• Application Deadline:
• Position: Advancement Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 8 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Purpose of Position: 

To lead the School’s advancement programmes while responsible for maintaining and increasing funding from a portfolio of individuals and corporate partners through grant writing, stewardship, individual cultivation and solicitation, and fundraising events management.

The Advancement Manager must be proactive, highly motivated, and detail-oriented, able to advance the School’s efforts to fundraise and friend-raise. Must be proficient at developing and refining systems and procedures for the smooth functioning of operations and growing knowledge of Advancement Services:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/KEY JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following:

• Create yearly budgets for the Advancement Department and manage Advancement Budgets.


• Create donation policies and procedures.


• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the advancement role in prospect management, donor recognition, donor stewardship, and other related activities, including development research, database management, and donor history.


• Establish overall goals and strategies for increasing private support for the School.


• Work with donors on behalf of the School on the acceptance of gifts and oversee the procedures and documentation for assistance receipting.


• Communicate donor wishes and requirements to the School.


• Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate fundraising database to include all past and prospective donors.


• Oversee all donor information entered and retrieved; oversee the accuracy and efficiency of reports created.


• Develop donor and prospect activity reports.


• Provide oversight of pledge and acknowledgment processing activities.


• Contribute to the effective team management of all customer relation problems, issues, and opportunities.


• Handle advancement fundraising activities related to major gifts, planned gifts, and corporate and foundation philanthropy and cultivate gift prospects when appropriate.


• Responsible for endowments (scholarships and others) and reporting award status to donors.


• Represent the School at meetings and events with key organizations.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Meeting financial targets for projects


• Number of donors willing to partner with the School


• Number of encounters between the school and donors/prospects

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.


• Customer service skills


• Planning and organizational skills


• General management/administrative skills.


• Fundraising skills


• Budgeting and Financial Analysis


• Relationship management skills

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in any related discipline and certificate courses in fundraising/budgeting and financial analysis. MBA or a Master’s degree is an added advantage.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 8 years experience in the Business Development / Marketing function of a medium or large organization.

Closing: August 11, 2023