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Community Mobiliser Fund Development

Purpose : To lead the fight against cancer in .

Mission : To be the preferred non -profit leader that enables research, educates the public and provides support to all people affected by cancer.

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Job Title Community Mobiliser : Fund Development (4/8 position) Department Sustainability Direct Report Divisional Manager : Sustainability Geographical Location CANSA Region (incl. , and areas) Salary Negotiable within CANSA’s grading scales Language English and any other official language Driver’s License Yes Own Transport Yes Travel Yes Other Requirements Non -smoker

Role Description

Purpose

To mobilise and develop communities that will enable the delivery of CANSA’s health programmes and actively initiate income generating activities to ensure sustainability. Expenditure to ensure cost effectiveness.

Responsibilities and Duties Volunteer Management • Analyse community needs and compile action plan to penetrate community and ensure active involvement in the fight against cancer. • Oversee the practical arrangements for ensuring that people from all sections of the community are actively involved and contributing towards the development of structures • Recruit, train, coordinate, motivate and recognise diverse volunteers for all assigned activities • Manage and support lead volunteers to meet service delivery targets by ensuring lead volunteers recruit, train and coordinate, motivate a diverse volunteer corps for all assigned community activities • Manage contracted commission based community member(s) to whom large scale events are assigned • Maintain and strengthen staff and volunteer management and development • Ensure adhering to CANSA standards, policies and procedures in all CANSA community structures Income Development • Identify income generating opportunities within the community • Formulate an action plan to utilise community structures for income development • Introduce CANSA’s national programmes and ensure in depth understanding of objectives and standards with regard to these programmes • Influence and facilitate the initiation of community based fund raising activities including the national programmes • Network with influential role players within community to enhance/support the achievements of goals • Adhere to standards and best practices for all income generating activities • Ensure all assigned events are achieving required benchmark standards • Constantly evaluate and better community events according to CANSA’s best practices • To equip and guide committees to effectively achieve sustainability targets • Ensure all programmes and projects achieve targets within the related timelines • Ensure complete and accurate information is captured and reported to appropriate databases in accordance with established timelines • Present a professional image both internally and externally • Stay abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to income development

Key Performance Areas

• Responsible for raising funds • Manage various projects initiatives • Project planning

Essential Competencies

• Organisational Leadership: Understands purpose, mission, ethics, governance and administrative systems of organisation and able to gather and synthesize information on internal and external environments. • Collaboration: Adept in coalition building and able to establish collaborative relationships and projects • Interpersonal abilities/personal characteristics: Able to work well in teams, self- motivated understands conflict management, able negotiator, confident in handling new tasks, flexible in assignments, attentive to detail, able to work under tight deadlines and able to network effectively • Delivering results and meeting stakeholder expectations: Focussing on stakeholders’ satisfaction, setting high standards for quality and quantity and consistently achieving set goals • Communication skills: Effective public presentations, able to facilitate groups, understands grant and proposal writing and able to write reports • Planning skills: Effective public presentations. Able to facilitate groups, understands grant and proposal writing and able to write reports • Planning skills: Able to do operational planning and knowledgeable about project management principles • Computer skills: Proficient knowledge abs skills in Microsoft Office software, internet based applications and computer equipment

Apply by 15 July 2017 via email to [email protected]

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Job Band C3 Manager’s Name DMS