Partnerships Manager

The Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) seeks to improve the quality of life, promote pluralism, and enhance self-reliance in poor and marginalised communities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

AKF strives to enhance agriculture and food security, strengthen climate resilience, promote early childhood development and access to quality education, improve health and nutrition, advance economic inclusion, and strengthen civil society.

Working in partnership with communities, governments, and others, for over 50 years, AKF’s long-term, community-based approach has addressed and benefited people of all faiths and backgrounds, especially women and girls, using an approach that is locally rooted but globally informed.

Active in 18 countries, AKF is a member of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the world’s leading international development organisations.

The opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Partnerships Manager role. Partnerships Managers are part of the AKF Partnerships team tasked with identifying and cultivating new funding partnerships and strengthening existing ones to support our strategic goals. 

Partnership Managers engage with European and Asian government, foundation, and corporate donors to mobilise resources AKF programmes as well nine other multi-sector profit and not-for-profit agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) operating across Asia and Africa. 

Partnership Managers are responsible for a portfolio of select grants implementing across AKF and AKDN themes and geographies in close collaboration with field units, global teams, and our partners.

Contract: Permanent, subject to a 6-month probationary period

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa Salary £40,000 – £45,000 + benefits, depending on experience

Closing date: 23.59pm, Sunday, 4^th February, 2024

The candidate

We are seeking someone who has experience at a medium to large organisation or relevant international organisation, working in the sphere of international development and/or humanitarian relief.

The ideal candidate should bring relevant experience of securing resources through proposal development processes, engaging with donors, and managing a portfolio of complex often multi-country and/or multi sector development or humanitarian grants.

You will be a pro-active self-starter with maturity and emotional intelligence, with the ability to problem-solve, work independently and as part of a global team, and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with numerous and competing deadlines.

You will bring creativity, critical thinking, and project management skills and the ability to provide stable, consistent, reliable, and courteous communication when dealing with internal and external stakeholders.

You will bring excellent writing, speaking and other communications skills, have a service focused orientation to others, and be a collaborative team player. You will be diplomatic, enjoy working in across a diverse, international team, and value inclusion, pluralism, and service.

Why join AKF(UK)?

·      Great people and meaningful mission;

·      Opportunities to travel to AKF countries of operation in order to visit grants;

·      Hybrid working;

·      Our office is easily accessible, close to public transport;

·      24 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays + office closed over Christmas (3 days) = 36 days;

·      Income Protection and Life Insurance benefits in place;

·      Remote Health Services programme (e.g. remote GP) including Employee Assistance Programme;

·      Private Health Care plan (post probationary period);

·      10% Employer Pension Contribution (post probationary period);

·      Enhanced maternity (24 weeks full pay inclusive of any SMP payments) and paternity leave and pay (full pay for 8 weeks);

·      Cycle to work scheme.

We also know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything we have described above, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself!