
Watan Syria
Job Summary
As part of our commitment to growth and development, WATAN has recently formulated a new strategy. A key strategic goal is to diversify resources for growth, securing sustainable income, and strengthening strategic partnerships. In pursuit of this objective, WATAN is recruiting a Chief Revenue Officer. Reporting directly to the CEO and serving in the Executive Leadership Team, the successful candidate will focus on five key areas.
Duries and responsibilities:
**1-**Large Donor Funding and Strategic Programs:
- Develop and execute a fundraising strategy, building WATAN’s brand among big institutional donors’ community (for instance; BHA-USAID, EU, ECHO, FCDO) and effectively communicating it to internal and external audiences.
- Lead, build, and evolve the fundraising team to diversify WATAN’s found sources and ensuring awarding from direct institutional donors.
- Develop fundraising plans and calendars, oversee the execution of all fundraising activities, and continuously evaluate and improve fundraising practices.
2-Privet Sector Approach:
- Set up and lead the corporate partnership unit to attract and maximize income generation opportunities from corporate partnerships, grant-making sources.
- Oversee and manage long-term relationships with partners, forging new business opportunities.
3-New and Emerging Markets:
- Play a leading role in the development of current international fundraising offices.
- Identify potential emerging countries for WATAN to enter and present to the board of trustees.
- Provide strategic and operational plans for setting up new international offices.
- Lead role in developing strategy of the organization and implement the strategic direction of the board.
4 -Marketing:
- Build WATAN’s external fundraising profile and position it effectively as an impactful, trustworthy, and efficient charity of choice for donors.
- Oversee key stakeholders to build our new website, with a specific focus on increasing income generation.
- Work closely with the Marketing & Communications team to integrate an income generation focus into marketing & communications plans and campaigns.
5-Product Management and Project Database Management:
- Develop detailed documentation for all WATAN services, outlining key features, functionalities, and technical specifications.
- Ensure that the documentation is user-friendly, accessible, and regularly updated to reflect any changes or enhancements to the products.
- Ensure all WATAN’s products are in line with WATAN strategy and ready to adjust responding to different intervention areas.
- Ensure all technical references and budgeting calculations to implement all products are timely available.
- Design and implement a centralized project database management system for tracking and monitoring ongoing and upcoming projects.
- Define data structures and entry protocols to ensure consistency and accuracy in project information.
- Train team members on the use of the database system and establish protocols for regular data updates and backups.
6-Overseeing the Big Management Function:
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to incorporate diverse perspectives and ensure a unified strategic vision.
- Formulate and refine the organizational strategy, ensuring alignment with overarching business goals.
- Establish and enforce a governance framework that aligns with the organizational strategy.
- Collaborate with department heads to ensure effective utilization of resources in alignment with the overall organizational strategy.
Other Responsibilities:
- Drive integration and alignment between all revenue-related functions.
- Ensure relevant policies and procedures are developed and followed, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
Education:
- Educated to degree level, with bachelors or higher (essential).
- High understanding and knowledge about the institutional donors, and funding cycles mechanism.
- Qualification in Leadership/Management (desirable but not essential).
- Qualification in fundraising (desirable but not essential).
- In-depth current knowledge of institutional donors , corporate partnerships, income generation, and marketing in the humanitarian sector.
- Experience in multiple crises and global missions to deal with the expansion and growth of WATAN globally
Experience:
- 5 to 7 years’ experience in a similar role.
- Proven strategic, commercial, and operational approach to leading a fundraising/revenue function, including line managing numerous people.
- Creative income generation activities within and outside of traditional community fundraising.
- Proven business development success with securing new partnerships and opportunities.
Skills:
- Resilience and the ability to deal with high pressure and difficult situations.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to think strategically and plan ahead.
- Excellent planning and project management approach.
Languages:
- Strong written and spoken English essential.
How to apply
WTG/CRO/1002
To apply please send your cv to this email address and put the position title in subject “[email protected]”