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• The Director of Fundraising and Grants is responsible for the overall fundraising and grants management efforts and will be responsible for the daily activities of ICON’s development program to include grant writing and grant management, corporate and individual donor cultivation, capital campaigns, fundraising events, etc.
• Additionally, the DFG will work closely with senior leadership to develop the organization’s development strategy and goals.
• The ideal candidate will build relationships with people and organizations, securing corporate, foundation, and other philanthropic support that helps to fuel and sustain ICON programs across thematic areas.
• The ideal candidate will be passionate and enthusiastic about ICON’s mission and understands the importance this work has in driving change in communities and in the lives of the people we serve, demonstrating an ability to create numerous, efficient, and compelling opportunities for donors to support ICON and create a satisfying and rewarding donor experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Research, Resource Development, and Grants Management

• Research and identify sources for funding, including individuals, corporations, foundations, governmental entities, earned revenue, and events.
• Research, write, contract, and track grant submissions and reports; ensure adequate grant proposals and fundraising activities to meet and exceed annual budget requirements.
• Performs prospect research on foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate, foundation and government grants.
• Oversee the creation and submission of letters of inquiry and grant proposals and the maintenance of reporting and other current grantee requirements.
• Plan and execute all Development Communications such as emails, newsletters, appeals, stewardship materials, and acknowledgment letters.
• Conduct the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals to foundation, international, corporate, and government sources.
• Collaborate internally with program staff and management to identify funding needs and secure information needed for grant proposals and reports.
• Provide stewardship to current institutional donors by preparing regular written updates about programs they have funded.
• Oversee and direct the implementation of the annual development plan.

Fundraising

• Develop fundraising timelines that align with program delivery requirements and annual budgets.
• Create and execute fundraising and marketing communication plans that ensure the organization can meet its strategic goals.
• Develop efficient and effective ways to attract new financial donations and clarify the roles of colleagues in supporting fundraising efforts.
• Prioritizes the growth of the organization, maximizes ICON’s profitability and profile, and generates financial support to meet and/or exceed the annual revenue target to support ICON programs.
• Plan and execute fundraising events that align with organizational funding goals across ICON’s thematic focus.
• Develop donors’ and sponsors’ benefit packages to retain and encourage annual renewals.
• Build a diverse multisectoral donor pipeline.
• Research and attend required networking events to socialize and network with prospective donors.
• Enhance the organization’s image by being active and visible among corporate businesses and with other professional, civic, and private organizations.
• Develop the annual strategy and goals for philanthropic events.
• Manage all grants and fundraising-related contractors, ensuring impeccable results.

Communication & External Engagement

• Serve as a liaison to the nonprofit community, the media, and the general public, to position and strengthen ICON’s name, recognition, and reputation in the community.
• Clearly convey the importance of ICON’s mission and work across grant writing and fundraising efforts.
• Articulate compelling cases for funding and address questions from potential funders.
• Make recommendations for changes in program design and implementation to increase competitiveness for funding.
• Draft high-quality reports to funders demonstrating return on investment and outcomes.
• Ensure grant/sponsorship proposals respond to requirements and provide relevant citations and data.
• Develop and execute strategic communications to enhance the organizational profile and cultivate support and expand the donor base.
• Create and disseminate messages that ensure all staff understands fundraising strategy and goals.
• Supervise all fundraising communications.
• Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with donors (of all sizes) and provide regular updates to ensure supporters are provided with timely funding updates.
• Develop communication, outreach, and engagement strategies that express gratitude, answer questions, and maintain ongoing support.
• Facilitate the creation of new opportunities to expand public messaging and advocacy campaigns.
• Create and maintain a messaging and branding strategy and coordinate marketing efforts to support programs, ensuring seamless messaging to all stakeholders.
• Ensure that all public-facing messaging consistently demonstrates the organization’s voice, capability, and potential and monitor the organization’s digital and communications output in order to match the Development strategy.

Financial Acumen & Management:

• Ensure effective collection of financial data, and align fundraising financials with operational budgets.
• Develop accurate financial models to support program operations and expansion.
• Identify new funding opportunities that can address budget gaps and shortfalls.
• Manage donor/grant/sponsorship/ database, entering, acknowledging, and recording all donations and donor information.
• Ensure that all sponsors/donors’ returns and benefits are duly met and promptly.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus 3 – 5 years of professional fundraising and grant writing experience; 5 or more years of experience preferred.
• Proven record of major gift fundraising success, and grant writing for foundations of various sizes.
• Ability to develop high-quality grant applications for federal, state, International, and local opportunities; ability to engage in grant monitoring and reporting and knowledge of grant management principles.
• Ability to identify, cultivate, and engage new donors with significant philanthropic capacity via strategic outreach and action steps, including one-on-one discovery meetings and personalized engagement opportunities.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities and move quickly from one project to another while maintaining an overall perspective.
• Demonstrated success in event planning, logistics management, and project management
• Demonstrated success in fundraising in an NGO or similar organization in a similar capacity.
• Knowledge of community organization, fundraising, and marketing principles, practices, techniques, and trends.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, and training.
• Skill in written communications to include clear and concise narrative reports, evaluations, and similar narrative pieces.
• Ability to read, comprehend and analyze number goals, as well as fundraising reports and fiscal reports/budgets.

EXPERIENCE:

• Fundraising: 3 years (Required)
• Grant writing: 3 years (Required)

COMPENSATION AND HOURS

• Salary is a monthly N200,000-N250,000 commensurate with experience.
• Irregular evening and weekend work hours; flexibility with work schedule.
• Primarily local and inter-state travel during business hours, although some regional and overnight travel may occur.
• Benefits are generous, including paid employee health and dental insurance (some employee contribution required); voluntary vision and retirement plans are also available.
• Paid time off includes vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.

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• The HR and Administration Officer will manage all HR functions and ICON administrative management.
• The ideal candidate will ensure all the organization’s administrative tasks are performed correctly and on time including recruitment, payroll, compensation and benefits, and training, office management, facilities management, and policy development.

Duties and Responsibilities

Recruiting

• Create and update job descriptions to reflect program needs, funding requirements, and state and federal laws.
• Create and edit job postings for approved positions through miscellaneous job boards, posting internally and externally as needed.
• Curate HR content for internal and external communications, including job descriptions, commercials, testimonials, social media campaigns, newsletters, and the ICON website.
• Schedule and conduct interviews, including performing reference checks, as requested.
• Ensure all hiring contingencies are completed before submitting candidates for approval.
• Manage and maintain the new hire onboarding process, ensuring receipt of all new hire paperwork.

Performance & Development

• Evaluate and process new hires, terminations, status changes, reclassifications, salary adjustments, performance evaluations & improvement plans, and disciplinary warnings, reviewing for content and compliance with state, and federal guidelines.
• Support employees and managers by addressing questions and concerns.
• Advise managers on employee development, performance, and disciplinary issues, including recommending performance improvement plans as appropriate.

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all employee relations matters, assisting employees with general and specific HR questions, and providing excellent customer service to all.
• Escalate complex or sensitive employee relations matters to the office of the CEO.
• Conduct investigations into employee complaints or concerns, provide formal and informal counseling and coaching, and advise managers on the progressive discipline policy as needed.
• Document employee investigations, performance concerns, and disciplinary actions.
• Design and implement innovative employee engagement initiatives to promote community, peer recognition, and a sense of belonging for ICON employees.
• Plan and organize employee events, including holiday parties, appreciation events, and monthly/quarterly gatherings.
• Conduct employee engagement surveys, report findings to leadership, and recommend a plan of action to address areas of opportunity.

Legal & Compliance

• Ensure that ICON complies with all relevant federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including employee and organizational tax deductibles, etc.
• Serve as ICON’s primary contact for all employment law matters.
• Ensure legal compliance in all employment changes, including terminations and restructures.
• Update and maintain ICON supplemental handbook to reflect ICON’s policies and procedures.
• Update and maintain ICON employee HR files in both electronic and paper format, following all state, and federal guidelines.
• Protect confidential information according to federal, state, and guidelines, and use discernment on if/when to share sensitive information.
• Support and train employees on HR compliance topics.

Data Management

• Enter and maintain employee data, including new hires, job reclassifications and transfers, salary changes, PTO/benefits changes, personal information updates, document uploads, and terminations.
• Administer and manage the time and attendance system.
• Assist employees with questions and concerns related to account lockouts and password resets; escalate complex questions to the relevant administrator.

Benefits & Leaves of Absence (LOAs)

• Distribute benefits enrollment forms to new hires, tracking completion and receipt of all required documents.
• Enter and maintain employee data in the system, including enrollments, terminations, address/job changes, beneficiaries, and related documentation.
• Answer employee questions and concerns about group benefit programs and refer them to appropriate partner contacts.
• Coordinate with the Finance department on payroll management to ensure all benefits enrollments, terminations, and changes are entered into the system promptly each pay period.
• Maintain and update the employee benefits files as needed.
• Provide advice, guidance, direction, and day-to-day support to employees on various benefits matters.
• Perform employee benefits audits as needed.
• Initiate the leave administration process promptly after being notified of an imminent leave.
• Work closely with employees to ensure all relevant medical documentation is completed and submitted to the appropriate parties for timely review.
• Protect all employee medical information, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local privacy laws.
• Maintain appropriate contact with employees on leave and coordinate a return-to-work process.
• Review and approve timesheets, vacation, and leave requests as needed.
• Other HR needs as required.

Administration

• Coordinate office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance with ICON policies.
• Manage agendas/travel arrangements/appointments etc. for required departments.
• Manage phone calls and correspondence (e-mail, letters, packages, etc.)
• Support budgeting and bookkeeping procedures
• Create and update records and databases with personnel, financial and other data
• Track stocks of office supplies and place orders when necessary
• Submit timely reports and prepare presentations/proposals as assigned
• Assist colleagues whenever necessary

Education, Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a related field and demonstrated detailed knowledge of local labor, employment, and tax laws in Nigeria.
• Minimum of 3 years, preferably 5 years as an HR generalist, including recruitment, performance management, compensation, training and development, and HR Administration.
• Minimum 2 years of staff management experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Preferably at least 2 years of experience with an NGO experience.
• Knowledge and experience with payroll, benefits administration, Lagos State employee tax and deductions, compensation benchmarking, and utilizing HR metrics to inform decision-making.
• Strong training and development skills; experience conducting Training of the Trainer
• Experience and knowledge of recruitment process and practice, including marketing and branding
• Proven ability to plan long-term, organize priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressures with detail orientation and professional grace.
• Proven sense of professional discretion, integrity, and ability to manage complex HR situations diplomatically and to effective resolution.
• Top-tier written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent management, interpersonal and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork, in a cross-cultural context.
• Ability to demonstrate a supportive and consultative approach with direct reports and staff at senior and junior levels
• Very strong proficiency in CRM, HR Digital tools, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint is required.

COMPENSATION AND HOURS

• Salary is a monthly N120,000-N150,000 commensurate with experience
• Irregular evening and weekend work hours; flexibility with work schedule
• Primarily local and inter-state travel during business hours, although some regional and overnight travel may occur.
• Benefits are generous, including paid employee health and dental insurance (some employee contribution required); voluntary vision and retirement plans are also available.
• Paid time off includes vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.

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