Senior Officer, Corporate and Business Partnerships

11 Sep 2026 Senior Officer, Corporate and Business Partnerships at African Wildlife Foundation Recruit candidates with Ease. 100% recruitment control with Employer Dashboard.We have the largest Job seeker visits by alexa rankings. Post a Job Company: African Wildlife Foundation Location: Kenya State: Nairobi Job type: Full-Time Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Kenya Resubmit your Resume Today. Click Here to Start

• Build, qualify, and manage a robust pipeline of prospective corporate and strategic business partners whose ESG and CSR commitments, sustainability practices, and business models align with AWF’s priorities. • Prepare thoughtful partnership strategies aligned with organizational income targets and strategic priorities. • Identify opportunities for partnerships and calls for proposals. • Secure new revenue streams, including through corporate grants, cause-related marketing, event sponsorship, matched funding, gifts in kind, and strategic alliances, to grow overall support from corporate and business partnerships from $1m to $3 million/year by 2030. • Develop and deliver briefings, presentations, and customized collateral for prospective partners. • Prepare Opportunities Review documents for Senior Management, complying with AWF’s Account Management Framework. • Work with Technical, Program, Design, and Finance teams to identify fundable projects, budgets, results frameworks, and evidence of impact. • Interface with Senior Management, Design Team, and assigned partners to support the development of tailored partnership concepts, proposals, sponsorship packages, and funding concepts. • Coordinate internal award management processes, including organizing the project’s kickoff meeting and representing the partner’s interests in account management committees. • Manage a portfolio of assigned corporate and business partners, serving as the liaison between partners and AWF program teams to ensure strategic alignment, mutual value, timely communication and engagement, and the prompt delivery of acknowledgments and stewardship materials. • Develop stewardship plans that demonstrate impact, strengthen engagement, and maximize partnership retention and growth. • Review partner reports and coordinate with field staff and the Finance Team to ensure accurate and timely technical and financial reporting, ensuring quality control and compliance with partner and AWF requirements and quality standards. • Support the preparation and negotiation of grant amendments, no-cost extensions, budget revisions, scope changes, and other agreement modifications, ensuring approvals are obtained before implementation. • Coordinate partner site visits, field trips, and impact reporting to demonstrate conservation outcomes. • Work with Program and Finance Teams to ensure closeout requirements are completed, including final reports, reconciliations, documentation archiving, and lessons learned.