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ChildFund Uganda

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501 - 1000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

ChildFund Uganda is a child-focused development and protection agency that works to connect children living in poverty with the resources they need to achieve their potential. A part of the global ChildFund Alliance, the organization has been operating since 1938, providing a wide range of programs in child protection, early childhood development, education, livelihood development, water, sanitation, hygiene, and emergency response. In Uganda, they target vulnerable children and their households, aiming to break the cycle of poverty through comprehensive programs informed by best practices in international development.

📋 Description

• Own and actively manage an agreed portfolio of prospective supporters, maintaining clear relationship strategies, current records and next actions • Draw on their rugby experience, credibility and networks, and work with trusted connectors, to secure warm introductions to priority prospective donors • Build authentic relationships through individual meetings, small gatherings, rugby events, Pass It Back briefings, in-person visits and virtual experiences that enable prospective donors to understand Pass It Back’s work and impact firsthand • Progress relationships through qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, regularly reviewing priorities and addressing stalled or unsuitable prospects • Assess prospect readiness and work with the Co-Directors and fundraising advisers to develop appropriate gift strategies • Prepare for, participate in and, where appropriate, lead major-gift conversations and solicitations • Use selected rugby and supporter events to connect with prospective donors, facilitate introductions and progress relationships, with appropriate preparation and follow-up • Steward Collective members through meaningful communication and engagement, identifying opportunities for renewed giving, advocacy and introductions • Contribute to the Pass It Back Collective’s shared membership and revenue targets through a relationship-led approach.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience as a current or former professional or elite rugby athlete, with credibility and relevant relationships within the rugby community • The ability to build authentic relationships with people from different professional, cultural and personal backgrounds • Strong communication, listening and storytelling skills • Confidence initiating conversations and maintaining relationships through consistent personal follow-up • Strong personal organisation and sound judgement, with the ability to work independently and asynchronously, use shared digital platforms effectively, and maintain timely records and follow-up • Openness to learning about relationship-based fundraising and participating in significant gift conversations • An authentic commitment to Pass It Back, gender equality and rugby’s potential to create positive social impact.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work options • Flexible working hours