Funding Manager (Hubs)

JOB PURPOSE

Start Network has enabled the setup of Hubs in 10 countries across the last 3 years in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pacific, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, and South Sudan. Our hubs are collectives of local, national, and international humanitarian organisations operating in the same country or region with a vision of system change. They are working together to tackle the deep-rooted issues in humanitarian responses within their countries. Hubs control their own resources and define their own responses to crises affecting their communities. They are supported by the global Start Network.

The purpose of this role is to collaborate with Hub representatives to set up successful resource mobilisation functions in selected Hub country and mobilise new funds directly for them. This is a critical role for our strategy and will require someone with experience in setting up income streams from scratch (including setting resource mobilisation strategies and fund-raising protocols). This role requires someone with ample experience in coordinating teams across countries and securing new income from donors. Most Hubs are new entities, therefore the support required will also include capacity-building, donor-mapping, creating exciting brochures about the hubs, helping hubs set up their fundraising strategy, direct engagement on behalf of the Hubs with the donors, and other activities, as defined by consultations with the Hubs and the resource mobilisation team based in London. Provision of support to the Hubs will largely be done through remote coordination, facilitation, and engagement. This is a new role and will require flexibility and a proactive can do attitude. We expect the role will initially focus on 3-4 countries: for now we have confirmed Guatemala, Somalia, and Pakistan a fourth country will be picked in Q4 2025. Although the role may initially focus on these countries, the expectation is that over time we will be able to offer this support to other countries as capacity is available.