{"id":18151,"date":"2025-09-03T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/new-business-development-lead\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:25:39","slug":"new-business-development-lead","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=18151","title":{"rendered":"New Business Development Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Job<\/p>\n<p>\tTiko is a fast-growing and ambitious organization and a recent transformational multi-million pound grant is kick-starting us on our way to taking our fundraising and our organization to the next level.<br \/>\n\tAs such, we are looking for an experienced, driven New Business Development Lead with a solid track record in personally securing 6 \u2013 7 figure grants from new donors, whether government, institutional, INGOs and\/or large trusts and foundations, to join our NBD team.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>\tConduct prospect research to identify and qualify high quality new donor leads for Tiko and proactively track and respond to large funding opportunities and RFPs, helping us continuously build and enhance our prospect pipeline<br \/>\n\tCarry out detailed research and mappings to identify existing links with potential donors, whether through our leadership, Board, donors etc. and recommend pathways to relationship building<br \/>\n\tLead and manage the full proposal development process &#8211; from identification of the funding opportunity and detailed review of eligibility\/suitability to assess our likelihood of success, through to creating buy-in around responsibilities and timelines, motivating and organizing internal stakeholders, guiding players through every step in the proposal process, gathering inputs from technical leads, working with finance teams on budget development, creating supplementary materials, to rolling up your sleeves and writing the proposal and supporting documents as required (Theories of Change, Risk Matrices, Log Frames etc.).<br \/>\n\tDeliver significant funding from new donors (candidates will be expected to show evidence of winning funding of a minimum of 6 figures)<br \/>\n\tCreate high quality fundraising materials tailored to the needs of specific donor audiences e.g. concept notes, slide decks etc.<br \/>\n\tSupport the systematization and increased efficiency of fundraising at Tiko through timely updating of Salesforce, and general best practice usage of our tools and project management system (Asana).<\/p>\n<p>About you:<\/p>\n<p>\tYou have a deep passion for using your skills in leveraging funding to make the world a better, more equitable place, and an ability to balance big picture, strategic thinking and design with getting tangible activities operationalised.<br \/>\n\tYou are an exceptional writer, with an ability to produce compelling proposals, tailored to the specific needs and interests of different donors. These might be technical, institutional bids, requiring ToCs, logframes etc, \u2018Big Bet\u2019 pitches which will rely on powerful storytelling or applications to large foundations, among others.<br \/>\n\tSitting within the small but growing NBD team, you are nonetheless comfortable working autonomously (with the role being majority remote), while building the connections needed across our global team to get the information you need to raise funds for Tiko.<br \/>\n\tYou are comfortable working in an organisation that is fast-paced and experiencing significant growth. You show flexibility and resilience as structures, processes and ways of working evolve.<br \/>\n\tYou are confident in managing competing priorities while meeting both internal and external deadlines and flexible enough to juggle your work where opportunities come in at the last minute.<br \/>\n\tYou are an excellent communicator, able to effectively tell our story and market our offerings in a compelling way, engaging partners, and donors, and inspiring them to support Tiko.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tMinimum 5 years\u2019 experience in a fundraising role(s), with a preference for experience in institutional, trust\/foundation and\/or Big Bet philanthropy, and evidence of personal track record in bringing in new funding.<br \/>\n\tExperience working for an international development NGO is desirable, particularly in the space of SRH, SGBV and\/or women and girls\u2019 rights more broadly.<br \/>\n\tWillingness to join the team in the local office ideally one day per week and for occasional international travel (1 &#8211; 2 weeks per year)<\/p>\n<p>The Rewards<\/p>\n<p>\tAt Tiko we believe in being open, also when it comes to salaries.<br \/>\n\tThe gross monthly salary bracket for this position is \u20ac3,108 &#8211; \u20ac4,662 in Portugal, R61,890 &#8211; R92,834 in South Africa, Ksh417,867 &#8211; Ksh626,800 in Kenya, UGX11,434,922 &#8211; UGX17,152,383 in Uganda plus benefits.<br \/>\n\tWe will offer you a salary in this bracket depending on your level of experience and how it relates to your future colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:<\/p>\n<p>\tComprehensive benefits and allowances based on location.<br \/>\n\tFlexible work arrangements, including remote or hybrid options where applicable.<br \/>\n\tA personal development budget of \u20ac500 to support professional growth, including training, certifications, and career advancement opportunities.<br \/>\n\tUnlimited holidays \u2013 as long as you coordinate with your team, you\u2019re good to go!<br \/>\n\tThe chance to shape a growing and impactful product and leave your mark on how we do things.<br \/>\n\tA vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>triggerise.bamboohr.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/triggerise.bamboohr.com","_company_name":"Tiko","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[34],"class_list":["post-18151","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-gauteng","job-type-full-time-hybrid"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/18151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=18151"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=18151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}