Senior Fundraising Manager
TaRLAbout TaRL Africa:
Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa is a not-for-profit organisation registered and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with country offices in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Zambia. TaRL Africa began as a joint venture by Pratham and J-PAL in 2019, with the goal of supporting governments and organisations across Africa to accelerate children’s foundational skill learning using the evidence-based TaRL approach. TaRL Africa's mission is to support every child across Africa to build foundational skills for a better future. They have built the capacity of governments and organisations in over 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to design, deliver and scale impactful programs while learning and sharing how the approach can be improved for different contexts. Together with partners, TaRL Africa reached over four million children with TaRL programming in 2022. You can find more information on the organization by visiting their website.
About the Role:
TaRL Africa is seeking a full-time Senior Fundraising Manager to contribute to its mission of equipping all children with foundational reading and math skills. They are seeking a dynamic and motivated fundraising and relationship management professional to lead the execution of TaRL Africa’s philanthropic engagement and stewardship strategies. The Senior Fundraising Manager will join a committed, caring, and multi-skilled Programs and Partnerships team and work closely with TaRL Africa’s senior leadership team, as well as country teams in Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire.
This is a new role at TaRL Africa that reflects growing opportunities and their ambition to leverage resources to achieve their mission. They are seeking someone with a track record of success who has a passion for education and is eager to understand the TaRL approach, TaRL programs across the continent, and TaRL Africa’s way of working such that they are able to accurately communicate about the organization’s work.
Working closely with TaRL Africa’s senior leadership team, the Grants Manager, and members of the Programs and Partnerships team, the Senior Fundraising Manager will anchor the organization’s overall philanthropic fundraising and stewardship strategy, including prospect identification, solicitation, and building capabilities across TaRL Africa to do this work better. A key goal will be to develop, build buy-in for, and execute a strategy to significantly increase annual unrestricted funding at TaRL Africa, as well as support fundraising efforts for specific strategies and projects.
Key Responsibilities
TaRL approach and TaRL Africa work understanding:
Research, solicitation, and proposal development:
Donor Management:
Communications and events for TaRL Africa fundraising activities:
Does this sound like you?
Persons of all gender, race, sex, orientation, age, and identity are encouraged to apply. If you have any questions concerning the role you can write to Shivani Nair at shivani@shortlist.net and cc Mahira Biswas at mahira.biswas@shortlist.net. If interested click apply.
About TaRL
TaRL : Teaching at the Right Level, Africa is a high-profile initiative originally developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Indian Education NGO Pratham to promote evidence-informed education programming in Africa. TaRL Africa, now headquartered in Kenya, works to improve basic reading and arithmetic skills of children on the African continent through the TaRL approach. We aim to reach 3 million children in the next five years. Key countries of operation include Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Zambia where we work on contextualizing the TaRL approach .