Resource Mobilization Officer – Seventh Day Baptist Health Services

Job Description

Overview#

VACANCY ANNOUCEMENTS

Seventh Day Baptist Health Services is a health sector under Seventh Day Baptist and operate in Southern and Northern region of Malawi by providing health service to hard to reach areas of Thyolo, Mulanje and Rumphi. Health secretariat would like to invites applications for the position of Resource Mobilization Officer as follows:

Title of Post: RESOURCE MOBILIZATION OFFICER

Vacant Post:       1

Department:        Business Development Unit

Reports to:          Director of Health Services and Development (DHSD)

Salary                  Attractive

Purpose of the Job

To facilitate resource mobilization; develop and manage relationships with donors; develop proposals to donors in liaison with other departments.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Helping in identifying funding opportunities, listing them, and sharing the information with the Business Development unit.
2. Assisting with funding proposal writing processes. This involves writing project and budget plan proposals and sometimes jointly submitting a project proposals.
3. Assisting the Business Development unit in developing a fund generation and resource mobilization Work Plan and constantly following up on the implementation of the plan.
4. Assisting in mobilizing non-financial resources from private sector entities, individuals, and corporate agencies.
5. Coordinating processing of agreements in connection with funding opportunities and ensuring effective and timely follow-up in terms of submission of reports to the donors and grant renewal proposals.
6. Ensuring that fundraising and resource mobilization information is up to date.
7. Assisting the Business Development Unit in communicating with health workers & Community
8. Assisting in the assessment of the business environment and helping to come up with better Marketing strategies.
9. Ensuring timely reporting to maintain funding streams
10. Identifying funding opportunities
11. Developing fundraising strategies and events
12. Advocacy and awareness building
13. Skillful in monitoring and evaluation

Qualifications and Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Business or Public Administration, Business Communication, or related field.
2. Excellent writing and editing skills, as evidenced by experience in drafting documents for external use, ideally successful fundraising proposals to be indicated in your application
3. Minimum 3-5 years of working experience with non-profit Making organizations

Requisite Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills

1. A self-starter, strategic thinker, and very creative
2. Ability to work under pressure and deliver results on time
3. A good team worker with excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, marketing, and networking skill
4. Budget monitoring and tracking skills

Females are encouraged to apply

Those with health background will have an added advantage

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All interested candidates should send their application letter together with updated Curriculum Vitae, copies of certificates and three traceable references. By post to the Director of health services and Development, Post office box 337 Blantyre, or you can email makapwa@chamunits.org.mw copy Jordanmaloya8@gmail.com

The closing date for receipt of applications is 25^th February, 2025. Only shortlisted applicants will be acknowledged.

Disclaimer

SDBHS uses very competitive recruitment and selection processes therefore, the organization does not accept bribes or gifts in any form to offer employment to any candidate.