Development Manager

• Build and manage Lafiya's funding pipeline by identifying, researching, and qualifying new funding opportunities from foundations, philanthropists, family offices, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other strategic partners.
• Lead proposal and material development by writing compelling letters of inquiry, concept notes, grant applications, and donor proposals tailored to each funder's interests and priorities.
• Oversee donor stewardship by coordinating reports, updates, and other relationship-management activities, ensuring timely follow-up on donor conversations, requests, and commitments.

The funding you secure directly determines how many women Lafiya can reach with life-saving contraception, enabling access to contraception in hard-to-reach communities in northern Nigeria.

• Completed bachelor’s degree and 5–8 years of fundraising experience in a non-profit working on global health, livelihoods, or a related development sector.
• Proven track record of securing and managing 6- to 7-figure grants from foundations, corporate donors, major donors, and/or government grants.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, strong strategic thinking, and comfort working with data, outcomes, and budgets.
• Proficiency with digital work tools including Google Workspace and Slack.

£45,000 gross per year (UK-based; adjusted for cost of living for candidates outside UK). Benefits include: 30 days’ paid annual leave, fully paid maternity leave, bonus compensation scheme up to two full months of additional pay based on performance, flexibility in where/when/how you work, HMO insurance cover, travel reimbursements, possibility of a co-working space.

Lafiya is on a mission to make contraception accessible to anyone who needs it and wants it, no matter where they live, through a network of female health professionals (Lafiya Sisters) operating in hard-to-reach communities in northern Nigeria.