Grant Administrator Jobs in Bristol
Summary
The PKD Charity seeks a motivated and experienced grants fundraiser to drive our income growth from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, and other grant-making bodies. In this critical role, you will lead efforts to identify, research, and apply for grants, and will nurture ongoing relationships to ensure sustained and impactful support. With guidance from the CEO, you will play a key role in securing funding to expand the charity’s programs and increase our reach.
Our mission is to improve the lives of those affected by polycystic kidney disease (PKD) through research, education, advocacy and support. PKD is one of the most common life-threatening genetic diseases, affecting about 70,000 adults and children in the UK. It causes kidney failure, affects other organs, reduces life expectancy and there is currently no cure. We are dedicated to finding new treatments and helping everyone with PKD have the best life they can.
As our Trusts and Grants Officer, you will join a dedicated team of five, working collaboratively to realise our ambitious goals. You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in a flexible, friendly, and supportive environment where teamwork and adaptability are highly valued. Working closely with the CEO, you’ll help PKD Charity achieve significant income growth through grants, fuelling the organisation’s impact.
We value talented, enthusiastic individuals like yourself who want to be part of our mission. If you join us, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of PKD patients. This is an exciting time full of challenges and opportunities. If you're ready to join our team and help us accelerate research, provide compassionate support, and advocate for the PKD community, we encourage you to apply. Together, we can create a brighter future.
This remote role can be worked from anywhere in the UK, ideally over 2 days Monday-Friday. The salary for the role is £29,000-£31,000 (pro rata £11,600- £12,400).
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Identify Funding Opportunities: Research trusts, foundations, and other funding bodies whose criteria align with PKD Charity’s work. Build a robust pipeline of potential funders.
Craft Compelling Applications: Prepare, write, and submit high-quality, persuasive funding applications. Tailor proposals to meet each funder’s specific guidelines and highlight the charity’s unique impact.
Data-Driven Case Development: Gather and analyse relevant information to create compelling cases for support, backed by data that showcases the impact of our programs.
Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective funders, ensuring consistent communication, appreciation, and donor care to foster long-term engagement.
Expand Funding Pool: Utilise sector knowledge to identify and approach new funders, increasing the charity’s income streams and securing diverse funding sources.
Progress Tracking and Reporting: Provide regular updates to the CEO on application progress, successful funding, and potential new opportunities. Develop and manage systems to monitor deadlines, submissions, income received, and application status.
Donor Communication: Ensure funders are kept informed about the charity’s work, including submitting progress reports and impact updates that highlight the value of their contributions.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other colleagues, especially service delivery and finance, to ensure that information sharing and reporting are aligned and effective.
ABOUT YOU:
Proven Experience: You have a strong background in fundraising, particularly in trust and foundation grants, and are comfortable working independently in a remote setting.
Organised and Detail-Oriented: You excel at managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines, and paying close attention to detail.
Collaborative Team Player: You are flexible and ready to contribute to various aspects of the charity's work, embracing a team spirit.
Effective Communicator: You possess excellent writing skills for creating compelling grant applications and are skilled at nurturing funder relationships through clear and professional communication.
Tech-Savvy: Familiarity with CRM systems and website management is a plus, as is a proactive approach to automating processes where possible.
How to apply
Please submit your CV with a covering letter (which is no larger than two sides of A4 paper), addressing how you meet the above criteria.
Deadline for applications 14th December 2024. Interviews for the post will be held in the week beginning 13th January 2025.
Summary
- Supervising, checking, authorising and peer reviewing the work of Pension Administrators and other Senior Administrators.
- Dealing with enquiries/calculations of a non-routine or complicated nature, with guidance from the Team Leader(s).
- Assisting with the general running of the Department and carrying out other duties as may be required.
- Providing cover for the pensions helpline and pensions and contribution mailboxes, dealing with member and employer queries that arise.
- Calculating benefits on leaving, retirement, death and transfer out/divorce
- Producing statements of contributions and annual benefit statements for scheme members.
- Carrying out the day to day administration of the voluntary contribution arrangements and transfers between AVC schemes.
- Line management of Pension Administrators, including training, development and performance reviews.
HUB TEAM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
OASIS HUB BATH
PART TIME, 16 HOURS PER WEEK (0.4 FTE)
6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT (January 2025 – June 2025) with a view to extend dependent on funding
SALARY: £10,011 per annum (£25,029 pro rata for 1 FTE)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Hub Administrative Assistant to work alongside our Hub Team Administrator for a fixed-term, from January 2025 until June 2025. This role will support our Community Work Manager with the administration necessary to deliver our community work. This currently includes two food pantry sessions a week, and a combined pop-up pantry and Living Room (warm space) session each week.
Key responsibilities of this role will be:
· To process applications to hub projects and manage communication with project members.
· To co-ordinate volunteer communications.
· To create and manage volunteer rotas.
· To ensure team leaders have all relevant information for each session.
· To ensure data is populated and managed accurately, and according to GDPR requirements.
The successful post holder must have:
· Excellent administration skills and attention to detail.
· Proven people skills and experience in relation to community work or the charity sector.
· Able to liaise with staff and volunteers from external organisations at all levels.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while improving your employability skills.
As part of the package, Oasis offers:
· A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
· Working as part of a friendly, community-minded team of professionals
The closing date will be 9th December at 9am, with interviews on 16th December 2024.
If you are interested in this role, please:
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further information.Your Supporting Statement should be no more than two A4 pages and must address ALL of the following questions:
1. The Oasis vision is for community – a place where everyone is included, makes a contribution and reaches their potential. Our community hub is a welcoming space for the whole community to access.
o What does this mean to you?
o Why is good administration essential to create a space that works for everyone?
o What skills and / or experience related to the role can you bring?
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. The successful candidate will need to be provide proof of the right to work in the UK.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1026487
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
The British Gas Energy Trust is a charitable organisation dedicated to alleviating fuel poverty across the UK. We support vulnerable households, empower communities, and drive impactful change to help those in need manage and reduce their energy costs. As we continue to grow and expand our operation, we are seeking a dedicated and experienced Chief Financial & Administrative Officer (CFAO) to join our senior leadership team.
The Role
We are looking for a seasoned and professionally qualified financial & operational leader to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our financial strategy, ensuring strong governance and compliance, and supporting our mission to create lasting change for vulnerable households.
The CFOO will report to the CEO and work closely with them and the Board of Trustees, overseeing financial & internal operations, advising on strategic financial matters, and safeguarding our resources for maximum impact In addition to the financial aspect of the role, the CFAO will support the CEO with the day to day administrative running of the trust, overseeing HR, Admin, Compliance and IT functions. This role also includes leadership responsibilities for a small internal dedicated team and oversight of external contractors and consultants.
The role is home based with some travel to meetings, including overnight stays within the UK as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Trust's financial strategy, aligned with our mission and long-term goals.
- Oversee governance, risk, and compliance processes, ensuring that all regulatory and ethical standards are upheld.
- Present clear, insightful financial reports and analysis to the Board of Trustees, supporting informed decision-making.
- Develop and oversee the internal systems and processes within the Trust, fostering a culture of accuracy, integrity, and accountability.
- Work closely with the CEO and senior management team, providing guidance on financial sustainability and risk management.
- Proactively identify and manage financial risks, ensuring resources are deployed effectively and responsibly.
About You
- A qualified Chartered Accountant
- An Experienced Financial Strategist with a proven track record in strategic finance within a charitable organisation, foundation, trust or relevant setting.
- Experience of overseeing both Financial and non-financial internal functions, processes and systems.
- Risk-Aware and Analytical: Skilled at assessing and mitigating risks, with a highly analytical approach to financial & wider risk management.
- Skilled Communicator: Exceptional ability to communicate financial & wider insights clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels, including presenting to the Board of Trustees.
- Governance and Compliance Expert: Strong knowledge of governance, compliance, and risk management in the charitable sector.
- A Strong and Supportive Leader: Leadership experience with a small team, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
- Diplomacy & Commercial Acumen
Why Join Us?
The British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) helps families and individuals in England, Scotland and Wales experiencing hardship and who are struggling with energy debts.
You will be joining us at a time where many have been negatively impacted by the cost-of-living crisis and require financial support with their energy bills. You will be joining a collaborative and friendly organisation that is committed to helping individuals facing fuel poverty.
How to Apply:
If you’re ready to bring your strategic finance expertise to a cause-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your experience and motivation for applying by 21 December 2024.
We regret that we are unablwe to offer sponsorship and therefore the successful applicant must already have the right to work in the UK.
Note to agencies - We do not require third party assistance with this vacancy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Who we are looking for
Ygam is seeking an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser, or individual with transferable skills, to join our tight-knit and ambitious team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to use your communication skills and initiative to manage and develop a pipeline of trusts and foundations income, spotting. fundraising opportunities and developing relationships with potential donors. By writing proposals and managing a calendar of applications to trusts and foundations, you will not only hone your communication skills, bid writing experience, and administrative abilities, but also make a tangible impact on our mission to Safeguard our Digital Generation.
You will:
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manage and grow a portfolio of small to medium trusts and foundations, increasing income by identifying new prospects and through the stewardship of existing donors.
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write high quality applications and communicate accurately and transparently on the progress made with donors’ funds.
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work with our programme experts to develop expertise in key programme areas and build your knowledge of Ygam’s work.
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support with applications and reports to large funders, corporates and other associated fundraising activity.
The ideal candidate will be motivated, professional, and organised, with a knack for research. This role suits an ambitious self-starter with excellent IT, research, communication, writing and administration skills. We are looking for someone who believes in Ygam’s mission and is excited to collaboratively shape and develop our fundraising work
Main Role & Responsibilities
The overall purpose of this role is to support the Head of Fundraising in establishing a robust trusts and foundations income stream as part of Ygam’s new Income Generation strategy, which underpins the organisation’s ambitious aims and objectives. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in diversifying our range of income streams to ensure financial health for the future of the charity, underpinned by sustainable and ethical fundraising models.
You will have the chance to work with a diverse range of organisations, including trusts and foundations. By developing and maintaining a calendar of applications, submitting compelling applications and managing successful grants, you will gain invaluable experience in strategic fund development. You will also play a key role in developing cases for support and building relationships with funders to strengthen the chance of bid success in both the short and medium term.
Join us in this pivotal role and be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a difference. Your contributions will bolster our fundraising efforts and advance our mission in meaningful ways.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter (maximum of two sides) via Charity Jobs by 12:00pm on Sunday 8th December 2024.
Your covering letter should include:
• Your motivations for applying to Ygam.
• How you meet the Person Specification.
• How this role fits into your wider career plans.
• Any experience (professional, voluntary, lived, or other) relevant to this role in line with the criteria outlined in the person specification
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
The Role
The Drive Partnership works across the domestic abuse specialist sector, public sector partners and beyond to develop sustainable, national systems in England and Wales that respond effectively to all perpetrators of domestic abuse. In this key role, the Senior Project Management Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the effective project management of a number of our projects and providing administrative support for the wider Drive Partnership Teams.
As a member of the Project Management Office (PMO) a key element of this will be supporting the Drive team and Drive Partnership organisations – SafeLives and Respect, with development and delivery of training products to support workforce development in the perpetrator services sector.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: Fixed term for 2 years (with possibility of extension).
Location: SafeLives Bristol or London office, with flexible home working (with travel to London and Bristol offices, and Drive sites, as required).
Benefits
- 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
- Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Travalyst is a not-for-profit organisation working to identify – and help bring about – the systemic changes needed in order for sustainable travel to be taken out of the niche, and into the mainstream.
We believe tourism can, and must, play a key role in achieving a sustainable future for our world; so we’re convening the key players, and catalysing the necessary action, to change the impact of travel, for good. We are committed to being a driving force that redefines what it means to travel, helping everyone explore our world in a way that protects both people and places, and secures a positive future for destinations and local communities for generations to come.
We were founded in partnership with Booking, Expedia, Google, Skyscanner, Trip Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa. The Travalyst Coalition now includes eleven of the world’s leading companies and brands associated with travel working with us to make travel more sustainable.
Travalyst provides supportive, independent and neutral governance, empowering our Coalition of some of the biggest – and occasionally competing – travel companies and service providers to share data and accelerate change. The goal is to bring credible, consistent sustainability information to the mainstream, helping both travellers and travel companies make better, greener choices.
What does successful Donor Development look like at Travalyst?
Managing Travalyst’s corporate and individual donor base and driving revenue growth through targeted fundraising efforts.
What you’ll get to do:
This role combines soliciting new prospect donors, donor management, partnership development, and data-driven campaign execution. The ideal candidate will be skilled in relationship building, fundraising strategy, and donor engagement, with a demonstrable passion for Travalyst’s mission of promoting sustainable travel and tourism.
Donor Management (~40%)
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with a portfolio of individual donors, corporate and institutional foundations to secure philanthropic and private funding and advance Travalyst’s mission.
- Identify, solicit, and nurture new donor prospects, ensuring continuous growth of the donor base.
- Strategise with senior leadership to retain and upgrade current donors, including personalised engagement for high-value supporters.
- Support high-value donor and corporate partner meetings, preparing personalised correspondence, proposals and briefs.
Fundraising Strategy, Campaigns, and Event Management (~30%)
- Collaborate with the Partnerships and Development team to plan, execute, and manage proposal development and annual appeal processes for fundraising campaigns, including donor and partner events, direct mail, and corporate initiatives.
- Conduct prospect research for individual donors, foundations, and international government funding sources.
- Oversee the project management and execution of partnership and donor events, ensuring seamless planning, logistics coordination, and delivery to meet revenue and engagement goals.
- Track and report progress on fundraising campaigns and events, providing analysis on key performance indicators and revenue projections.
- Work with the communications team to create compelling materials for donor outreach, event promotion, presentations, and corporate engagement.
- Secure grant funding through research, proposal development, and managing the grant application process.
Donation Administration and CRM Management (~20%)
- Manage the CRM system, ensuring donor and partner data is accurate, up-to-date, and effectively utilised for engagement and reporting.
- Partner with the Operations team to ensure all donations, invoices and tracking is completed in a timely manner with follow up to donors as required.
- Oversee donor reporting, generating data insights and analytics to inform future strategies and donor retention efforts.
- Manage reconciliation processes and ensure development data and financial data are in alignment.
- Collaborate with the team on CRM system training and improvements and support data migration if necessary.
General Administration and Team Support (~10%)
- Provide administrative support to the Partnerships and Development team, including scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and preparing materials for donor presentations.
- Assist with special projects and additional fundraising and partnership tasks as needed.
How do we work?
We are bold and humble, showing a willingness to embrace challenges head-on. We try new things, take risks, make educated guesses and move quickly to deliver impact. We are rigorous yet adaptable in the face of evolving challenges and opportunities. Most of all, we work closely and collaboratively showing care for each other and the planet we share, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must. We all work remotely, so rely heavily on video calls and other technology. We strive for excellence, and pride ourselves by continuously learning every day.
What skills we’re looking for:
· Experience in fundraising, donor management, or business development, with proven success in partnership building and substantial (ideally 6-7 figure) revenue generation.
· Ideally, Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Nonprofit Management, Business Development, Marketing, or related field.
· Superior communication and writing skills, with the ability to edit text written by others and generate new text; experience in crafting compelling pitches and proposals.
· High proficiency in CRM systems (Salesforce) and data management (experience with donor databases preferred).
· Strong organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines and use project management software (Notion) to plan and track projects and work collaboratively across teams.
· Experience with grant management, writing and corporate engagement strategies.
· Experience with financial reporting and analysis in Excel/Google Suite.
· Strong understanding of sustainability issues, trends and the philanthropy sector, with a track record of aligning donor objectives with environmental and social responsibility.
· Experience working internationally and collaborating with people in diverse cultural and political contexts preferred.
· Ability to work independently and remotely in a dynamic and fast paced team environment.
· Strong alignment with Travalyst’s mission to promote sustainable travel and tourism.
· Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors, corporate partners, and foundations, ensuring long-term engagement and revenue growth.
· Ability to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies that align with organisational goals.
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for crafting compelling proposals, presentations, and campaigns; and an ability to articulate Travalyst’s mission and impact in a way that inspires giving.
· Expertise in utilising CRM systems (Salesforce) to manage donor data, generate reports, and assess fundraising performance, deadlines and follow-ups.
· A commitment to delivering high-quality work while holding oneself accountable for achieving measurable results. Ability to set and meet high standards for performance, ensuring transparency and integrity in all fundraising activities.
· Understanding of financial principles related to fundraising, budgeting, and forecasting; and skilled in tracking fundraising metrics and using data to optimise strategies.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with changing priorities.
An ‘Open to All’ employer, we warmly welcome everybody to the team. People of colour, LGBTQIA+ people, neurodiverse people, individuals with impairments, and parents are encouraged to apply. We encourage you to notify our team of your pronouns at any stage of your application. We also welcome applications from people who come from communities that are directly affected by the impacts of travel and tourism. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required. Please add any adjustment requests to your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
We’re striving to build an organization that is a supportive, kind and inspiring place to work. We encourage bold leadership, innovation, creative partnerships and accountability to those we serve.
Awards Management Unit (AMU)
The Pricing Advisor works within IRC’s Long Term Funding Team in the Business Development (BD) team of the Awards Management Unit. The BD Team leads IRC's public business development, working with country programs and technical units globally. The team raises funds to achieve IRC ambitious impact goals. Alongside a wide humanitarian funding portfolio, we prioritize growing ‘Long Term Funding’ through contracts and awards from priority donors, including USAID, FCDO, and other key multilateral and government donors.
Purpose of the Role
The Pricing Advisor serves as a budgeting expert and will be the pricing lead for many of IRC’s most important and large scale public funding opportunities.
The role provides essential guidance, technical assistance, quality assurance and hands-on support throughout the business development lifecycle, ensuring a delicate balance between cost recovery, risk mitigation, price competitiveness, and compliance with internal policies and donor regulations.
The Pricing Advisor specializes in working with IRC's ‘Long Term Funding Donors’ including USG, FCDO World Bank, GAVI and AFD. The Pricing Advisor may also be asked to work on opportunities for other donors in IRC’s portfolio, including European Union and other donors when required.
As a key member of proposal teams, this position collaborates closely with IRC Country Offices, Finance Department, and Technical Units to facilitate the development of cost proposals.
Responsibilities
Capture & Program Design
• Serve as the ‘Capture Pricing Lead’ to ensure IRC is well prepared to develop an effective budget proposal for important funding opportunities
• Conduct research and evaluation of cost drivers specific to each country to understand cost proposal development challenges and opportunities to improve pricing strategies within the predefined clients’ needs and regulations.
• Aggregate all available budgetary details at the activity level, encompassing all anticipated interventions and necessary support provisions, into clear rough estimates.
Pricing Strategy & Budget Development
• Lead Budget Development and/or provide quality assurance or backstopping for budgeting for major proposals.
• Review released solicitations to assess whether cost-related considerations might hinder the development of a competitive, compliant, and viable bid
• Provide pricing expertise to the donor budget proposal process to ensure proposals are of high quality; reflect the needs of the solicitation and include the necessary shared costs.
• Ensure the proposal team understands the financial requirements and donor regulations of the bid, by clearly communicating what is required and providing guidance and support as needed. Identify all key financial and commercial risks and proactively propose a tailored mitigation plan and adjustments as necessary.
• Drive and/or ensure that pricing inputs from IRC Country Offices, technical or other contributors are integrated effectively. Lead all aspects of detailed cost, and technical queries in anticipation of submission timelines.
• Maintain, expand and apply technical knowledge in USG, FCDO, World Bank and European Union by attending educational workshops and trainings, reviewing the latest donors’ regulations and policies and market trends
• Offer guidance and strategies for creating intricate budgets, presenting cost-related aspects efficiently and effectively, developing payment by results structures and fee payment schedules
• Develop comprehensive donor budgets in line with internal and external requirements, ensuring that all cost drivers are adequately considered, drawing input from different collaborators.
• Engage with and provide technical guidance to partners, and integrate all partner pricing inputs into the consolidated budget, budget narrative, and overall cost application
• When required, develop or adapt budget development tools, guidance and materials for existing and new donors and contractual mechanisms
• When required, conduct cost reviews of selected proposals
• Ensure adherence to IRC's standard processes and policies, as well as compliance with solicitation requirements and client policies across a variety of opportunities and donors.
Strategic Pricing and Capacity Building
• As a donor budgeting expert, the Pricing Advisor will be invited to contribute to wider organizational initiatives to improve pricing approaches and capacity in the organIzation. This may include, the development or review of pricing tools, templates or strategies.
• Support training and other capacity development initiatives to strengthen organizational donor pricing approaches
• Participate in learning initiatives, including After Action Reviews to ensure IRC continuously improves its pricing approaches.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
• Demonstrable experience developing cost proposals. Demonstrable experience developing cost proposals for grant and contract types including Payment by Results approaches and fee rate structures.
• Demonstrates in depth understanding of USG, FCDO or EU financial rules and regulations; is able to identify donor-specific risks and design cost proposals in a way that mitigates those risks.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work in an inclusive team environment, independently and ability to meet unexpected demands.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues in ‘remote’ and complementary teams.
• Excellent inter-personal skills and able to communicate clearly and concisely complex financial information with diverse set of stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and work prioritization skills, and ability to focus and pay attention to details.
• Able to plan ahead and manage a complex and diverse workload with tight deadlines
• Ability to travel internationally; (up to 20% of time).
• Ability to work autonomously and under remote management.
• Proficient in written and spoken English is required; French, Spanish or Arabic is highly desirable.
Compensation:
Posted pay ranges apply to US and UK-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
US Benefits:
The IRC offers a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. All US employees are eligible for sick time, a 403b retirement savings plans: up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus an 3-7% additional IRC contribution, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
In addition, full-time employees are eligible for 10 US paid holidays, 20-25 paid time off days, disability & life insurance, medical, dental, and vision insurance (employee contribution starting at $135, $7, and $5 per month respectively) and FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs. Part-time employees are eligible for a proportionate amount of paid time off. These additional benefits apply to employees who work at least 6 months within a 12 month time period.
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Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.