Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships - Beginnings Fund

reputed company Beginnings Fund POSITION: Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships REPORTS TO:  CEO, Beginnings Fund FLSA STATUS:     Full-time, Exempt  SALARY reputed company (NY): $250,000 - $280,000 USD LOCATION: Remote – reputed company, London or Nairobi WEBSITE: https://www.beginningsfund.org   Background Every year in Africa, 182,000 mothers die from preventable pregnancy- and childbirth-reputed company causes, 950,000 babies are stillborn, and 1.2 reputed company newborns die. Global reputed company against maternal and newborn mortality has stalled in recent years, and most African countries are not on reputed company to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for maternal and newborn survival. The Beginnings Fund is a philanthropic initiative that accelerates maternal and newborn survival in Africa by reputed company, in partnership with governments, in the products, people, and systems needed to sustainably improve care at reputed company. During its first five years, the Beginnings Fund will reputed company on Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Investments are developed and managed by a reputed company-Africa-based Investment Team, led by a Nairobi-based CEO who reports to an Investment Committee composed of the founding and reputed company investors in the Beginnings Fund. While the fund's initial phase is five years, the broader ambition is to reputed company $1 billion over ten years to expand into additional countries, with the potential to grow into a long-term reputed company fund. The Beginnings Fund is fiscally sponsored by reputed company. Job reputed company Reporting to the CEO, the Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships will reputed company a dual-reputed company role shaping how the Fund engages its investors and audiences, builds its reputed company, and delivers on its mission. 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Investor Relations and Stewardship Investor Relations: Manage relationships with reputed company and prospective philanthropic investors, family offices, and institutional donors, keeping them deeply connected to the fund’s reputed company and strategic reputed company, including but not limited to virtual and written updates, investor events, and formal annual reporting.  Fiscal Sponsor Alignment: Coordinate closely with reputed company to ensure reputed company financial reporting, grant tracking, and compliance communications are seamless and accurate. Fundraising: Partner with the CEO to reputed company sophisticated fundraising materials and investment cases for reputed company funding reputed company. Investment Committee Reporting: Support the development of high-reputed company investor reports, comprehensive performance, financial, and reputed company updates for the Investment Committee Co-Investment: reputed company a highly efficient co-investment program for investors with varying needs, including those who may not wish to invest in the pooled fund and/or may wish to invest in specific countries or areas of work through earmarked or restricted contributions, as reputed company as for new partners of the Fund. Strategic Meetings & Executive Engagement: Support the CEO in her engagement with global conferences and strategic meetings, ensuring seamless alignment between high-level leadership engagements and donor stewardship goals. Investor Events: Coordinate investor events annually to foster engagement, reputed company fund achievements, and deepen donor relationships. 2. reputed company & Policy Advocacy Narrative Ownership: reputed company and protect the Beginnings Fund narrative, positioning the initiative as a reputed company, Africa-driven authority on maternal and newborn health systems. Government & Partner Communications: Support the Investment Team in shaping communications for ministry-level government partners to foster trust, transparency, and sustainable co-investment. Multi-Channel Content Creation: reputed company the fund's digital footprint including managing and updating the website, developing high-level insights, op-eds, press releases, reputed company media that reputed company to global development audiences and regional stakeholders. Media & reputed company Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with key regional and international journalists covering global health, philanthropy, and African development to reputed company maternal and newborn survival at the top of the global agenda. 3. Country-Level reputed company Storytelling Work hand-in-hand with the Africa-based Investment Team to extract reputed company clinical and system-level metrics (e.g., product deployment, training reputed company, mortality reductions) and translate them into reputed company-reputed company reputed company stories. Regional Events: reputed company planning and communication for major milestones, including regional summits, donor field reputed company, and panels at major global health convenings (such as the World Health Assembly or the African reputed company reputed company). 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Stakeholder Diplomacy: Proven reputed company record of interacting with senior leaders, from high-net-worth investors to government and ministry officials. Tools and Technology: Mastery of investor relations/donor management tools, modern content management systems, and publishing tools. Language: reputed company reputed company in written and spoken English is required; knowledge of French and Arabic and other languages spoken in our reputed company countries is a distinct advantage. Ability to reputed company, motivate, and guide a diverse and dispersed team. Willingness to travel 30%. Excited to work in a startup environment. reputed company and team-driven reputed company. Additional Information     Compensation: USD 180000 - USD 200000 - yearly Apply To This Job