmatic developments in order to share with supporters and to further advance their function goals where feasible.
● Plan and execute a sequence of communications, actions and events for each donor (Donor volunteer days, CSR events, TFL week…) in the portfolio to increase their understanding of and commitment to Teach For Lebanon.
● Coordinate with the Finance officer on the collection of gifts and donations while ensuring the proper invoices, receipts and thank you letters.
● Assist with the development and management of online and offline fundraising strategies and tools with the support of the communication department.
● Leverage board members with the support of the ED and other key constituents to reach funding goals.
● Identify and contact corporations or individuals for pro-bono services.
● Drive long-term fundraising strategic planning to ensure sustainability of a diverse funding base with an objective to raise funds to meet the needs of the organization.
● Support eventual fundraising events.

Education, Experience and Qualifications:

● Master degree in Business or any other relevant field.
● At least 5-8 years of relevant work experience in client facing roles and fundraising.
● Education NGO experience is ideal.
● Fluency in Arabic and English.
● Proficiency in presentation skills.
● Strong command of Microsoft Office.
● Proven ability to secure funds at similar scale.
● Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and independently.