Job Title: Ukraine Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Manager

Reporting to: Country Representative

Contract Type: Fixed-term contract or consultancy

Contract Duration: Until 31 March 2026 (with possibility to extend, subject to funds confirmation)

Salary banding: 2,000-2,400$ (net)

Duty Station: Physical presence in Ukraine or work from abroad remotely

Part 1: Role Purpose:

Street Child is seeking a person who is eager to be involved in supporting the response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine caused by Russian military assault. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a member of a well-established international organisation and its growing team in Ukraine.

The role will require a motivated and enthusiastic candidate to focus on resource mobilisation through communication with potential donors and sponsors both in Ukraine and abroad for creation of new opportunities, attracting financial resources for expansion of projects and goals of Street Child Ukraine. The person will be responsible for creating a strategy of engagement and fundraising with donors, including corporations, businesses, humanitarian, development donors, and foreign entities and leveraging visibility of Street Child Ukraine. The person will be closely engaging with Country Director, programmes teams in Ukraine, Communication, and Fundraising teams in Street Child’s London, UK headquarters.

We are looking for candidates with a ‘can-do’ attitude and previous experience in resource mobilisation and partnership. They should be a good storyteller, have the ability to write clearly and be proficient in Ukrainian and English. This is a demanding role and is suited to individuals who enjoy being busy and involved in different exciting projects aiming to support the children affected by war. In return it is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience in a globally-renowned international humanitarian NGO.

Street Child is proud to work with and through Ukrainian civil society organisations. A candidate for this role should be prepared to work closely with local organisations to support their ability to impact the communities they serve.

Part 2: Key Responsibilities:

1)Donor relationship management (70%)

• Lead on development for high level proposal to national and international donors submitted in English or Ukrainian language
• Lead the process of building on headquarter fundraising strategy and its execution in line with the organisation's objectives,
• Lead the process of building on headquarter strategy of engagement with donors, covering trusts & foundations, government & private donors including major donors and corporates and its execution,
• Create and build up a strong long-lasting network of Street Child Ukraine donors in Ukraine and worldwide, working closely with SC central fundraising teams,
• Identify, cultivate, and secure partnerships with donors whose mission and vision are aligned with Stret Child goals,
• Coordinate with strong humanitarian and development organisations on submitting multisectoral proposals,
• Organise and maintain campaigns and events that focus on fundraising and resource attraction
• Creation of presentations and information materials for potential donors,
• Building network of relationships with donors and supporters,
• Establish and maintain communication channels with donors and supporters,
• Conducting research on potential donors and funding opportunities in Ukraine an outside.

2) Representation and Communication (30%)

• Lead a process of building on headquarter communications plan for Street Child Ukraine, including gathering high-quality written and visual content from programmes,
• Represent organisation on national and global level to attract potential donors,
• Communicate with private and institutional donors (including private foundations, public trusts, governmental donors, bilateral aid agencies in Europe, Asia and Americas) for Street Child projects and activities in Ukraine,
• Represent organisation at stakeholder, donor, coordination meetings and events,
• Lead a communication flow with Street Child Ukraine programmes team and pool of experts on writing winning proposals,
• Communicate with Street Child Ukraine programmes team to be aware of current projects and build on future successes,
• Engage with Communication department at headquarter to ensure headquarter includes Street Child Ukraine projects in their information campaigns and engagement with external audience,
• Communicate with Street Child fundraising teams in headquarter, Europe and America in order to create a strong coordination in fundraising efforts and alignment with organizational fundraising or donor relationship strategy.

3) Other

• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role,
• A strong commitment to Street Child’s vision, mission, and values,
• Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures.

Part 3: Person Specification

Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills,
• Excellent storytelling skills both in English and Ukrainian,
• At least 5 years of work experience in donor relations, donor management, fundraising at senior position,
• Demonstrated experience in securing six-figures institutional and philanthropic funds,
• Knowledge in pitching ideas to donors in humanitarian or developmental context,
• Experience in creating fundraising activities and campaigns,
• Experience of working in humanitarian or development sectors in Ukraine, preferably in education or child protection,
• Experience in creation of donor’s relationship strategy or similar,
• Experience using digital tools such as Google Analytics, email marketing platforms and social media management tools,
• Ability to work independently on a range of tasks and to take initiative to take on further responsibilities as appropriate,
• Ability to gather, store, share information related to projects and pass information to other team members in structural way.

Education / Qualifications:

• Secondary School Diploma.

Other:

• A commitment to Street Child’s mission and values.

About Street Child:

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education and child protection addressing pressure of mental health support issues that underpin today’s humanitarian crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Western Europe. Since 2022 we have helped over 130,000 Ukrainian children and adults.

Street Child’s commitment to safe environment:

Street Child is committed to diversity at workplace and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital partnership status, race, ethnic and national origins or sexual orientation.

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check. Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

To apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and so interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

As this role is based in country, appropriate pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.