The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is a continental think-tank that seeks to address the development challenges in Africa in a holistic and comprehensive manner. The mission for MINDS is to provide a forum for dialogue, information dissemination and networking, underpinned by rigorous research on different elements of “Africaness”, in order to inform and influence policy and practice on governance, economic development and the evolution of African institutions. MINDS has a new organisational strategy that it is implementing during the period 2019 – 2024. Building the sustainability and resilience of the organisation and its intervention during this period is central to the strategy. In this regard.
MINDS seeks to appoint a Business Development Manager to based Johannesburg.
Start date: 1April 2020
The purpose of the position is to find a person to help diversify its funding streams, develop alternative and innovative models, and deepen its relationship with current and new donors. They will lead the development and implementation of a business development and sustainability strategy to support the growth and organisational strategy of MINDS. The postholder is expected to be a very experienced and results-driven person able to generate new business, partnerships and funding opportunities, as well as identify, build and sustain innovative as well as traditional resource streams.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement a results-oriented and coordinated strategy to mobilise significant additional resources from donors, foundations, philanthropists and corporates
Lead the business development cycles of the strategic objectives of MINDS for funding sources including bilateral, multilateral, development partner, corporate and non-traditional sources in line with the organisation’s resource needs
Manage advance intelligence gathering, including analysis of business development forecasts, track trends and conduct research and analysis of viable opportunities to inform MINDS’ pursuit to cultivate viable revenue streams
Coordinate the development of highly competitive resource mobilisation proposals and concept notes, and ensure achievement of positive results
Develop innovative revenue creation strategies, including non-traditional revenue streams to generate income
Develop and maintain an effective project tracking system, and ensure all donor funding requirements are met
Build and maintain a customer relationship management system to support donor and relationship management
Represent MINDS in key platforms, including prospecting meetings and visits
Conceptualise and develop performance frameworks for business development and resource mobilization
Manage bid strategies, from pre-solicitation/pre-proposal, proposal preparation, submissions and follow up to onboarding of new grants or revenue streams
Develop a portfolio of quality business development assets, including capability statements, organisational and programme decks to support engagements with targeted partners as well as for MINDS communication materials
Required:
Master’s degree in International Development, Communications, Marketing, Economics, Business Management, International Relations or any other relevant discipline
A minimum of 7 years proven experience in generating funds within the non-profit sector, grants management, monitoring, assessments, and reviews in a largely African context
Demonstrated experience utilising diverse, proactive strategies to competitively position an organisation for new funding and productive institutional relationships
Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing people and processes to produce complex technical and cost proposals under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality
Experience using client relationship management technologies, e.g. Salesforce or other CRM software a definite plus
Strategic leadership, representation, negotiation and decision-making skills with an entrepreneurial approach in developing funding streams, designing funding mechanisms, including social enterprise models
Analytical thinker with ability to operate in a fast paced and shifting resource environment; with a keen sense of contextual relevance of trends and opportunities;
Strong networking capacity with foundations, trusts, government and corporate donors
Self-motivated with a commitment to continuously produce results focused on impact
Entrepreneurial thinker with highly evolved relationship building skills
Strong written and oral communication skills
Understanding of/or fluency in French or Portuguese an added advantage
Eligible to live and work in South Africa
To apply, submit a CV and motivation letter with salary expectation to [email protected] stating ‘MINDS Business Development Manager’ in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
MINDS reserves the right not to appoint anyone for this position.
For more about the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, refer to www.minds-africa.org