This is a South-South advisory.
Jim is an experienced Kenyan humanitarian and development professional with over 15 years of experience across East Africa. He specialises in resource mobilisation, grants management, programme design, and donor engagement.
The Advisor's deployment strengthens resource mobilisation and donor engagement across multiple horizont3000 partner organisations in Uganda working in human rights, civil society and sustainable livelihoods. It responds to a funding environment where decentralised donor programmes and growing local fundraising create new opportunities, but many organisations still rely on short-term, project-based grants and lack the systems and tools needed for professional fundraising and consistent external communication. Based in Kampala and travelling as needed, the Advisor supports partners to engage donors and stakeholders more directly and to build long-term financial sustainability.The Advisor provides organisational consulting to review existing fundraising practices and strengthen internal processes, structures and roles that underpin sustainable resource mobilisation. Practical manuals and toolkits are developed to standardise donor communication, partnership management and compliance-relevant routines. The role supports partners to craft compelling proposals and improve donor engagement strategies, with a deliberate focus on integrating gender mainstreaming into fundraising narratives and outreach approaches. It also promotes innovative modalities such as foundations, social enterprises and alternative funding streams where these fit partners’ capacities and contexts.Capacity development is delivered through tailored trainings, workshops and peer-learning events that foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among NGOs. The advisory tracks the performance of resource mobilisation measures and turns evidence into strategic recommendations that help partners adjust approaches, prioritise opportunities and strengthen sustainability over time, while reinforcing ownership of fundraising products and processes within partner teams.
