To provide support and advice to the Program Manager, assist in developing and coordinating proposals for multi-sectoral & multi-area relief and recovery programs; liaising with potential and current donors to establish relationships that promote fund acquisition and program collaboration; providing overall coordination in technical assistance, planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting of assigned portfolios; and collaborating with other departments to develop integrated programming.
Areas of Responsibility:
Grant Acquisition and Proposal writing
- Support the Programs Team to identify funding opportunities and conduct donor analysis
- Develop concept paper/ proposals aligned with strategic objectives and donor requirements
- Support information collation, other preparation for stakeholder meetings, including institutional donors (ECHO, DFID, EU, OFDA etc.) including bilateral, multilateral and corporates.
- Support liaison with donors, UN and other agencies to resource operations plan to address humanitarian needs.
- Participate in joint agency assessments, task-force teams, workshops etc.
- Assist in annual operating plan preparation including: design, needs assessment, proposal writing, marketing, evaluation and reporting
- Works with Response Director, Grants Acquisition and Management Unit and support Offices to coordinate identification of funding opportunities and grant acquisition
- Manage grants to closely align with donor requirements and community needs in a changing context, clearly communicating to internal and external parties and supporting finance in tracking response funding
- Participate in actual project design, implementation, and evaluation
Program Support
- Support the ongoing monitoring and analysis of donor opportunities
- Support mapping of all funding sources with all key stakeholders
- Support program strategy and planning process with all functions to ensure alignment with context, humanitarian needs and response strategy as well as operational feasibility and technical quality.
- Prepare monthly, annual and end-of-project narrative reports and situation report (Sitrep).
- Compile/collate major donor management reports.
Representation and Communication
- Provide program updates as needed to key WV support offices, the Regional Office, donors and partners.
- Assist the Program Manager with representation of WV and networking with NGOs and local donor delegations.
Financial Management
- Monitor funding status for each sector of the program to identify possible funding gaps and ensure smooth transitions from one grant to the next.
- Obtain funding for program’s unfunded sections.Human Resource Management
- Support Project Managers to implement technical and managerial evaluations.
- Provide support to field personnel.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations or related field.
Skills/Experience:
- Self-starter who can work independently under pressure.
- 4 years’ experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies
- Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
- Ability to travel regularly and provide training assessment regular monitoring and evaluation.
- A high level of diplomacy and networking skills is required.
- Understanding of international standards including SPHERE, HAP, Code of Conduct, etc.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity flexible world view emotional maturity and physical stamina.
- Proven solid track record in project design and fundraising
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 15 2017
Active Until:
Oct 15 2017
Hiring Organization:
World Vision
industry:
Nonprofit