Background
Camara Education Ltd is an international education organization. Our mission is to transform education using technology to impact learning.
Founded in 2005 in Dublin, Ireland, Camara has built a proven model of ‘education delivery’ that is both sustainable and highly scalable. Camara is a registered charity in the US, Ireland and the UK. It currently operates five Education Hubs in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Lesotho, and Tanzania), and one in Ireland, alongside a Resource Hub in London. All Hubs operate as social enterprises and operate to serve local market needs through a sustainable business model.
In the last 13+ years, Camara has enabled more than 3 million children to achieve better educational outcomes and to improve their life opportunities. We have raised and generated €24m, trained 47,000+ teachers across 8,900+ educational institutes and installed 106,500 computers.
Purpose of this role: The Senior Development Manager will develop and execute a strategy and operational plan for Camara Education’s international fundraising in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia.
Position Summary
Camara Education is looking for a Senior Development Manager to lead our fundraising efforts in Africa, including Ethiopia. This role is based in the Camara Education hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reporting to the Head of Partnerships in Dublin and will work with a high level of autonomy in the Sub-Saharan and wider African market. The successful candidate will work closely with the Country Manager of Camara Education in Ethiopia and the Head of the Project Management Office.
The successful candidate will grow new revenues from large scale international development funders, partners, and consortia. To fulfill this role the incumbent will acquire an in-depth and intimate knowledge of Camara Education’s programs across Sub-Saharan Africa. They will work cooperatively with Camara Education staff across the organization. The role will lead efforts to build Camara’s pipeline of large scale ICT in Education projects and will manage the pipeline and workflow. The incumbent will lead the development of proposals and reports for funders and partners and draft other fundraising-related correspondence and communication.
Position Detail
Reporting to the Head of Partnerships in Dublin, this role will develop and execute a strategy and operational plan for Camara Education’s international fundraising in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia.
This role is responsible for building a network within large international organizations based in Ethiopia and across Africa. The incumbent is required to represent Camara Education at organizational and external events as appropriate. This can include donor and prospect meetings, cultivation events, dinners and galas, professional industry gatherings, and speaking engagements. This role will involve travel mainly within Africa, with some travel to Europe.
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