Head of Development and Communication, Beijing, China

The Head of Development and Communications will provide leadership for INBAR’s fundraising and communication efforts with specific targets for increasing overall revenues and effectively promoting the organization and its global programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Directs and oversees INBAR’s fundraising and communication teams, strategies and efforts.
• Defines and continuously updates INBAR’s fundraising strategies focusing on securing funding from a broad scope of donors, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, private and corporate foundations, and individuals, and ensures financing and mission are moving forward together.
• Provides leadership to the successful implementation of INBAR’s communications strategy aimed at raising the organization’s profile at global, regional and national levels.
• Oversees and coordinates all aspects of fundraising programmes, including the writing of high-quality, competitive grant proposals and donor communications in cooperation with the Director General, Programmes, Regional Offices and Finance Department.
• Manages systems and staff to monitor fundraising efforts and ensure timely reporting to all INBAR donors, including supervising the continuous updating of relevant databases.

Requirements:

Education, experience, technical skills and competencies

• University degree in international relations or marketing, development, communications, fundraising, business administration or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years progressive experience in international fundraising, proposal development and communications, preferably for an international or non-profit development organization.
• Proven track record of securing large scale funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, private and corporate foundations and individuals that fund activities related to INBAR’s mission.
• Superior knowledge of best practices and current trends in international fundraising and communications.
• Experience of living and working in developing countries.
• Native speaker level fluency in English is required; proficiency in other international languages such as Chinese Mandarin, Spanish and or French is desirable.
• Experience with multicultural organizations and affinity with sustainable development issues (ecosystems, livelihoods and trade)
• Excellent inter-personal, team, communication and organizational skills.

Terms and conditions

INBAR offers attractive and competitive remuneration, comprised of a monthly base salary, secondary benefits and a bonus element.

The initial contract will be for 1 year with the possibility of extension for up to 3 years contingent upon performance and available resources.

The position will be based in INBAR’s headquarters in Beijing, China

Application

Please send letter of application, full CV, and at least three names and contact details of referees to INBAR, c/o Ms Helen He, Human Resources Manager (lhe@inbar.int) by April 15, 2012.

For additional information about the position please contact Dr Coosje Hoogendoorn (choogendoorn@inbar.int) or Ms Helen He (lhe@inbar.int).

INBAR is an equal opportunity employer. All applications will be acknowledged, but subsequently only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.