Head of Strategic Partnerships
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Menstrual Rights Global
Remote (global)- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Partnership
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 25/08/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
About Menstrual Rights Global
Menstrual Rights Global is an international rights based organisation and network advancing menstrual rights across gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, public health, climate justice, humanitarian action and sustainable development.
Background
MRG is entering an important period of organisational growth. Our international community, relationships and programme portfolio are expanding, creating a need for a more coherent and sustainable approach to strategic partnerships and resource development.
MRG is therefore appointing a Head of Strategic Partnerships for an initial six month consultancy. Working in close partnership with the CEO and Board, the consultant will build a strong partnerships and resource mobilisation strategy, professionalise MRG's fundraising systems and approach, diversify funding streams and create a practical foundation that can be sustained beyond the assignment.
Purpose of the consultancy
The purpose of the consultancy is to establish an effective and creative strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation function that supports MRG as it grows. The consultant will help shape strategy, professionalise fundraising, diversify the opportunity pipeline and strengthen systems so MRG can manage relationships consistently and mobilise rapidly when strong or time sensitive opportunities emerge.
Essential experience and capabilities
Menstrual Rights Global is an international rights based organisation and network advancing menstrual rights across gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, public health, climate justice, humanitarian action and sustainable development.
Background
MRG is entering an important period of organisational growth. Our international community, relationships and programme portfolio are expanding, creating a need for a more coherent and sustainable approach to strategic partnerships and resource development.
MRG is therefore appointing a Head of Strategic Partnerships for an initial six month consultancy. Working in close partnership with the CEO and Board, the consultant will build a strong partnerships and resource mobilisation strategy, professionalise MRG's fundraising systems and approach, diversify funding streams and create a practical foundation that can be sustained beyond the assignment.
Purpose of the consultancy
The purpose of the consultancy is to establish an effective and creative strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation function that supports MRG as it grows. The consultant will help shape strategy, professionalise fundraising, diversify the opportunity pipeline and strengthen systems so MRG can manage relationships consistently and mobilise rapidly when strong or time sensitive opportunities emerge.
Essential experience and capabilities
- At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in strategic partnerships, fundraising or resource mobilisation, including experience at a senior level.
- A demonstrable track record of securing significant grants and funding commitments from philanthropic foundations, trusts, institutional donors or other values-aligned funders.
- Strong practical knowledge of the current philanthropic and funding landscape relevant to MRG, including how funders identify priorities, assess organisations, make decisions and manage relationships over time.
- Experience working across philanthropy and adjacent movements, such as gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, climate justice, health equity, humanitarian action, women’s leadership or wider social justice movements.
- Experience cultivating, stewarding and managing relationships with senior philanthropic decision-makers, institutional partners and other influential stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience building, establishing or significantly strengthening a partnerships or fundraising function, including its systems, processes and ways of working.
- Experience developing and managing a credible and diversified opportunity pipeline, including prospect research, qualification, cultivation, proposal development, follow up and stewardship, with the ability to move quickly when high value or time sensitive opportunities emerge.
- Strong experience leading or coordinating high quality proposals, concept notes, expressions of interest, budgets and other funder facing materials, including rapid turnaround submissions.
- Experience assessing prospective funders and partners, including due diligence, values alignment, reputational risk and potential conflicts of interest.
- Experience establishing or managing a customer relationship management system or comparable relationship and opportunity database.
- Experience working in an international or global context and collaborating effectively with people across different countries, sectors and organisational settings.
Experience advising and working directly with chief executives, boards or senior leadership teams.
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