Business Development Manager at Action Appointments

Closing Date: Monday, 23 November 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute a results-driven strategy to secure substantial additional funding from donors, foundations, philanthropists and corporates.
• Devise innovative ways to generate revenue, including non-traditional streams and growth of the Just Grace social enterprises.
• Coordinate the creation of highly competitive resource mobilisation proposals and concept notes.
• Oversee bid strategy from pre-solicitation and proposal preparation through to submission, follow-up and onboarding of new grants or revenue streams.
• Prepare and submit grant applications.
• Identify new funding leads and engage donors and prospective donors by phone and in person.
• Build and sustain relationships with key funding stakeholders.
• Set up and maintain an effective project tracking system, ensuring all donor funding requirements are met.
• Prepare and submit donor feedback reports as required by grant agreements.
• Conduct research that supports programme impact, including effective monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Represent Just Grace at networking events and on mass media channels.
• Lead and develop the business development team.
• Support the Executive Director on ad-hoc matters as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Development Studies, Business Management, Marketing or Communications.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in fundraising, resource mobilisation or business development, including at least 2 years managing a team.
• Proven track record of securing funding from foundations, corporates (CSI, SED and ESD) and government.
• Sound knowledge of the South African funding landscape and the B-BBEE scorecard.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, backed by a portfolio of successful proposals and donor reports.
• Solid organisational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with donor databases or CRM systems and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Advantageous: a postgraduate qualification, social enterprise or earned-income experience, monitoring and evaluation experience, and the ability to speak isiXhosa.
• A passion for social causes and commitment to the mission of Just Grace NPC.