Resource Mobilisation Officer – Parental Leave Cover
Vi-Skogen/Vi Agroforestry

Vi-skogen/Vi Agroforestry is now looking for a Resource Mobilisation Officer with a passion for securing long-term resources for fighting poverty and climate change.

The role

As Resource Mobilisation Officer you will be responsible for seeking funding from institutional donors and private foundations and for creating good relationships with these donors. You will belong to the Fundraising Department at the Head Office in Stockholm and report to the Director of Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation. In addition, you will also be part of Vi Agroforestry’s Resource Mobilisation Team, which consists of Resource Mobilisation Officers from the Regional Office in Nairobi and each of the Vi Agroforestry Country Offices in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Together, the group is responsible for coordinating and driving resource mobilisation within the organisation.

During 2025, we will investigate the possibilities of increasing income from corporate foundations. You will be responsible for this area and, together with the Director of Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation, research the area and come up with an action plan.

Responsibilities 

  • Responsible from Head Office for coordinating grant applications for Vi Agroforestry projects, including coordinating a multidisciplinary team across offices.
  • Find and conduct assessments of new potential donors, grant opportunities and strategic partners with whom to co-apply for grants.
  • Maintain and develop existing relationships with donors with special responsibility for Swedish donors (including writing and coordinating reports).
  • Maintain and develop relationships with strategic partners with a focus on Sweden.
  • Together with the Resource Mobilisation Team, maintain and continue to develop an idea bank with possible project ideas.
  • Conduct quality assurance of grant applications before submitting them to donors.
  • Hand over approved projects to project owner in the Country Offices.
  • Together with Director of Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation, investigate opportunities to seek funding from corporate foundations.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience of at least 3 years in grant writing for an NGO (preferably within development assistance) with a track record of successful applications to institutional donors and/or private foundations.
  • Proven experience of creating and developing relationships with donors.
  • Goal-oriented, structured and with effective communication and interpersonal skills, and with experience of working in multicultural and international contexts.
  • Strong organisational and project management skills, including experience coordinating multi-stakeholder application processes and adhering to deadlines.
  • Suitable higher education linked to the area.
  • Advanced proficiency in English writing and editing, with the ability to produce clear, compelling, and accurate content. Fluency in spoken Swedish is required.

Merits: knowledge of rural development, agroforestry, climate resilience, international development contexts but also technological proficiency, including grant management systems and AI tools.

We offer you the opportunity to work in an international development organization with ca 45 employees in Sweden and East Africa who are all passionate about agroforestry and sustainability.

How to apply

We want your application no later than 15 December 2024, but interviews will take place continuously. Send your application (a one-page cover letter and your CV) to rekrytering@viskogen.se, write RM officer in the subject line.

The position is a temporary appointment for the duration of a parental leave between 1st of March and 31st of December 2025, but we would like you to start as soon as possible to give you the opportunity for a good handover. Your main workplace will be at Alsnögatan 7 in Södermalm, Stockholm, where we share premises with three other organizations. We offer flexible opportunities to combine work from the office and at home.

Questions are answered by Miriam Isaksson, Director of Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation, miriam.isaksson@viskogen.se, +46 72-071 99 28 or Åsa Ljusenius, Recourse Mobilisation Officer, asa.ljusenius@viskogen.se,  +46 720 715 920.

For contact with our Local Union Representative (Unionen) fackklubbviskogen@gmail.com.

 

Vi Agroforestry (Vi-skogen) is a Swedish development organisation fighting poverty and climate change – together. Since 1983, we have contributed to the planting of over 148 million trees in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – countries that have been severely affected by deforestation and climate change. We work in collaboration with farmer’s organisations, advising and training farmers in sustainable agricultural land management such as agroforestry. In agroforestry, trees are planted alongside crops and livestock on the farmland. We offer outstanding expertise in agroforestry, climate change adaptation and mitigation, promoting well-proven practices based on scientific research. Our focus on both human and environmental sustainability makes us unique.