Remote Africa Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Manager

Ipas United States; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipas is seeking a Strategic Partnership Manager for a remote role focused on Africa to strengthen resource mobilization and the partnership portfolio. You will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators aligned with our mission.

You will prepare donor-facing materials, support proposals, budgets, and results frameworks, and collaborate across the Ipas Network to ensure effective stewardship of donor resources.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years' work experience managing programs and projects with increasing complexity and responsibility.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in business development, fundraising, and/or proposal development for NGOs, social enterprises, or mission-driven organizations.
• Strong understanding of institutional donor environments, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, foundations, and partnership or consortium approaches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate across teams, and deliver high-quality products with minimal supervision.
• Subject-matter expertise in sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Responsibilities

• Map priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic implementing partners aligned with Ipas's mission and work.
• Analyze funder priorities, eligibility, timelines, typical award size, indirect cost expectations, compliance considerations, and relationship pathways.
• Identify and track requests for proposals, calls for proposals, invitations, and relationship-led opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.
• Support go/no-go decisions through fit assessments, competitiveness analysis, and risk and feasibility review.
• Develop donor and partner engagement plans for priority prospects, including objectives, messages, decision-makers, and follow-up actions.
• Draft and refine positioning materials, including capability statements, one-pagers, brief slide decks, project summaries, and boilerplate language.
• Build Ipas Network intelligence on key trends and opportunities in Africa.
• Coordinate with communications to contribute to external communications and donor materials.
• Prepare talking points, briefing notes, and agendas for external meetings; participate when requested.
• Advise on partnership strategy, including lead vs sub-award roles, consortium roles, negotiations, and outreach.
• Report quarterly and annually on fundraising efforts and results.

Skills

English proficiency

French proficiency

Proposal development

Fundraising

Donor relations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ipas is seeking a Strategic Partnership Manager for a remote role focused on Africa to strengthen resource mobilization and the partnership portfolio. You will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators aligned with our mission.

You will prepare donor-facing materials, support proposals, budgets, and results frameworks, and collaborate across the Ipas Network to ensure effective stewardship of donor resources.