Exciting Remote Working Opportunity: Join the African Climate Foundation as a Strategic Partnerships Programme Officer
Closing Date: 27 November 2025
Exciting Remote Working Opportunity: Join the African Climate Foundation as a Strategic Partnerships Programme Officer
Background
The African Climate Foundation (ACF) is the first and only African-led climate change re-granting organisation on the continent. Through a combination of grant making, fellowships, transformational research, technical assistance, coalition building and advocacy the ACF seeks to support interventions at the nexus of climate change, and development that have the greatest potential to deliver long-term socio-economic transformation and inclusive development.
Purpose
As the first climate-focused re-granter on the continent, the ACF provides a mechanism through which philanthropies and donors can contribute to Africa’s efforts to address climate change. ACF works closely with a diverse range of funders to identify strategic opportunities to support its programmatic interventions on the continent. A core objective, underpinning all its work, is increasing philanthropic flows into the continent. The ACF is at a critical point in its growth and is looking for a Strategic Partnerships Programme Officer to expand its partnerships and fundraising team.
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, and working with the ACF’s Programme Leads and Grants Unit, the Strategic Partnerships Programme Officer will play three critical roles:
- Supporting the development and implementation of the ACF’s fundraising and growth strategy.
- Managing funding relationships, proposal preparation and process management, reporting and donor support needs.
- Monitoring trends in climate philanthropy, engaging with philanthropy networks in Africa and internationally and identifying strategic entry points for philanthropies and translating these into funding opportunities and pipelines
Responsibilities
- Support the development of the Strategic Partnerships, Communications and Advocacy strategy, particularly focusing on diversified funding, attracting and retaining donors, strategic partnerships and long-term fundraising and growth.
- Support the ACF’s preparation of funding proposals and identify potential new funding opportunities.
- Support donor reporting processes and engagement together with relevant departments.
- Support the development of fundraising plans for identified areas of programme delivery and ACFs incubated hubs.
- Maintain and update a donor pipeline database, tracking proposals, prospects, and reporting deadlines.
- Support the drafting of briefing materials for leadership’s donor meetings and events.
- Coordinate with Finance and Grants teams to ensure donor compliance and timely reporting.
- Support the design of relationship activities, including donor inputs and alignment in newsletters, webinars, or events.
- Assist in scoping and cultivating new partnerships with corporates, foundations, and pooled funds.
- Contribute to risk assessment processes for new funding opportunities.
- Support ACF’s fiscal hosting services by coordinating donor/partner communications as needed.
- Support the development of initiatives to increase investments in the ACF’s high-impact programmes and projects
- Support the monitoring and tranche allocations, aligned to reporting, of all incoming grants.
- Support the development of knowledge management processes and systems that will create efficiency and ease within the department.
- Contribute to building the capacity of the ACF staff to engage with funders, and in philanthropy and donor forums,
- Contribute to the development of effective and diversified approaches to fundraising which anticipate future trends, including research and analysis of potential opportunities at a national, regional and international level,
- Represent the ACF in philanthropy and other funding and partnership forums.
- Monitor trends in climate and development philanthropic giving in Africa to identify gaps in and opportunities for philanthropic support in Africa
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Development Studies, Project Management or related field
- Five years of professional experience working with non-profit organisations or grant-making organisations, developing and managing proposals and developing fundraising strategies in the areas of social justice, climate change and or development
- Experience in non-profit organising or advocacy work, fundraising or stewardship, coalition projects or philanthropy is highly desirable
- Passion for social change, environmental, social justice, climate, or related issues
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently (both virtually and in-person) with minimal supervision
- Demonstrable experience working on development, climate and/social justice issues in Africa
- Experience in fundraising in African-based organisations
- Demonstrable understanding of donor audiences, proposal development and reporting
- Familiarity with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning methodologies and frameworks in the context of fundraising
- Proficiency in Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and digital collaboration tools (e.g. Zoom, MS Teams)
- Ability to relate to other staff and foster teamwork.
- Ability to organise multiple tasks and manage deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal communications skills and demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively.
- Detail-oriented and works with high levels of accuracy.
- Can do attitude.
Location: ACF’s operational hub is in Cape Town, South Africa. Remote working will be considered with a preference for candidates based on the African continent.
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