Organization	Passerelles numériques
Reporting to	External Relations Manager
Status	VSI or local contract
Project	Passerelles numériques Madagascar
Start date	As soon as possible
Location	Antananarivo, Madagascar

Passerelles Numériques (PN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling highly disadvantaged youths, through their abilities and their commitment, to access education and technical and vocational training in the sector of Information Technology. We work to build strong employability which will allow them and their families to escape poverty in a sustainable way, and contribute to the social and economic development of their countries.

Established in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia, Passerelles Numériques currently trains more than 600 students and employs around 100 people based in these three countries including a small team in France.  Since 2005, PN has produced more than 2 600 graduates.

With the support of Fondation pour l’Enfance, Passerelles numériques Madagascar offers a post-baccalaureate and pre-university preparatory year in Antananarivo. Dedicated to underprivileged young people at Baccalaureate level, this springboard year aims to develop their cross-functional, technical and soft skills essential to a sustainable career in the era of the digital economy.

Website: http://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/en

The External Relations Manager maintains and develops the relationships between the organisation and the partner companies and prospects, with the main objectives of promoting PN programs thus securing internship placements for students, facilitating job placements for graduates as well as fundraising.

The External Relations Manager and his/her team are the key team to create a positive public image for PN. S/he is assisting the Country Representative in local representation and communication.

EXISTING PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT

Together with the Country Representative, create an annual partnership development plan and implement it.

Be the main contact for local partners.

IT companies

• Maintain and develop a network of local partnerships with companies to
  • Promote the project
  • Organise internship placements for students
  • Propose volunteering and probono activities
  • Propose partnerships offers
  • Research funding or in-kind donation opportunities
• Organise IT Market surveys (every 2 years) and communicate about the results.

Local NGOs, Government, institutional funding and universities

• Maintain and develop partnerships with local NGO’s, in order to
• Mutualize resources (knowledge, building, material, infrastructure)
• Apply for grants together
• Maintain and develop partnerships with local universities and IT schools where the students will continue their studies (follow up on the relationship and negotiate a fee reduction and material help).

Individual donors and small companies

• Develop a fundraising action plan (campaigns to individual donors, small companies) in collaboration with the Country Representative and with support of the Director of Global Partnerships & Communication.

Partnership management

• Ensure the admin management of each partnership is well organized (agreement, donation follow-up, thank you process, tax receipt…)
• Ensure a good and bespoke reporting to each partner is in place (financial and narrative)
• Keep the partners/donors’ relations active
• Develop new partnership ideas
• Elaborate a communication and events plan.

Alumni participation

• Develop a fundraising action plan (actions at events, Solidarity Act, etc.)
• Organise fundraising campaigns
• Organise surveys to be filled in.

PARTNERSHIP & FUNDING PROSPECTION

Together with the Country Representative, create an annual prospection plan and implement it.

New prospects IT companies, NGOs, etc.

• Identify suitable local prospects and partnership opportunities
• Analyse requirements and recommend a bespoke strategy to reach them
• Organize meetings with these local prospects and submit bespoke offers.

Funding opportunities

• Research local funding opportunities
• Coordinate the answering process to calls for proposals (local foundations for instance).

FUNDING PROPOSALS MANAGEMENT

Proposals led and managed by Global team

• Work in collaboration with the Global team for proposal writing
• Prepare data and information requested by Global team in a timely manner.

Proposals led and managed by local team

• Request support from Global team when needed
• Keep Global team informed of proposals planned.

REPORTING & DATABASE MANAGEMENT

• Keep data updated on the PN Indicator monitoring sheet
• Ensure all reports and data for global reports are submitted on time
• Ensure timely and correct database management of prospects/grants in Salesforce.

FINANCE

• Prepare the annual budget for the ERO department according to the annual action plan
• Prepare an annual funding plan and keep track of all donations, grants
• Communicate regularly with the finance manager on updates of the income forecast (i.e. late payment of donation or grant) to keep the Cash flow statement up to date
• Work with the Finance Manager to prepare funding proposals budgets.

COMMUNICATION & EVENTS

With the assistance of the Global Communication manager,

• Develop and implement a strong communications strategy to make PN visible in the non-profit sector in the country (organisation of key events in the digital and educational sector, social media management)
• Produce an annual communication plan
• Coordinate all communication aspects of the project: internal and external
• Ensure that all communication materials/communication such as: Templates and communication tools, website, blog, social medias, articles for PN newsletter, thank-you letter to donors, students’ testimonies… are done in a timely manner
• Ensure that PN communication charter and guidelines are respected and applied internally and externally
• Organise events and actions to promote the organisation (including student Graduation Ceremony, )
• Provide communication content required by donors.
• Participate to all relevant events.

OTHER

• Actively contribute to cross centers information sharing and common projects
• Organize and take part in school events, workshops, trainings, outings and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening
• Liaise with colleagues and work flexibly
• Attend staff meetings
• Respect school rules and regulations.

EDUCATION

BAC+3 or BAC+ 5 business school or equivalent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1 to 3 years of experience in fundraising, ideally in the field of international solidarity.

JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Able to convince and develop partnership opportunities
• Results-oriented
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work in a team, and work in a complex and multidisciplinary ecosystem
• Good command on communication tools and MS Office, Canva, and Salesforce is a plus
• Knowledge of Malagasy culture is a plus.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in written and spoken French & English

• Contract: depending on profile, local contract or International Solidarity Volunteer Contract (VSI)
• Duration: depending of contract status