Grants, Fundraising & Partnership Officer

Job Title: Grants, Fundraising & Partnership Officer
Number of vacancies: 01
Payment Grade: Full time
Reporting to: Head of Programs and Partnerships
Department: Programs and Partnerships
Overall job objective:
The role is responsible for identifying funding opportunities, developing high-quality
proposals, maintaining partnership databases, supporting reporting processes, and
strengthening engagement between CoRSU and its partners, donors, corporate
entities and community-based organizations.
Functional Outputs/Activities per key performance area:
Grants Acquisition, Proposal Development and donor compliance:
• Identify new donor, corporate, and institutional funding opportunities aligned
to CoRSU’s strategic plan.
• Facilitate design sessions in coordination with CoRSU Head of Programs and
Partnerships and ensure proposal design is in line with CoRSU standards and
practices.
• Liaise with Head of Programs and Partnerships to ensure proposals are of high
quality, meet internal and donor standards and are submitted on time to the
donor.
• Maintain a database of upcoming calls for proposals, deadlines, eligibility, and
priority themes.
• Support the development of budgets in collaboration with Finance and
relevant departments
• Track grant deliverables, reporting timelines, and milestones to ensure
compliance.
• Coordinate donor reporting by collecting program data, financial information,
and results from relevant department especially for CSR and other donations
received by CoRSU

• Maintain an internal grant tracker and share periodic updates with head of
programs.
• Support internal and external audits related to grants.
• Update project management tools, including funding trackers, grant trackers
and dashboards.
Fundraising & Resource Mobilization
• Support the implementation of the CoRSU Resource Mobilization &
Fundraising Strategy.
• Develop fundraising materials, impact stories, case studies, and
communication products in collaboration with the PR/Communications team.
• Engage with corporate partners to mobilize CSR support, sponsorships, and in-
kind contributions.
• Support events such as CoRSU Walk, fundraising campaigns, and partner
engagement forums.
• Support the Head of Programs and Partnerships to track funding
opportunities, including calls for funding progress of proposals, submission
deadlines, financing available.
• Develop tools and systems for business analytics, visualizing funding trends
(thematic, geographically, donors, etc.) and identifying risks, gaps and
challenges, to inform management decision making.
• Support the identification and maintain a database of existing and potential
implementing partners
• Strengthen CoRSU’s relationships with relevant line Government Ministries,
donors, and partners, through regular meetings, consultations, and updates
on CoRSU’s programs.
Partnership Development and coordination
• Work closely with the PR/Communications Officer to ensure timely and
accurate communication with donors and all partners reference the donor
communication and engagement strategy.
• Collect and synthesize program data, patient stories, impact evidence, and
photos for communication, reporting, and fundraising purposes.
• Support the preparation of program briefs, donor updates, and
documentation of achievements and lessons learned.
• Support in organizing donor visits, field missions, and partner events.
• Maintain updated Partner and Donor Profiles and the Partnership/MoU
Tracker.
• Coordinate partnership meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow
up action points.
• Support renewal and compliance of partnership MOUs in collaboration with
the PMO and legal/administration teams.
• Ensure consistent communication with partners and respond to partner
needs promptly.
Capacity Building
• Provide support and training to the field teams to ensure that effectively
contribute to Business Development

• Provide support to program teams at key moments including program start-
up, kick-off meetings, inception meeting check-ins, quality audits and spot
checks, and end of program transition meetings.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the Team to grow competencies in
business development.
Representation
• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with donors, peer
agencies and other stakeholders to ensure consistent communications to
donors at all levels.
• As delegated, act as focal point for all queries and information requests from
CoRSU and donors in collaboration with head of programs.
• Represent CoRSU to donors, peer agencies and other key stakeholders, as
requested.
Financial Management
• Develop the budget for the department as per the guidelines set.
• Monitor and control the allocated budget and put measures in place to address
variances.
Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency.
Risk Management
Perform risk assessments for strategies prior to implementation and develop a
mitigation plan to manage the risks.
Compliance
• Ensure CoRSU Program policies, Donor guidelines and regulatory compliance
in execution of activities.
Required Qualifications, Experience and Key Competencies
Bachelor’s degree in international relations, Public Health, Public Administration and
Management, Business Administration, Social Works and Administration, or related
field
A master’s degree in Community Based Rehabilitation, Social Work and Social
Administration, or Public Health is added advantage
Minimum of 5 years of experience providing coordination or management support to
program implementation in humanitarian and development contexts,
Experience working with key institutional donors (USAID, FCDO, EC, private
foundations, etc.) and familiarity with their donor regulations related to reporting and
program implementation
Advanced training in Project Management/Programs Management is an added
advantage
Recognized training and success in proposal writing, Advocacy, leadership and
community work is an added advantage
Key Competencies & Skills
• Stakeholder Management i.e. Board, Donor relations

• Project Management Skills
• Program Design
• Budget Management
• Proposal Writing Skills
• Advanced Analytical Skills

Qualified persons should submit their applications (detailed CV with a cover letter plus
copies of Academic Qualifications) to: The Head of Human Resources, CoRSU Hospital
P.O. 46 Kisubi, or email to: recruitment@corsuhospital.org before midnight of Tuesday,
28th July, 2026, the Title of the Job you are applying for and the name of the Applicant
should be the subject of the email.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.