Development Manager

ABOUT INKOMOKO 

Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive. 

In 2025, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 8th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies. 

Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change.  We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.  

Inkomoko has 750+ staff in 40 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko's 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives. 

 
INKOMOKO VALUES

All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:

• Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, and be a global leader.
• Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible. 
• Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback
• Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, and inclusive.
• We Eat Goat:  we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.

Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Refugees, women, and persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply. 

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES

This position plays a critical role in our growth and sustainability by cultivating relationships with key funders to support our mission and goals. This role typically involves working closely with colleagues throughout Inkomoko, as well as external stakeholders such as current and future donors, implementing partners, and other organizations in the sector.

This role requires a strategic thinker to build on and implement our five year development strategy, collaborating with members of the senior leadership team across countries to meet our funding targets. Regular travel to Inkomoko's countries of operation will be required. The position holder can be based in any of our offices: Addis, Kigali, Nairobi, Juba or N'Djamena.

Strategy and People Management

• Help chart the future direction of the Development team by implementing our 2030 strategy and increasing the number of funders who support our work
• Manage a growing team of grant writers, with particular focus on building internal capacity around creative writing and storytelling
• Build systems that streamline funder management and track external interactions through a CRM (eg Salesforce) of past, current, and prospective funders

Funder Acquisition

• Identify, research, and fully analyze funding opportunities from corporates, bi/multi-laterals and foundations 
• Lead writer on concept notes, full grant proposal, and budgets
• Develop and lead a portfolio of contacts and champions

Relationship Management & Communications

• Oversee the timely production of Inkomoko's newsletters, annual report and other collateral materials, including an up-to-date website 
• Work with Comms to ensure social media content is fresh and relevant for our funder audience
• Attend conferences and external stakeholder events/meetings to represent Inkomoko and advocate for the work we do

Requirements

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Inkomoko has found that our happiest and most effective colleagues are proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, trustworthy, and accountable. They are go-getters with a can-do attitude, who support their teammates with sincerity. No task is too small and above all, they are humble and willing to give and receive feedback.

For this role, the successful candidate will have these qualities in spades. Additional qualifications and skills must include:

• Excellent communicator in spoken and written English, additional languages preferred
• 6+ yrs experience donor management, fundraising and team leadership
• Experience in grant writing, building teams, and developing a pipeline of future funders
• Strong project management skills with a particular focus on budgeting and financial reporting 
• Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
• Proven success in project coordination
• Comfortable working with data and doing financial analysis
• Demonstrated experience and results in nonprofit fundraising and reporting
• Strong computer skills in MS-Office, G-Suite, and CRMs

Benefits

WHAT YOU'LL GET

This role is inside a high-growth, mission-driven social enterprise. By joining, you'll access:

• Competitive salary, and potential Performance-based bonus
• Incredible company culture, with opportunities for learning and growth
• Diverse colleagues across the region, and policies that demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion 
• Ability to make a significant social impact to your community
• Health insurance for self and family
• Staff savings and provident fund, negotiated bank rates for long-term employees
• Generous annual leave, parental leave, and sabbatical options. 
  

TO APPLY

If you're excited about this role, please submit your application through the jobs portal. Tell us about what you'll bring to this growing company.

DEADLINE:  31 July 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible

Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion.  As we seek to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process. 

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and background screening checks. Inkomoko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, fraud, or abuse. By applying, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.