**About Ektimisi**

Ektimisi is a MENA-based research and development consulting firm supporting donors, NGOs, civil society organizations, research bodies, and academic institutions. We operate across the Middle East and Eastern Europe through field teams and local partners, delivering research, evaluations, third-party monitoring, capacity building, and economic empowerment services.

To strengthen our pool of experts and support upcoming assignments, we are seeking an experienced **Strategic Fundraising, Feasibility and Resource Mobilization Consultant** to contribute to feasibility-informed fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and long-term financial sustainability planning.

**Role purpose**

The consultant will lead the design and implementation of fundraising and resource-mobilization strategies that support organizational growth, partnership development, and sustainable financing. The role combines **strategic analysis, donor engagement, proposal development, and feasibility-informed decision-making** to guide major initiatives and investment priorities.

**Key responsibilities**

**Strategy and analysis**

- Assess funding landscape, opportunities, and gaps, and recommend viable resource-mobilization approaches.
- Develop fundraising and resource-mobilization strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
- Provide strategic recommendations to leadership on sustainability and growth.

**Financial feasibility and modelling**

- Develop **financial feasibility assessments** for major initiatives (e.g., services, new units, expansion plans).
- Build **multi-year financial projections** (income/revenue streams, cost structures, cashflow assumptions).
- Conduct **break-even and sensitivity analysis** to test key assumptions and risks.
- Translate financial findings into clear decision options and recommendations.

**Donor engagement and partnerships**

- Identify, map, and engage institutional, philanthropic, and private-sector donors.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships and collaboration opportunities.
- Support high-level donor meetings, coordination, and relationship management.

**Proposal development and fundraising delivery**

- Lead preparation of grant proposals, concept notes, and fundraising materials.
- Maintain donor pipelines, opportunity tracking, and reporting systems.
- Support implementation of fundraising campaigns and partnership initiatives.

**Organizational strengthening**

- Strengthen internal systems and tools for fundraising, pipeline tracking, and sustainability planning.
- Provide guidance to teams on feasibility-informed planning and investment readiness.

**Minimum qualifications**

- Significant experience in **fundraising, partnerships, resource mobilization, or strategic consulting**.
- Demonstrated experience conducting **financial feasibility analysis** and building **multi-year financial projections**.
- Strong skills in **budgeting, costing, forecasting, and scenario planning**.
- Proven success securing institutional or philanthropic funding.
- Strong analytical, proposal-writing, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
- Advanced English proficiency and strong professional writing ability.
- Relevant university degree in business, economics, finance, development, or related field.
- Previous experience working in the humanitarian and development field
- Previous experience working with consultancies or research firms
- Arabic language (is an asset)

**Engagement modality**

Important note:

This call is to build Ektimisi’s **consultant pool of experts** for current and upcoming opportunities. Inclusion in the pool of experts **does not guarantee immediate engagement but** allows us to include your profile in competitive proposals.

Compensation & working arrangements

- Paid per completed deliverables based on estimation of daily rate.
- Remote work
- Remote work with flexible hours (with occasional coordination calls).