Amnesty International Fundraising and Marketing Officer Jobs in Kenya

Amnesty International Kenya (AIK)
Job Title: Fundraising and Marketing Officer

Department: Institutional Strengthening and Visibility

Job Purpose: To enhance human resource capacity for the implementation of the Amnesty International Kenya fundraising strategy

About Amnesty International Kenya: Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) is driven by local activists, building networks and campaigns to increase pressure on authorities and other stakeholders to meet key objectives in ending serious human rights violations.

Scope of Work: The Fundraising and Marketing Officer will be an important role in enabling the process of attracting funding, and will be the focal point for proposal development, donor reporting, grants information management and grants management capacity-building efforts including marketing the organization for membership/supporters recruitment and retention.

Main Responsibilities:

Program Fundraising:

• Investigate opportunities to expand existing programming and identify new funding opportunities, maintaining good relation with current donors, and updating the AI K Fundraising Plan and strategy.
• Member recruitment and retention
• Identifying different approaches for attracting and recruiting potential AIK members
• Developing and implementing a retention strategy for engaging existing AIK members

Skills and Experience:

Knowledge and Experience

• Master’s degree, in international relations, international development or a related field preferred;
• At least three (3) years of international work experience in relief or development programs, including playing a significant role in, or leading, proposal and donor submissions for institutional donors;
• Broad knowledge and understanding of Human Rights trends at national and international levels;
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili;
• ICT proficient

Work Environment: The position is based in Nairobi with some local and international travel.

How to Apply

Qualified individuals should submit their application letters and detailed CVs addressed to the Country Director (which should include contact details of three work/experience-related referees) to Amnesty International Kenya through amnestykenya@amnesty.org

Please indicate FUNDRAISING AND MARKETING OFFICER as the subject heading.
Only shortlisted persons will be contacted.
Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Amnesty International Kenya is an equal opportunity employer.

Closing Date: Closing date for submitting applications is Close of Business July 30th 2015.
For more details, go to our website at www.amnestykenya.org