Senior Partnerships Manager

1 day ago


Kings Cross, United Kingdom Aga Khan Foundation Full time
Job Title: Senior Partnerships Manager

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Partnerships Manager to join our Global Partnerships team. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in identifying and cultivating new funding partnerships and strengthening existing ones to support our strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support the Partnerships team to broker and cultivate new relationships and strengthen existing ones with institutional and foundation donors.
  • Lead the development and review of concept notes and proposals, including logical frameworks and budgets, in close coordination with the Global Programme Team and country teams.
  • Develop and contribute to positioning pieces and communication materials to enable regular and effective engagement with donors.
  • Coordinate processes of contracting and negotiation, engaging relevant stakeholders, and ensuring contracts are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Contribute to management systems, such as the Award Information Management System.
Donor Engagement and Positioning:
  • Research, source relevant information, and perform analysis of market trends on new donors, peer organisations, and funding opportunities to identify potential funding and partnering matches for AKF and AKDN priorities.
  • Develop positioning materials, collaborating with communications teams to enable effective donor engagement.
  • Engage with new and existing donors and partners to identify solicited and unsolicited funding opportunities.
  • Guide teams to make informed, effective decisions on which opportunities to pursue.
  • Identify, cultivate, and pre-position with partner organisations to form or join consortia focused funding bids.
Grants Management:
  • Manage grants through regular coordination with relevant AKDN agencies/country units and the finance department to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget.
  • Support the preparation, review, and feedback process on donor reports to ensure reports comply with donor requirements and are produced on time and to a high standard.
  • Be an interface with donors and communicate on a regular basis about the implementation of on-going grants to maintain a solid relationship and to address queries or challenges effectively.
Networking and Building Public Awareness:
  • Participate and actively engage in relevant networking events/conferences to build awareness of AKF/AKDN with the UK and European public more broadly.
  • Interface with the Communications team to identify opportunities and support the planning of events either directly targeting or planned jointly with AKF's institutional donors.
Leadership and People Management:
  • Play a leadership role in the unit by setting the example of consistently high standards.
  • Work with the Partnerships Officers to effectively manage grants and to develop and improve quality of concept notes and proposals.
  • Filter the team and unit's documents ensuring improvements in standards of writing, presentation, content, and context.

Aga Khan Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of experience in resource mobilisation, donor engagement, and grants management, with a proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The role will involve travel to countries where we operate programmes, and the candidate will be required to have the right to work in the UK.



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