Private Partnerships Assistant

Peace Parks; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

An ecological organization in Stellenbosch is seeking a Fund Development Assistant to support relationship development with private donors. This role involves maintaining a donor database, drafting correspondence, and assisting with donor visits. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and at least three years of experience in administration and database management. Proficiency in English, as well as skills in tools like Excel and Power BI, are required. The position may involve travel across Africa as necessary.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of demonstrable experience in relevant areas.
• Experience in monitoring budgets and writing donor reports.
• Ability to collate information from diverse sources.

Responsibilities

• Maintain donor database and CRM system.
• Draft donor letters and correspondence.
• Support donor visits and associated logistics.
• Update donor records and process opportunities.
• Develop high-quality presentations and materials.

Skills

Administrative skills

Database organisation

Exceptional writing skills

Communication in English

Co-ordination skills

Desktop research

Relationship building

Ability to work under deadlines

Willingness to travel

Education

Degree in communications, social sciences, or natural sciences

Tools

Excel

D365

Power BI

Job description

Reporting to: Stewardship & Donor Relations Manager

Location: Stellenbosch

BACKGROUND

Peace Parks Foundation, founded by President Nelson Mandela, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Dr. Anton Rupert, is a leader in large-scale ecological restoration across southern Africa. Through co‑management partnerships that unite governments, communities and donors, it restores vast transboundary landscapes that deliver measurable conservation and livelihood outcomes. Vision 2050 will secure 18 functional landscapes spanning 980,000 km², one of the world’s largest land‑conservation initiatives.

Visit: www.peaceparks.org

Job Purpose

Peace Parks is committed to Conservation at Scale. From a Fund Development perspective, this is achieved by developing new and creative partnership opportunities, fostering lasting relationships, engagingly telling the Peace Park story, while also ensuring administrative and support processes run smoothly.

The role focuses on providing assistance with relationship development and maintenance with private donors who share Peace Parks’ vision. Support to the Team of Fund Developers may be requested on occasion.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain a donor database and customer relationship management system
• Draft, donor letters, and other correspondence
• Support donor visits to the head office and to Peace Parks field programmes including planning, gathering quotes and hotel reservations
• Support in promotion of Peace Parks Legacy Programme and administration of the programme.
• An ability to support the team of Account Managers, to ensure the grant lifecycle from inception to close out
• Update Peace Parks’ online customer relationship management system to record and process opportunities, agreements, reports, thank you letters, campaigns and extract reports
• Compiling and supporting travel itineraries and quotations
• Support donor due diligence processes
• Developing high quality presentations and other communications materials

QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree equivalent qualification in communications, social sciences, natural sciences or similar.
• A minimum of three years of demonstratable experience, which includes:
  • Demonstrated administrative skills
  • Demonstrated ability in maintaining and organising databases
• Experience in monitoring budgets
• Exceptional writing skills and communication (English) (ability to speak other languages will be advantageous)
• Solid co‑ordination and quality assurance skills
• Ability to do desktop research on donors and potential donors
• The ability to collate information from disparate sources to provide timely and impactful donor reports
• Ability to build relationships with staff in remote areas
• An ability to work under deadlines
• Willingness to travel in Africa as required

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Experience and ability to manage donor events
• Advanced computer skills, including Excel and D365 / other CRM processes/software
• Ability to create infographics/dashboards using tools such as Power BI
• Ability to design high‑quality presentations and other communications materials
• A solid grasp of Peace Parks' core business.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter detailing their interest in and suitability for the position and a Curriculum Vitae, with full address, telephone number and email address. These should be submitted by 29 January 2026

Please apply online.

We appreciate the time and effort taken by all applicants in expressing their interest in this role. Due to the high volume of applications received, we are only able to contact candidates who are selected for further consideration. If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion. We encourage you to apply for future opportunities that match your skills and experience.