This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Start Date: January 2027
Placement Length: 5 months
Language Requirements: English Level 5-Fluent
Eligibility: Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only
The Volunteer’s Role
Are you passionate about strengthening local organizations, building meaningful partnerships, and securing resources that create lasting social impact? This is an exciting opportunity to support a leading Ethiopian organization working to improve the lives of vulnerable communities and children.
As a Partnership & Resource Mobilization Advisor , you will collaborate with our partner, Hiwot Ethiopia in Addis Ababa to strengthen fundraising strategies, expand donor and partner engagement, enhance organizational systems, and build staff capacity in resource mobilization and performance measurement.
Through your expertise, you will help unlock new funding opportunities, improve program effectiveness, and contribute to sustainable development initiatives that create long-term impact across Ethiopia.
If you're ready to share your skills, strengthen local capacity, and support sustainable community development, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help create lasting impact.
As a volunteer, you will:
Strengthen Hiwot Ethiopia's resource mobilization strategy by identifying funding opportunities and cultivating relationships with donors, partners, and key stakeholders.
Lead the development of compelling grant proposals, concept notes, budgets, and funding applications to support priority programs and initiatives.
Enhance monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems by improving results frameworks, indicators, data collection tools, and reporting mechanisms.
Support organizational learning through beneficiary feedback systems, lessons learned, and evidence-based approaches that improve program quality and impact.
Strengthen internal policies and guidelines by supporting the review and enhancement of organizational MEAL frameworks, reporting processes, and compliance practices.
Essential Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in International Development, Development Studies, Business Administration, Communications, Economics, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, or a related field.
Essential Background:
2+ years of experience in fundraising, resource mobilization, grant writing, donor relations, or partnership development.
Experience designing or implementing monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Demonstrated success developing funding proposals, concept notes, donor reports, or business development documents.
Experience strengthening organizational capacity, systems, processes, or program performance within nonprofit, development, or social impact organizations.
Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multicultural teams and partner organizations.
What’s in it for YOU? A life-changing experience!
About Us
Cuso International (Cuso) is an international cooperation and development organization based in Canada that works to create social and economic opportunities for equity-deserving groups. Building on over sixty years of impactful work, we address global challenges by tackling the root causes of inequality. Working alongside our partners, we are focused on efforts to improve economic resilience, advance equity and inclusion for all, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures. Guided by our values of courage, inclusion, sustainability and accountability, Cuso combines innovative strategies and enduring partnerships to create lasting, meaningful change in communities across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
Project: Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE)
Partner: Rejoice Africa
Benefits
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