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Job Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent is expected to:

• Drive the official vehicle in a safe manner, maintain an accurate log of all vehicle movement.
• Maintain and repair vehicles in accordance with AYGF’s policies.
• Keep track of vehicle repair and servicing.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle, check oil, water, battery, brakes, tyres etc. and other inputs in a cost-effective manner that ensures reliable use of the vehicle using appropriate tools for requisition and approval.
• Keep the interior and the exterior of the official vehicle clean at all times.
• Ensure the vehicle logbook is updated at every trip; signed by passengers appropriately. Ensure vehicle use policies and the procedure is maintained.
• Respond promptly to request to ensure vehicle use by appropriate staff. Daily cleaning of the vehicle to ensure vehicles are kept neat at all times.
• Ensure that the admin Officer or his/her designate is kept abreast of all routine promptness, proper appearance, and respect for laws, passengers and the general public.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned to him by the management.

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Job Description

• Develop and implement a Resource Mobilization Strategy;
• Manage the resource mobilization functions by monitoring and reporting on the Resource Mobilization Strategy implementation;
• Conduct an environmental scan and provide donor intelligence (thematic orientations, modalities of engagement, entry points, forecasts etc.) to the Executive Director and the Research Directors to increase probability of attracting funds;
• Spearhead proposal development efforts ensuring efficient coordination with teams and the submission of high quality grant proposals;
• Develop and/or enhance resource mobilization tools as needed;
• Maintain and extend the system in place for identification and response to calls for proposals;
• Continually seek innovative means of attracting new donors;
• Monitor and maintain the proposal pipeline and generate monthly reports for management’s strategic decisions;
• In collaboration with the communications team, engage in organizational brand building including development of collateral materials to support fundraising efforts, such as brochures;
• Maintain the donor database in place to ensure it is an up-to-date and dynamic document and share its contents systematically with the Executive Director and the Research Directors;
• Develop generic templates for quick response to calls where donors do not provide templates;
• Document various meetings with donors, monitor required action and accompany the Executive Director to meetings with donors, as required;
• Engage in donor relationship management to ensure donor retention and upgrades while capturing new development partners;
• Identify and cultivate relations with strategic implementing partners for prospective consortium style initiatives;
• Represent AYGF at key strategic forums both locally and internationally, as required;
• Build the capacity of AYGF staff, board and partners on resource mobilization, as required.

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