Senior Director of Development – Africa

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🕒 October 22

🌐 Malawi, Sierra Leone, +4 more countries – Remote

🇲🇼 Malawi – Remote 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – Remote 🇺🇬 Uganda – Remote 🇿🇲 Zambia – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote 🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Seed Global Health

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

💰 Grant on 2024-09

Healthcare • Education • Non-profit

Seed Global Health is a nonprofit organization that builds the health workforce of the future by training and placing skilled health professional educators in partner institutions, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. By placing qualified Educators for at least one academic year and supporting institutions with complementary services, Seed strengthens clinical and classroom health professional education, bolstering the local pipeline of clinicians and educators to improve care, leadership, and health system outcomes. Its work focuses on medical education and global health to create a sustainable “ripple effect” of better-trained providers and stronger health systems.

📋 Description

• Lead a portfolio of foundation, corporate, and multilateral relationships from cultivation through award and renewal • Secure multi-year, six- and seven-figure investments in Seed's work • Build a strong pipeline of new partners, including African-led, regional, and pooled funds • Keep portfolio data, forecasts, and pipeline reporting accurate and current • Lead proposal development for major opportunities with program, finance, and country teams • Build and coordinate consortium partnerships, agreeing roles, scope, and budgets with partner organizations • Support Seed's growth into new countries by mapping funding landscapes and building early donor and partner relationships • Partner with Country Directors and country teams on resource mobilization and in-country donor engagement, including donor visits • Support relationships with ministries of health and implementing partners • Represent Seed at donor meetings, regional convenings, and conferences • Serve on Seed's global leadership team and help set fundraising strategy • Advise the Executive Team, Board, and Advisory Board on partnerships and fundraising • Coordinate across Development portfolios on major opportunities • Build and lead a team as the Development function grows, with opportunities to hire, manage, and mentor staff • Contribute to Development team systems, tools, and ways of working

🎯 Requirements

• 12–15 years of progressive experience in institutional fundraising or business development, ideally in global health or international development • Proven track record of securing multi-year, six- and seven-figure grants from foundations, corporations, or multilaterals • Experience leading senior donor relationships and complex proposals, including consortium bids • Strong understanding of the African health and development funding landscape, including regional and African-led funders • Excellent writing, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with sound judgment in multi-partner settings • Experience working closely with country teams and government partners • Comfortable working across time zones with a US- and Africa-based team • Willing to travel • Based within the African continent; Africa-based preferred, including Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, or a regional hub such as Nairobi or Johannesburg

🏖️ Benefits

• Universal health, dental, and vision coverage • Life insurance • Professional development support • Floating holidays • A day off for your birthday • Meaningful work in a supportive culture • Equitable access to healthcare for all full-time staff and their immediate families

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