Overview
The role provides strategic support for the development and implementation of a coherent regional engagement strategy for trusts, foundations, philanthropic actors, social enterprises, and innovative financing opportunities. It leads the development and management of a strong, strategic, and diversified regional funding pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides strategic support for the development and implementation of a coherent regional engagement strategy for trusts, foundations, philanthropic actors, social enterprises, and innovative financing opportunities.
- Supports the identification and definition of strategic priorities across philanthropic, social enterprise, and flexible funding landscapes.
- Ensures all engagement approaches align with SAF strategic priorities, programme objectives, localisation commitments, and Oxfam’s ethical standards.
- Monitors trends, donor shifts, emerging opportunities, and strategic risks within philanthropic and innovative financing ecosystems.
- Leads the development and management of a strong, strategic, and diversified regional funding pipeline.
- Identifies, tracks, assesses, and prioritises opportunities across Trusts & Foundations, Philanthropic network & Social enterprises.
- Supports the design of innovative, high-quality, and strategically relevant funding and partnership models.
- Facilitates the development of strategic partnership concepts, proposals, donor submissions, and innovative financing structures.
- Provides functional leadership for Oxfam’s philanthropic and innovative financing architecture.
- Coordinates and strengthens focal points across thematic teams, countries, and support functions.
- Builds internal capacity in Philanthropic engagement & Social enterprise partnerships, Flexible funding acquisition & Innovative financing models.
- Ensures strong internal coordination to maximise strategic funding opportunities and improve operational coherence.
- Connects country teams, thematic programme leads, partnerships teams, affiliates, and support functions around strategic opportunities.
- Reduces fragmentation and strengthens cross-functional communication.
- Ensures business development opportunities are integrated.
- Supports strategic relationship development across philanthropic and innovation ecosystems.
- Builds and maintains relationships with Trusts, Foundations & Social enterprises, Innovation platforms & Philanthropic networks.
- Strengthens country and regional business development capability.
- Builds capacity in Proposal development & Philanthropic engagement, Flexible funding strategies, Social enterprise partnership models.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Philanthropic fundraising, Trust and foundation engagement, Social enterprise development, strategic partnerships, and business development.
- At least 2–3 years in a leadership or coordination, and or strategic management roles.
- Proven experience in social enterprise development, relationship management, and coordinating across multiple stakeholders.
- Proven experience working with national or regional partners supporting programme implementation including working across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environment.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Development Studies, International Relations, Agricultural Economics, Social Work or related discipline.
