Director of Development

Saint Andrew’s Refugee Services, Cairo

Vacancy Announcement: Director of Development

Founded in 1979, StARS is a refugee service provider in central Cairo that works to enhance the quality of life for refugees and vulnerable migrants through five broad program areas: education, psychosocial, legal, community outreach and unaccompanied youth and children support services. We provide high-quality services meeting the unaddressed needs of refugees, and we provide a safe and inclusive space for displaced people to come together as a community. We work for refugees, with refugees, to make rights recognition a reality.

StARS’ Mission: Driven by a commitment to justice and fairness, StARS works as displaced people and for displaced people to respect human dignity and enhance quality of life.

StARS’ Vision: Displaced people lead in the creation and implementation of responses to different forms of migration to establish safe, just, welcoming, and inclusive communities globally.

We serve people from many places, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

ROLE

The Director of Development is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic plans to raise and maintain financial and material resources cost-effectively and time-efficiently. Duties include overseeing and managing resource mobilization efforts, building strong and successful relationships with external partners, and overseeing external communications with donors, partners, and other relevant actors.

The Director of Development is a central role in StARS’ Co-Leadership group, working within StARS’ team of Directors to oversee the effective management of StARS as an organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT)

All duties are carried out in collaboration with StARS Directors, as part of the Co-Leadership of StARS. An excellent collaborative working relationship with StARS Directors is essential to the success of this role. The Director of Development shall take part in the decision-making process at the level of the Executive Leadership Team and the Executive Leadership Team Sub-Committees.

The Executive Leadership Team is responsible for:

- Ensuring theories of change for StARS’ Departments are in place and relevant to the needs of StARS clients and students.
- Revising StARS strategic orientations, and ensuring their coherent implementation.
- Ensuring adequacy between available resources and programmatic needs,
- Ensuring efficient and effective program delivery
- Ensuring financial and Human Resources planning
- Ensuring the revision and consistent implementation of StARS governance structure, systems, policies, and procedures
- Ensuring that staff members receive adequate support in terms of their professional development and general well-being

Partnerships and Donors Relationships

Communications with donors and partners
- Establish and cultivate meaningful communications with prospective and current partners and donors (institutional and individual) through meetings and regular communications
- Develop in-depth knowledge of StARS’ donors, including donor and project direction, interests, budgets, and other requirements
- Oversee StARS’ fundraising database and tracking systems.
- In support of the Programs Department, contribute to the drafting of Annual Reports and Newsletters, or other communication initiatives
- Support StARS management and ‘Ambassadors’ staff group in effective approaches to donor relationships.

Grant seeking
- Identify funding needs in close cooperation with the Executive Leadership Team
- Identify and pursue funding opportunities for StARS, through a range of potential donors, including traditional and long-standing StARS’ donors, as well as new funding opportunities through foundations and other philanthropic flexible sources of funding
- Coordinate with fundraising organisations that support StARS’ work, developing fundraising drives
- Oversee grant seeking, including proposal writing, and reporting requirements, with an aim to ensure the continuous delivery of services
- In close cooperation with Departments, develop funding proposals for StARS as a whole and projects individually, as needed.
- Cooperate closely with and provide feedback and support to the Programs Department, in particular, the Monitoring and Evaluation Team, and the Reporting Specialist

Support to the Community Outreach Fundraising Manager
- Support and coordinate with StARS’ Community Outreach Fundraising Officer in developing fundraising strategies for refugee-led community-based organisations (CBOs), supporting the identification and pursuit of suitable fundraising opportunities.

Policy and Advocacy
- Oversee and support the work of the Policy and Advocacy Team. In consultation and cooperation with Directors,the Policy and Advocacy Team **-**advocates with service providers, partners, CBOs and UNHCR, other UN agencies, INGOs, an