WHAT IS START NETWORK?

Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.

Our current membership is made up of over 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.

OUR SOLUTIONS

DECENTRALISATION & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations.

EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises.

COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Catalysing innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions – and learning from them together with people affected by crises.

For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website.

OUR VALUES

WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming.

WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it.

WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.

WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.

WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.

WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.

JOB PURPOSE

The Head of Resource Mobilisation is a crucial role within Start Network. You will hold responsibility for setting and driving the income generation strategy, in collaboration with the Director of Business Development, for all of our global initiatives, particularly the Global Start Fund, Start Ready, our Innovation initiatives and our hubs. You will work closely with the Director of Business Development and relevant team heads to ensure financial stability for the organisation, and be responsible for overseeing all fundraising activities for our global programmes. This is a role for an ambitious and bold fundraising leader who has significant experience in securing large seven and ideally eight figure grants.

A large part of this role will focus on maintaining relations with governments, private foundations, corporate partners and making sure we maximise current donors for the benefit of the overall strategy. An exciting upcoming opportunity within this role will securing a new eight figure business case from FCDO in 2025. Beyond this, diversifying our donor base is also critical, so experience in securing new donors from scratch, particularly trusts and foundations and corporates (at the seven-figure level) will be paramount, so bringing a creative take to this area of work will be important.

Start Network’s programmes are innovative, impactful, unique and life-changing for vulnerable communities around the world. You and your team will need to convince donors to support our vision and provide them a refreshing and engaging experience. We will also look to this role to develop with key allies in our members and the sector to build relationships and influence how funding flows to the people affected by humanitarian crises.

You will have a passion for locally led action and will be able to speak eloquently around this point, as well as influence donors to change and flex their ways of working to shift power and resources to the front lines to enable locally led decision making and action.

Finally this role, will be a key driver in maintaining cooperative and fruitful relationships with our existing donor base.

Overall, this role will suit a positive, high performing leader, who has great self-leadership skills in order to manage and enable our talented resource mobilisation team to reach new heights.