Chief Development Officer at Helderberg Personnel

About the job

• My client is a non-profit conservation organisation that specialises in the development of Transfrontier Conservation Areas and the long-term management thereof. They are seeking to employ a Chief Development Officer to join their Senior Management team to continue on this trajectory of growth and impact.
• The purpose of this position is to be responsible to oversee the fundraising and communications teams, focused on mobilising resources to enable sustainable impact in order for the organisation to attain its resource development and business.

Role Accountabilities:

• Mobilise resources (Financial and In-Kind)
• Develop networks of donors and partners
• Oversee and guide internal and external communications, marketing and branding
• Member of the Senior Management team to provide vision, direction and leadership
• Business Goals:

Strategic impact

Refine and deliver on a comprehensive resource development and communication strategy for the organization aligned with corporate strategy

• Mobilise resources to enable sustainable positive impact informed by strategic needs
• Explore alternative methods of fundraising (e.g. blended finance, crowdfunding) in partnership with the Innovative Conservation Finance team
• Identify new opportunities to meet strategic objectives
• Serve as director/trustee to international entities/strategic partners as relevant
• Promote collaboration between other functions to drive performance improvement through monitoring and evaluation plans / framework development
• Partner with other organisations and align expertise to maximise impact
• Operational and process effectiveness

Mobilise resources to achieve the organisation’s strategic objectives by ensuring an appropriate operational framework

• Develop, implement and continuously review organisations funding and communication policies and systems
• Assure the fundraising and communication teams meet their goals/targets to enable delivery of organisatonal objectives
• Deliver high quality and timeous reports to meet donor requirements, ensure statutory compliance and communicate organisational impacts
• Pursue opportunities to leverage donor support exponentially
• Stakeholder management

Develop constructive relationships with all stakeholders to deliver short and long term requirements

• Develop a comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy for the organization aligned with corporate strategy
• Educate and inform key stakeholders on organizational impacts and objectives in order to unlock funding opportunities
• Pursue joint fundraising with other organisations and NGO's

People growth

Lead the Communication and Resource Development teams and ensure they are motivated, engaged and able to meet targets

Select, develop and retain critical skills and talent, develop succession plans; ensure development actions defined and implemented
Effectively manage performance with team to develop future fit competence

Role Requirements:

• Post Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years’ relevant work experience
• Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams
• Provision of strategic input through participation in senior management forums
• Successful track record in resource mobilisation
• Successful track record in communications, marketing and branding
• Ability to negotiate / broker strategic relationships
• When applying please include a cover letter detailing your interest in and suitability for this position.