Associate Director, Development
About the role
Development professional leading the management and quality of funder-facing pipeline across Africa, with a strong emphasis on writing, editing, storytelling, and cross-cultural team leadership to secure and manage donor funding.
Responsibilities
- Manage the pipeline of funder-facing deliverables, including proposals, pitches, reports, and site visit itineraries, ensuring deadlines and funder requirements are consistently met
- Review and refine all funder-facing deliverables prior to submission to ensure quality, accuracy, and alignment with funder expectations
- Build and maintain systems and timelines that give the Fundraising team visibility into upcoming deliverables and priorities
- Ensure the Fundraising team has consistent, reliable access to up-to-date impact and financial data to inform donor communications
- Partner with program and finance teams to translate data and outcomes into clear, compelling narratives for donors and partners
- Uphold a high bar for writing quality, tone, and accuracy across all donor-facing materials
- Develop and maintain templates, boilerplate language, and best practices to improve consistency and efficiency across the team
- Represent Noora Health externally at Africa-based meetings, events, and with funders as needed
- Support donor visits and engagement activities, including coordinating logistics for site visits
- Support prospecting research to help Noora develop connections with prospective new funders
- Serve as a knowledgeable, credible voice on Noora Health's work and impact in external settings
- Lead a small team, providing mentorship, feedback, and professional development support
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture across a geographically and culturally diverse group
- Work closely with program, finance, and communications teams to gather the information and materials needed for donor-facing content
- Contribute to global Development strategy, messaging, and priorities
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 12+ years of experience in development, fundraising, or communications, with demonstrated experience managing complex deliverables and deadlines
- Experience managing or mentoring a team, ideally across different geographies or cultural contexts
- Experience working with international donors, foundations, or institutional funders
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to distill complex programmatic and financial information into clear, persuasive narratives
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and stakeholders simultaneously
- High emotional and relational intelligence, with the ability to build trust and manage a cross-cultural team with sensitivity and care
- Comfort working with data and collaborating with finance and program teams to ensure accuracy
- Proficiency in Google Workspace and experience with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms
- Ability to travel internationally as needed
Skills
Benefits
- Not specified in the description
About Noora Health
Training patients and their families with health skills
Noora Health trains patient families with high-impact health skills that improve outcomes and save lives. Our model provides basic yet vital care knowledge through trusted providers by creating a scalable program for caregiving education and training within the established healthcare system. This model expands the care umbrella to include those closest to the patient — their family and community. Noora Health has trained over 30 million caregivers and patients across over 12,400 healthcare facilities in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal. The program reduces cardiac surgery complications by 71%, newborn readmissions by 56%, and neonatal mortality by 18%. By 2028, Noora Health will expand to reach over 70 million caregivers and patients.