WORK FOR AN AWARD-WINNING NON-PROFIT SOCIAL INNOVATOR

Job Title: Fund Development and Communications Officer

Industry: Non-profit/International Development

Job Location: Indonesia

Start Date: Immediate

Term: At-will

Salary: Competitive salary commensurate on experience

WHO WE ARE

Build Change is the global leader in systems change for resilient housing. Our engineers, builders, coders, policy advocates, and lending partners are providing urgently needed housing solutions in the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Shifting power to families since 2004, Build Change has safeguarded over $4.7 billion in housing infrastructure assets across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, improving the lives of over 1.17 million people by building new or retrofitting more than 230,000 buildings, at a cost of $51 per safer person.

Learn more at www.buildchange.org or follow us on LinkedIn.

YOUR NEW OPPORTUNITY

This position will support Build Change Indonesia grant fundraising efforts and communications strategy, with a primary focus on prevention or pre-disaster mitigation programs. You are prepared to manage research, position, write, cultivate, and win grant proposals for a diverse set of donors and funders including development agencies, development banks, relief agencies, and a myriad of foundations and corporate partners. This position reports to the Indonesia Country Program Manager.

FUND DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform grant and award research, cultivation, positioning, and proposal writing from foundations, HNWIs, corporations, and other agencies. Identify and successfully obtain grants and or/contracts to expand Build Change’s Indonesia programs.
• Reach out to private companies, NGOs, and institutional donors, as well as secure meetings to introduce Build Change and/or follow up on current partnerships.
• Support senior leadership to represent Build Change Indonesia when developing relationships and collaborating with governments, donor representatives, private sector stakeholders, as well as development operators, including NGOs and UN agencies.
• Manage donor data management systems, including tracking partnership progress and updating of contact information and notes in Salesforce, Trello, and other CRM tools.
• Maintain consistent communications with the program regarding program development and program implementation updates.

COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify relevant strategic events or conferences in Indonesia and secure speaking opportunities for Build Change to promote its mission and advocacy strategies.
• Develop partnerships with relevant groups, associations, societies, and networks within the sectors of development, DRR, housing, construction, philanthropies, and/or corporate donors, as well as other sectors that could intersect with Build Change’s mission.
• Support communications materials conception, development, and dissemination aimed at spreading Build Change’s Indonesia mission as well as increasing brand recognition and followers through social networks and social media posts.
• Lead the planning and execution of events, focus group meetings, or training sessions where Build Change is responsible to organize the forum/session.

Other Responsibilities

Opportunity-dependent:

• Travel, when necessary to support Build Change’s programs development and advocacy in Indonesia.
• Perform additional duties as required by the supervisor.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

You have:

• Superior, professional and versatile writing, researching, presentation, and communication skills in both English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• Excellent networking skills and interpersonal communications.
• An innovative approach to development and marketing that leads to an increase in donors, followers, and strong brand recognition.
• Language proficiency/fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English, spoken and written.

Your experience includes:

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in proposal writing and fundraising for non-profit social enterprise or similar private sector business, with a proven record of winning grants and contracts, and exceeding fundraising or business development goals.
• Partnership development with different stakeholders within the international development sector, philanthropies, and/or corporate donors.
• A knack for using social media and social networks to market products and services. and develop metrics for tracking communication effectiveness.

You would describe yourself as:

• Passionate, idealistic, mission-driven, and self-directed, with a high level of integrity and a positive, can-do attitude.
• Curious, optimistic, tenacious, and willing to find and implement sustainable solutions.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Then please visit www.buildchange.org/about/careers and select the link for this position. Applications will be accepted until filled and will be reviewed as received. Build Change is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified women and citizens of Build Change’s program countries are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No calls, please.

OUR COMMITMENT

Build Change is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. It is the policy of Build Change that qualified individuals with disabilities are not discriminated against because of their disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. It is further the policy of Build Change to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Build Change is prepared to modify or adjust the job application process or the job or work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position he or she desires, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship.