Can you imagine
people daily trekking 15 KM to fetch two buckets of water for drinking? Are you
self-motivated to help deprived and poor people stand on their feet? Are you
willing to help orphans and widows to live a decent life?
If yes, here is
the challenging opportunity for you to make difference in the lives of
extremely deprived and vulnerable people in Tanzania.
About the
Role:
Looking for highly devoted and dynamic
candidates, who will write
proposal/expressions of interest to potential donors including NGOs, Trusts,
Foundations, Corporate sector, Associations, Universities and individuals
donors and follow up with donors.
Position
Based in:
It is meant to be
home based position; however ID students and interested candidate can be
sponsored for stay in Tanga/ Pangani Tanzania and IH will bear cost of visa,
accomodation and food.
About
Islamic Help:
www. islamichelp.org.uk
Islamic
Help,
established in 2003, is a UK-based relief and development organization, working
in Asia, Africa and Middle East, fighting against poverty, social injustice and
natural disasters. The main thematic areas of Islamic Help’s work are:
emergency relief, orphan care, water and sanitation, disaster risk reduction
and income-generating projects. Currently, Islamic Help has projects in 20
countries worldwide, Tanzania being one of them.
Islamic Help
Tanzania:
www.islamichelp.co.tz has been
working in since 2009, thriving for sustainable community development by
implementing projects covering orphan care and sponsorship, water and
sanitation, environmental sustainability, livelihood and economic empowerment,
education, food security and gender equality. Most of our work is going on in
the Coastal Regions of Tanzania.
Role and
Responsibility:
The position offers
part time flexible opportunity to fund raise with no specific requirements of
time schedule and amounts to be raised. The ideal candidate can be from any
company, NGO, business, Trust which undertake charitable activities in Africa.
1. Identifying the diverse
source of funding, including NGOs, Trusts, Foundations, Corporate Sector,
Associations, Universities and individuals donors in their respective
countries.
2. Establishing initial
contacts with potential donors base, and presenting Islamic Help work in
Tanzania via expressions of interests.
3. Sharing Islamic Help project
updates, reports and videos with the potential donors base.
4. Writing quality proposals,
concept notes according to donors requirements and following it up with donors.
5. Visiting Tanzania
occasionally to see the project implementations and share the projects updates
with donors.
What Islamic
Help Offers
Full
cost for visit to Tanzania and stay in the project locations
Will
be given an induction and training on all aspects of this role
Database
of potential funding organizations
Islamic
Help visibility material including projects updates, news letter, reports and
videos.
Remuneration:
The candidates will
be paid travel and communication expenses required for fundraisings activities
in the respective country. Once the project resources are mobilized and
secured, the candidates will be paid accordingly to the budget, kept for the
positions.
Who is the
Most Suitable Candidate?
We are looking for
volunteers, students, internee, professional NGO or aid workers, who are
motivated to help people in need. It is great learning opportunity to practice
quality proposal writing under the leadership of senior managers.
Self
motivated and can inspire other to serve less- privileged and poor people in
Africa
Excellent
writing skills in written English
Students
of International Development, and other social work looking for internship in
Africa
Excellent
inter-personal and presentation skills
Knowledge
of NGOs/ humanitarian and aid work
Interested
individual should submit motivation letter explaining reasons for motivation,
and how they are best suited for the above role. Please send CV/resume and
motivation letter to amjadkhan@islamichelp.org.uk
or skype “amjad.tanoli” or for further details.
