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• Cultivate relationships with members of
  the Watoto schools community (alumni, current and past parents, staff and
  all funders) to enable the School to benefit from their influence,
  contacts, expertise, voluntary help and financial support.
• This includes being first point of
  contact including face-to-face, telephone, written and electronic
  communication.
• Devise, and then organise, manage and
  supervise in person an annual programme of events for teams visiting
  Watoto Schools to provide social and networking opportunities,
  relationship building and fundraising leads, in conjunction with the Head
  of Operations,
• Ensure all follow-up after events is
  timely, efficient and professional.
• Develop and manage the Watoto Schools
  communications
• Increase awareness of the work Watoto
  does to both potential individual and corporate partners within the local
  market in relation to education
• Intentionally look out for different
  networking possibilities for partner retention for the directorate

• Coordinate the implementation of
  projects under the Education Directorate (in conjunction with Opeartions
  Team Leader)
• Ensure that records/data on the projects
  are maintained accurately and continuously improved.
• Maintain an up-to-date needs list of
  funding requirements for Education Directorate and ensure donors receive
  timely, correct and personal acknowledgements of their gifts.
• Handle all other administrative duties
  of the Development office as required

• Prepares initial grant/funding proposals
  for the education directorate in line with the Ministry’s strategic
  objectives
• Prepare all annual development reports
  to achieve all objectives and analyze trends and provide necessary
  recommendations.

• The applicant for the Watoto Development
  Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass
  Communication, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Marketing or a
  related area.
• Five years of working experience in
  public relations, marketing, customer service or a related role
• Computer literacy
• Outstanding organisational and
  communication skills as well as being a team player and able to deal with
  conflicting demands and tight deadlines
• A professional, customer-facing attitude
  will be key, as will a keen eye for detail.
• Experience with project management and
  writing winning proposals
• A team player, results oriented,
  self-motivated, able to work with minimum supervision and for long hours
  under extreme pressure

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