About Restless Development

Restless Development is a locally-led, globally connected network. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most. We also run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 5,000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.

Our approach to Safeguarding

Restless Development considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults to be an organisational imperative with primacy over the success of programmes or strategic objectives. We recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we expect all of our staff, volunteers and partners to ensure we protect the communities in which we operate from harm and abide by our Safeguarding Policy.

About the Role

We are seeking a Resource Mobilisation Coordinator to join our Global Resource Mobilisation Team. The Global Resource Mobilization team is made of staff members located across our different offices all over the world. It provides key fundraising support to our global network as well as to our local country offices/national member organisations. It is responsible for identifying and cultivating aligned funders, design and development of innovative program designs and coordination between multiple parts of our network in their fundraising efforts. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated fundraiser who believes in youth leadership and wants to help mobilise resources so that young people across the world can lead change on their own terms.

Based in Africa (ideally Nairobi), you will play a key role in driving forward Restless Development’s fundraising efforts across Africa and beyond. You will work collaboratively with our country offices and global team, building strong relationships with donors and partners, supporting the development of high-quality proposals, and helping to facilitate cross-country collaboration.

No two days will be the same. You might be connecting with a donor in the morning, supporting a multi-country proposal team in the afternoon, and attending a youth-led event the next day. There are significant opportunities for professional growth, travel, and leadership development.

This role is ideal for someone who is a confident communicator, committed to driving positive change, and able to work effectively in a dynamic, remote work environment.

Job title: Resource Mobilization Coordinator

Location: Africa

Remuneration: Dependent on country of location

Contract type: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Preferred start date: March 2026

Length of contract: 1-2 years

Reports to: Senior Resource Mobilization Manager

Expected travel: Occasional regional/international travel

Key Responsibilities

1. Prospecting and Donor Cultivation

Identify, research, and cultivate new funding leads, notably trusts and foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors.

Track donor intelligence, analyse trends, and share insights with country offices and global colleagues to inform agency-wide cultivation strategies.

Develop capacity statements, pitch decks, case studies, and other assets to communicate agency expertise and support donor outreach.

Provide high-quality relationship management and stewardship for existing donors, ensuring consistent engagement and responsiveness.

Assist with tracking key touchpoints, relationship mapping, and proactive follow-up with donor prospects.

Pitch and promote Restless Development’s work externally, with a particular focus on opportunities across Africa.

Support major fundraising events (e.g., Africa Philanthropy Forum) to raise visibility and cultivate strategic relationships.

2. Development of High-Quality Concepts, Offers, and Proposals

Lead end-to-end bid development, including facilitating design workshops, coordinating budgeting and due diligence, and drafting high-quality proposals that showcase agency expertise and - where possible - are co-created with young people and youth civil society.

Support in-country teams to produce strong, technically robust submissions, ensuring the effective coordination of technical inputs across programme, MEL, finance, safeguarding, and operations teams.

Enhance evidence-led storytelling by working with the communications team to develop compelling, well-packaged narratives for pitches and proposals.

Support in-country teams in identifying, on-boarding and co-creation with potential consortium partners whenever relevant during the proposal development process.

3. Regional Coordination & Support

Work closely with in-country teams to understand funding needs, identify opportunities, and strengthen resource mobilisation capacity.

Liaise with in-country Resource Mobilization leads in Africa hubs to identify key nodal points of support they require in their fundraising efforts.

Provide tailored support and training on fundraising, donor engagement, and proposal development to enhance regional fundraising effectiveness.

Support monthly coordination meetings to ensure alignment, shared learning and timely sharing of updates.

4. Data, Reporting & Knowledge Management

Ensure the global programme funding pipeline and funder database are kept up to date.

Provide support in quarterly reporting and performance analysis for the global agency and in-country hubs, and actively participate in quarterly shared leadership meetings.

Document lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful proposals to inform future bids.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of organisational processes, tools, and knowledge products related to resource mobilisation.

We are looking for people with the right competencies and skills for the role, and who demonstrate the personal qualities consistent with our Values.

• Identify, research, and cultivate new funding leads, notably trusts and foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors.
• Track donor intelligence, analyse trends, and share insights with country offices and global colleagues to inform agency-wide cultivation strategies.
• Develop capacity statements, pitch decks, case studies, and other assets to communicate agency expertise and support donor outreach.
• Provide high-quality relationship management and stewardship for existing donors, ensuring consistent engagement and responsiveness.
• Assist with tracking key touchpoints, relationship mapping, and proactive follow-up with donor prospects.
• Pitch and promote Restless Development’s work externally, with a particular focus on opportunities across Africa.
• Support major fundraising events (e.g., Africa Philanthropy Forum) to raise visibility and cultivate strategic relationships.
• Lead end-to-end bid development, including facilitating design workshops, coordinating budgeting and due diligence, and drafting high-quality proposals that showcase agency expertise and - where possible - are co-created with young people and youth civil society.
• Support in-country teams to produce strong, technically robust submissions, ensuring the effective coordination of technical inputs across programme, MEL, finance, safeguarding, and operations teams.
• Enhance evidence-led storytelling by working with the communications team to develop compelling, well-packaged narratives for pitches and proposals.
• Support in-country teams in identifying, on-boarding and co-creation with potential consortium partners whenever relevant during the proposal development process.
• Work closely with in-country teams to understand funding needs, identify opportunities, and strengthen resource mobilisation capacity.
• Liaise with in-country Resource Mobilization leads in Africa hubs to identify key nodal points of support they require in their fundraising efforts.
• Provide tailored support and training on fundraising, donor engagement, and proposal development to enhance regional fundraising effectiveness.
• Support monthly coordination meetings to ensure alignment, shared learning and timely sharing of updates.
• Ensure the global programme funding pipeline and funder database are kept up to date.
• Provide support in quarterly reporting and performance analysis for the global agency and in-country hubs, and actively participate in quarterly shared leadership meetings.
• Document lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful proposals to inform future bids.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of organisational processes, tools, and knowledge products related to resource mobilisation.

• Experience in institutional fundraising, including donor cultivation, proposal development and pipeline management.
• Ability to lead strategic funding proposals and reports; co-ordinating input from a variety of sources and working to tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Effective networking skills.
• Creative and systematic thinker.
• Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams, time zones and geographies.
• Ability to work independently as the role will be remote.
• Experience in the international development or youth sector.
• Knowledge of current and future funding trends.
• Understanding of project cycle management, budgeting, and donor compliance requirements.
• Experience of designing proposals and programmes in one or more of Restless Development’s priority areas - education and livelihoods, gender and sexual rights, voice and democracy, and climate change.
• Experience in communications and visual design.
• Proficiency in databases or CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).