Do you have at least 3 years' experience in institutional fundraising, working with European government donors? Do you want to use your experience to help create a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and foresters?
We are looking for a senior associate to write six and seven-figure funding proposals to European bilateral and multilateral donors to support the work of Rainforest Alliance globally. The senior associate will collaborate closely with our program teams and other units across different Rainforest Alliance locations, to ensure quality writing and editing of proposals, concept papers, and reports for institutional donors in line with tight deadlines.
This is a fast paced, highly competitive environment, and we are looking for candidates who have a high degree of organizational skill, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines.
The ability to proactively identify new funding sources to ensure a healthy financial pipeline growth is essential, as is confidence in liaising with contacts at government agencies to track opportunitites and trends.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required;
- At least 3 years’ experience in institutional fundraising, with proven track record of securing government grants;
- Experience of working with European government donors is essential; direct experience with the Dutch government would be a significant plus;
- Must have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with fluency in English; Dutch, Spanish and/or French fluency a significant plus;
- Must be a strong writer that is detail oriented, resourceful, and able translate complex, technical information into persuasive proposals;
- High degree of organizational skill, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines;
- Experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, work environment – preferably within a global organization;
- Experience of working within a developing-country context a plus;
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as be an effective team member;
- High degree of skill in using MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) required;
- Strong knowledge of conservation and/or community development/forestry/agriculture/livelihoods issues strongly preferred;
- Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM system a plus;
- Ability to travel up to 10% of time
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My client is in the midst of an extremely busy period as they provide support to keyworkers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Joining a passionate and highly capable team, The HR Advisor will provide a comprehensive service to the business by acting as the key point of contact for all queries related to People and OD, as well as employee relations.
Reporting into the HR Business Partner, key responsibilities of the Interim HR Advisor include:
* Providing a high level of support to Service Managers, offering clear guidance on all HR and OD queries.
* Improving employee relation guidelines and providing proactive advice to affected managers.
* Acting as the key point of contact for all queries related to your service area.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:
* Experience working in a similar role, specialising in People and OD.
* Experience working with Employer Relations.
* The ability to work both autonomously as an individual and part of a team.
* Excellent communication skills.
Candidates will need to be immediately available to start on Monday the 1 st of June or earlier.
Please note, this recruitment process is moving extremely quickly so apply now to avoid missing out on this career enhancing opportunity.
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About Us
The vision of Holy Trinity Brompton Church (HTB) & Alpha International is the re-evangalisation of the nations, the revitilisation of the Church and the transformation of society. Each member of staff plays a key role in contributing to our vision. Our mission is bigger than any individual task but together our work contributes to the bigger picture.
Used in over 114 countries across all five major continents, Alpha International’s mission is to equip and serve the church to help people discover and develop a relationship with Jesus. We do this by equipping churches around the world with Alpha – a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith.
The AI Project Management Office (PMO) is a new, distinct function at Alpha International that has been incubated and developed out of the Alpha 2020 Transformation programme.
One of the key roles of the PMO is the strategic execution and delivery of large,complex and cross functional projects.
The Role
Alpha is seeking an experienced project management professional preferably with experience in the film making industry.
The Programme Manager will support the Programme Director to execute the Alpha Film Series Programme. This programme oversees 4 projects delivering critical outcomes for Alpha. This is enabled by eight support workstreams.
The programme is complex, involves multiple teams across the UK, Malaysia, US and Canada and requires dedicated programme management (PM) support to manage the running of the programme on a day-to-day basis ensuring it is on time, on budget and delivers strategic product outcomes. A large part of this role will be managing dependencies across workstreams, driving the required rhythm, setting up robust programme reporting and internal comms. Their key responsibilities will be to:
• Manage the programme plan on a day-to-day basis keeping the Programme Director up-to-date on risk, issues and mitigation.
• Take an active role in working with project managers to develop solutions to any delivery challenges.
• Ensure fluid communication between all stakeholders internal and external to the programme.
• Manage programme budget, updating internal systems for tracking project spend and processing all income and payments.
• Provide cash flow updates for finance and fundraising to ensure smooth provision of funds to the project.
• Manage the working relationship with external team members and ensure their professional expertise is being utilised in every area of the project.
• Ensure contracts between the external parties and Alpha International are drawn up and meet requirements.
• Provide overall programme management of the portfolio but direct responsibility for AFS 1.75 and AFS 2.0 projects.
• Booking of fliming locations, crew, equipment in pre-production.
• Diary management and pre-breifing of talent during production.
• On-site support for the team during production in order to report back into the Executive Producers.
• Ensure all permissions and rights needed are granted in post-production, including release forms being signed by all testimonies/contributors.
• Work with Product Strategy and Global Impact teams to ensure that the final product delivered meets strategic targets.
• Work with the Marketing, Comms, Digital and Publications teams to ensure the successful release of AFS to AI regional teams, AI digital platforms and AI regional publication houses. Strategies for these channels of distribution may be contextualised depending on the region.
• Key point of contact for all general AFS queries.
The Ideal Candidate
• 3+ years professional experience in Consulting or Project Management ideally on film or TV projects
• High resilience and comfort working with fast-paced teams and operating in ambiguous work environments, to tight deadlines
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and resourcefulness
• Ability to develop credibility with key stakeholders and drive for alignment, accountability and improvement
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Strong knowledge of HTB and Alpha as an organisation and experience of the Alpha Course
• Self-motivated, strategic thinker
Our Benefits Package
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays.
- A Cash Healthcare Plan (out of pocket health expenses including new glasses, dentist, and complimentary therapies)
- Flexible working options.
- Local discounts including gym membership and days out.
- Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life.
- Annual season ticket loan.
- Child Care voucher scheme.
- Generous pension provision, life assurance and permanent health insurance.
- Cycle to work scheme
We are a vibrant Anglican Church in the heart of London, passionate about seeing lives changed in the neame of Jesus.
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