Strategic Collaborations and Resource Mobilisation Coordinator

The Opportunity

The Strategic Collaborations and Resource Mobilisation Coordinator will support Save the Children Türkiye to diversify and strengthen its funding base while developing strategic collaborations that contribute to greater and more sustainable impact for children in line with Country Strategic Plan.

The role responds to the Country Office’s evolving resource mobilisation model, with a particular focus on building domestic corporate and institutional funding, strengthening strategic engagement with Save the Children Members, and developing new channels of support that can contribute to the sustainability and growth of the Country Strategic Plan.

A core purpose of the role is to proactively identify, cultivate and manage relationships with Türkiye-based companies, corporate foundations, business networks, chambers of commerce, institutional stakeholders and other prospective supporters. The post holder will translate Save the Children Türkiye’s programme priorities and impact into relevant funding and collaboration propositions, develop and maintain a qualified opportunity pipeline, and coordinate engagement from initial prospecting through to partnership development and follow-up.

The role will also lead structured engagement with priority Save the Children Members, Global Program Funding and New Business Development Teams ensuring regular communication on Türkiye’s programme priorities, funding needs and emerging opportunities. This will include identifying potential institutional and corporate opportunities through Members, supporting early positioning and concept development, and facilitating access to Member technical, fundraising and strategic support.

Where funding opportunities progress to proposal stage, the post holder will coordinate or contribute to the development of concepts and proposals in collaboration with programme, technical, finance, awards and operational teams. Proposal coordination will therefore form part of the role, while the primary focus will remain on relationship development, opportunity generation, market engagement and resource mobilisation.

The role will report to the Director of Programme Development, Quality and Impact (PDQI), and work closely with Country Director, SMT members and relevant programme and support functions and partner organizations recognising that successful resource mobilisation requires active senior-level engagement and cross-functional ownership.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will support resource mobilisation and partner engagement for the response and may be required to work outside the normal role profile and adjust working hours accordingly.

In order to be successful you will bring/have: 

• Demonstrated experience in resource mobilisation, strategic partnership/collaboration development, business development, corporate engagement or a comparable external-facing role, preferably within the nonprofit, development, sustainability or social impact sectors.


• Proven ability to identify, cultivate and maintain productive relationships with a diverse range of external stakeholders, including companies, foundations, institutional funders, business networks, professional associations and senior decision-makers.


• Strong understanding of the Türkiye corporate and institutional landscape, with the ability to identify relevant networks, sectors, funding opportunities and potential areas of collaboration.


• Demonstrated ability to translate programme priorities, social issues and evidence of impact into clear and compelling propositions for different audiences, including corporate and institutional stakeholders.


• Experience in developing and managing an opportunity or relationship pipeline, including prospect identification, stakeholder mapping, prioritisation, engagement planning and systematic follow-up.


• Strong networking, influencing and negotiation skills, with confidence representing an organisation in external meetings, events and relationship-building activities.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, coordinating inputs from programme, technical, finance, awards, communications and operational colleagues.


• Experience contributing to the development of concept notes, funding proposals, partnership proposals or similar donor-facing materials. Ability to coordinate formal proposal development processes when required.


• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, including the ability to assess opportunities, identify potential alignment between organisational and stakeholder priorities, and recommend a clear course of action.


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex programme and organisational priorities clearly and persuasively to both internal and external audiences.


• Strong organisational and relationship-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple prospects and opportunities at different stages while ensuring timely and consistent follow-up.


• Ability to operate proactively and independently in a changing environment, identify new opportunities and take initiative in developing relationships and solutions.


• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability, including willingness to adjust priorities and working arrangements in response to major humanitarian emergencies.


• Fluency in English and Turkish, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.

Desirable

• Established networks or previous engagement with Türkiye-based companies, business associations, chambers of commerce, corporate foundations, sustainability/CSR networks or philanthropic actors.


• Experience developing corporate social impact, sponsorship, employee engagement, pro-bono, in-kind or multi-year programme partnerships.


• Experience working with multinational companies and/or coordinating relationships between global corporate headquarters and local country operations.


• Familiarity with Türkiye’s institutional donor landscape and relevant international funding mechanisms, including EU and bilateral funding.


• Experience working across an international federation, network or membership-based organisation and coordinating funding or relationship-development activities across different entities.


• Experience with high-net-worth individual engagement, major giving or public fundraising.


• Experience using CRM, opportunity management or donor relationship-management systems.


• Experience developing persuasive concept notes and competitive proposals for institutional or corporate funders.


• Understanding of child rights, social impact, sustainability, ESG or responsible business principles would be an advantage.

Position holder will be based in İstanbul, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application. Applications will be evaluated in a rolling basis.

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 


• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,


• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.