This is a 20-month fixed term maternity cover position.

Engineering matters. It underpins our daily lives, drives economic growth, plays a critical role in addressing major societal challenges and helps ensure our readiness for the future, from providing a sustainable supply of food, water and clean energy, to advancing healthcare, and keeping us safe and secure.

As the UK’s national academy for engineering and technology, the Royal Academy of Engineering brings together the most talented and successful engineers – our Fellows – to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of society.

We are looking for an exceptional senior manager to lead the evolution of our network of international relationships, including the development and delivery of a broad range of activities that will help support the global outlook of the UK engineering profession and mobility of talent.

A good strategic thinker, with well-honed judgement, problem solving and analytical skills, you will lead on developing and delivering strategies for international relationships and engagement with advanced economies. You will lead on building distinctive Academy programmes to support cooperation with leading engineering nations, building on the legacy of our successful 2019 Global Grand Challenges Summit.

You will also oversee delivery of the Academy’s growing portfolio of mobility programmes, so you will need experience of successful line management and programme management, and management of budgets across multiple activity areas.

You will be responsible for maintaining and evolving the Academy’s strong international relationships, and ensuring that our international relationships and activities add value to the Academy’s overall portfolio. To achieve this, you will draw upon your extensive experience of working in international partnership activities and strong experience of partnership and stakeholder management at a senior level, as well as your excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills.

In return, we offer an unrivalled package of benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme, BUPA cash plan, private medical insurance, subsidised restaurant, regular social activities, health and wellbeing programmes and the possibility of flexible working, as well as significant investment into your personal and professional development. You will be based at our airy, stylish offices in a prestigious location, opposite St James's Park.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 19th December 2019.

Interview date: 14th January 2020.

Our services team has been reshaped to help meet the increasing demand for our support and has additional casework hours as well as a service advisor who is the first point of contact through our helpline service. The helpline offers support, help, signposting and referral for members of the engineering community, predominantly IET members, past and present and their dependents as well as care and disability support for anyone with an engineering interest. Our caseworkers provide information, advice and ongoing support based on an assessment of individual need and manage a caseload of community members, dealing with applications for financial assistance and support for people with complex needs.

As the service and development manager you would be responsible for bringing this new team together and developing relationships and new services to drive forward our innovative strategy.

Please read the application pack before applying

How to apply

To apply, please send a CV (including current salary level) and a supporting statement of no more than two pages explaining your interest in this post and how you meet the points in the person specification above. Please also give details of two referees who we will contact once a formal offer of employment has been made. Finally, kindly complete the equal opportunities monitoring form attached.

Applications should be submitted by 10am on Wednesday 15 January 2020 

First round interviews will be held on Thursday 24 January 2020 in London.

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation's mission is to provide a career-launching job for every young person, anywhere in the world.

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise that delivers tailored programmes to recruit, train and place unemployed young people into work. Though our unique approach we also solve a wide range of employer challenges—skilled talent shortages, poor job performance, lack of diversity, and high turnover.

Generation launched globally in 2015, and has grown quickly to become the world’s largest demand-led youth employment initiative. We have placed over 30,000 young people into roles (many of whom have suffered some form of adversity), working with over 2,000 employer partners to date across 10 countries and 26 professions.

Generation successfully launched the first UK programmes in March 2019, following 18 months of planning. This included a healthcare programme developed in collaboration with the NHS, and a Cloud Operations programme developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Following successful pilots, both programmes are now being scaled up, and we are expanding across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for someone to help us manage our grant from the Greater London Authority (with funding from the European Social Fund) to support programming across London. Reporting to the Programme Lead, this is a new role that would suit someone who has extensive experience working with European Social Fund grants, and with a strong background in compliance. It will also involve putting systems and processes in place to meet donor requirements, so it's a great opportunity to make your mark, and set things up right.

RESPONSIBILITIES

There are four main areas of responsibility:

1. Compliance

• Work closely with the Central programme team to assist in the development and review of Generation policies, processes, tools, templates and guidelines as needed to ensure optimal implementation and understanding of ESF compliance requirements;
• Ensure quality assurance is provided to select processes for internal compliance. For example, manage and conduct compliance audits to ensure that internal review and approval processes for awards are being followed;
• Work with UK Finance partner to ensure ongoing compliance across the London portfolio with legal requirements, our grant conditions, ESF reporting requirements and best practice
• Act as the focal point for all major compliance matters related to ESF funding, and ensure recommendations and audit findings are acted upon

2. Supporting delivery staff

• In collaboration with the Programme and Partnerships Director, provide interpretation of ESF donor compliance regulations / policies as needed programme delivery staff;
• Engage with programme team as needed to provide input and develop solutions on major compliance matters;
• Support Programme Managers to address risk or concerns relating to their programmes, elevating risks or concerns to the Programme and Partnerships Director as required
• Provide relevant and necessary training on compliance matters;

3. ESF programme reporting

• Ensure reporting requirements for ESF funding in London are met and reports submitted on time
• Maximise the income received from ESF grant funded programmes and minimise exclusions

4. Contribute to the wider success and growth of Generation in the UK & globally

• Contribute to the ongoing development of data collection and grant management processes.
• Help develop Generation’s understanding of the needs and attributes of European Social Fund, feeding this back to internal teams as appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of ROI frameworks, tools and data collection processes for existing and new job roles and oversee any necessary data collection process for ESF

BENEFITS

At Generation, we're changing the lives of many young adults, and that in itself gets us out of bed! Here are a few other benefits you'll experience working with the UK team:

• Work alongside some of the best minds to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time—youth unemployment.
• Opportunity to make your mark - you'll have a lot of autonomy to bring the Generation blueprint to life in a way that makes sense for your region.
• Opportunity to get involved with a range of activities and projects - we're a small team so there's lots of opportunities to get involved!
• Flexible working - we try and accommodate everyone's preferred working pattern / preferences.

Would you like to join an organisation supporting young people with mental health issues as a Head of Trusts and Grants? This role is responsible for £2m in income and leads a team of two. The organisation have doubled income in the last 4 years and need a trust fundraising expert to keep driving them forward.

You will need to have strong experience of managing relationships with trusts and statutory funders, it is also important that you have some line management experience. The most important thing will be your style of leadership, you will need to put your team first and be able to bring people together, this is a role for someone who enjoys letting their team shine.

If you are interested please do get in touch with us, we’d be really keen to tell you more.

Deadline Date: ASAP

Salary: £45,000 - £49,000

For more information please call us on 020 3006 2787 or apply online, the charity reserves the right to close the role early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Are you an Audit Senior/ Assistant Manager, Audit Manager seeking a new and rewarding career with a little exotic travel, supporting truly worthwhile causes and perhaps the chance to use your 2nd language skills (not essential)? 

Our partner, specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for a critical role; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the UN & the World Bank worldwide (e.g. Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon). You'll be London-based travelling 30+% per annum on assignments 1 to 2 weeks in length. 

These unique and extremely rewarding opportunities would suit experienced audit professionals that are outgoing, love diverse travel experiences, meeting and supporting a broad range of inspiring people and supporting very worthwhile causes. A great opportunity to take statutory audit to the next level - broadening skills into a much wider remit.

Overseas assignments could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. A fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise  see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking a career in the international development NGO sector. 

Role overview

Complete grant audits of a extremely diverse range of projects funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health, education or infrastructure, to SME development or technical research. 

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UN country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UN, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London. 

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent(Finalists considered)
• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
• 'Ideally' fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese or Mandarin, Russian and Arabic. 
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Team worker
• Resilience and adaptability
• Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​ Personal attributes:

• At least three years of audit experience 
• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
• Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations for over 30% of the time

Candidates for permanent London based roles must have the right to work in the UK. 

About Us

AfID are leading specialists in supporting NGOs operating globally with their financial management capacity & recruitment needs, on both a 'pro-bono' & ,commercial' basis. For more opportunities in the international development sector (International & UK) or to find out more about how we can assist your non-profit organisation please visit the AfID website.

Developing a Career in International Development

We know it can be frustrating trying to develop a career in this much sought after sector, especially when organisations require prior experience; be it institutional donor management, fieldwork or capacity building of overseas recipients. Please don't let this put you off, we would strongly recommend considering a volunteer assignment as a way to gain this highly relevant experience. It’s no coincidence that 22% of AfID volunteers now work full-time in the charity sector, as even a short 2-3 week assignment will catch the eye and reassure these employers of your commitment and ability to navigate the diverse stakeholder contexts.  It’s worth noting all AfID's assignments are individually tailored to the volunteers own preferences, skills and availability. For FAQs please visit the afid website
 
Attending one of the AfID Workshops also offers invaluable insights, explaining sector jargon and demonstrating the ways accountants can navigate complex environments, in a fun and informative way. It also presents a great networking opportunity with 25 other like-minded accountants AfID’s founder and ex-Oxfam FD in attendance. 

Grants & Communications Manager

Hours: Part time, 24 hours per week
Location: South Woodford, London
Remuneration: Pro-rata £37,000 - £40,000
Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Communications

JLGB are looking for a reliable, enthusiastic and hard-working person with excellent written communication skills and a keen interest in grant management. The chosen candidate will be adept at producing high quality communications that are targeted to different audiences across numerous channels. You will have experience of applying to trusts and foundations for grant funding and the ability to develop strong cases for support through inspiring proposals. You will also have experience of impact measurement and evaluation through writing engaging funding reports and excellent organisation skills to manage the timeline of application and reporting deadlines.

Responsibilities will include:

• Crafting compelling and persuasive written communications such as proposals and reports
• Creating impact reports for our trustees and grant givers, ensuring they feel valued and engaged in the work we do
• Writing articles and promotional material for web, print and social media
• Managing relationships with funders and contract providers
• Assisting with production of marketing materials and literature
• Managing the grant application and reporting schedule
• Using analytics to inform communications strategies and impact evaluation

Knowledge and Skills/Abilities:

Essential

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and databases

Good organisational skills, initiative and strong attention to detail

Experience creating, developing and submitting clear, compelling and persuasive applications and reports

Excellent relationship management skills, particularly with external stakeholders and funders

Desired

Knowledge and experience of working across digital and social media platforms

Experience of charity impact and monitoring reporting

Previous experience working in/with youth organisations

Sound research and analytical skills

If you are someone who will work well in a dynamic and creative team in a fast-moving environment please send your CV and covering letter to the included email address.

ABOUT JLGB:

JLGB is a modern, thriving, innovative and award winning national youth organisation that is a model of professional youth work in the 21st century. Through a diverse range of experiences and activities the JLGB seeks to enrich the lives of young people through its local, regional and national framework. The JLGB removes barriers to participation by providing positive activities within a fun, friendly, safe and structured environment, that meet the religious and cultural needs of the Jewish community.

Do you have extensive experience in grants management?

Our client, a grant making organisation is looking to recruit a Grants Assistant for approximately 2 months with potential of becoming permanent.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of providing effective and efficient grant-making assistance. You will have experience of maintaining accurate grant records on the GIFTs database and (to a lesser extent) within the paper based filing system.

You must have experience of:

• Administering and managing grants-related events
• Maintaining records of departmental expenditure
• Diary management including scheduling meetings, booking courses, events, and travel
• Updating charity's website

To apply, please submit a Word Document version of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage.

About you

You will be a confident communicator with an eye for detail, you won’t be fazed by monitoring, reporting, finances and databases and you will be excited by the opportunity to build up your knowledge of how organisations are run.

You’ll be a collaborative worker who enjoys both working and contributing ideas in a tight Grants and Learning team at Youth Music’s office as well as travelling on your own to build new relationships with a diverse range of external partners.

About the role

Working within our Grants and Learning Team you’ll play a key role in shaping and influencing how music education is delivered to children and young people, ensuring that it is inclusive, accessible, high quality and relevant.

It will involve managing a variety of relationships with Youth Music grantholders across a set of assigned regions, helping to shape our strategy locally and nationally, and contributing to the design of our funding programmes and evaluation activities.

About Youth Music

Youth Music funds music-making projects across England that help children and young people aged 0-25 to develop personally and socially as well as musically. We work particularly with those who don’t get to make music because of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through.

Deadline for applications: 10am Monday 6 January 2020

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full time Welfare & Grants Advisor to join the Welfare Team at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, supports the person behind the uniform; any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us. Every year, SSAFA helps more than 73,000 people from the Forces family to get back on their feet; those currently serving, reserves, veterans and their families. Support is there for people at any stage in their military career; from the youngest recruit to the oldest veteran – no one’s service is ever forgotten. We give hope, help and personal support for as long as it takes to get that person’s life back to where they want it to be.

About the role

As part of the Welfare and Grants team, you will be responsible for providing welfare advice to our network of volunteers as well as administering a variety of grants from our ring-fenced funds which are used to help deserving cases of serving and ex-service personnel and their families.  

This is an exciting opportunity for you to expand your welfare and grants knowledge and experience, as well as being part of the welfare and grants team you will also be part of the larger specialist services team enabling you to explore a range of opportunity’s.

About the team

The primary function of the Welfare and Grants Team is to offer welfare advice to our volunteer network of around 5,500 volunteers. The Welfare and grants team consists of 3 dedicated and knowledgeable advisors headed up by the Welfare and Grants Manager, which sits under specialist services headed by the Head of Welfare and Specialist Services. We pride ourselves on our ability to work well together and learn from each other. We encourage creative thinking, with everyone having an equal say in how we develop the service we provide to our volunteer network and their increasingly complicated cases.

About you

To carry out this role successfully you will have:

• Experience of providing welfare advice from at least two of the following key areas: housing, benefits, debt, disability or mental health.
• Experience in grant making
• Up to date knowledge of the latest legislation and welfare trends
• Excellent communication skills
• Skills in managing and prioritising workload
• Good IT skills using MS Office for word processing, email, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint

SSAFA is an employer that values the diversity of its workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

To apply, please visit our website.

Trust and Foundations Manager

New City College recruitment pack

Role overview

Job title Trust and Foundations Manager

Salary Starting at £38,900

Location Poplar High St, Poplar, London E14 0AF

Reports to Senior Projects Manager

Work closely with Senior management team; Poplar campus redevelopment team; Finance

Type of position Full-time, permanent

Introduction to New City College

New City College (NCC) is the fourth largest further education college in England. It has been formed through five mergers: the merger between Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College in August 2016 and subsequent mergers with Redbridge College in April 2017, Epping Forest College in August 2018 and the mergers with Havering College of Further and Higher Education and Havering Sixth Form College in August 2019.

NCC currently has over 25,000 students with a small provision of 14-15 education, a large cohort of 16-18 students and a significant number of adult students. It offers over a 100 courses from A Levels, BTECs and ESOL to vocational subjects, such as business, IT, performing arts, trade skills and catering as well as pre-University courses. Throughout its intensive period of growth, NCC has maintained a focus on students and teaching and learning.

NCC is based in east London and has 10 sites in five local authorities: Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Redbridge, Epping Forest and Havering. The College continues to maintain its strong local presence, serving the needs of its local communities.

Join an ambitious and exciting redevelopment project

The College has an ambitious plan to redevelop its campus in Poplar. Located on Poplar High Street, right next to Poplar DLR station and within 200m of Canary Wharf and Crossrail, the current campus is formed of an amalgam of buildings from different areas. The oldest part is a 1894 Poplar library building and it includes a grade II listed Naval College from 1906. Newer parts of the building are from 1990 and 2006. The current building is inefficient and it is no longer future proofed to accommodate education and training provision for decades to come.

As such, the College is looking to redevelop the new campus into a state-of-the-art education facility which provides a flexible learning environment, is aligned with industry requirements, is green, accessible and sustainable and celebrates the heritage of the local area and the Naval College. The new campus will be funded through an enabling development, built on the same site as the new campus. There is also an opportunity to enhance the public realm around the new development, including invigorating Poplar High Street.

Could this be the future campus in Poplar?

As part of the early planning for the redevelopment, NCC has worked with fundraising consultancy More Partnership to assess the overall potential to seek philanthropic support for aspects of the redevelopment, including specific subject areas and student groups. From this, it is clear that there is considerable scope to engage Trusts and Foundations with the project, and that resulting impact NCC has on the lives of young people in this part of London. 

As a result, NCC now wishes to appoint a Trusts and Foundations Manager to lead this work, and in so doing, to put in place a long-term and sustainable grant-focused fundraising programme.

Interviews will take place week commencing: 13th January 2020

If you wish to apply please email your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 explaining how you meet the requirements of the role.

Communications Manager - Grants (Fundraising)

Every day brings new challenges for our client. Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, our client can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Their staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - they offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Position: Grants Communications Manager
Location: WC1N, Central London
Job type: Full Time, 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £Competitive
Benefits: 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, generous pension scheme, flexible working, discounted season ticket loan and many more!

Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 18 December 2019

About the role:

Are you a skilled and enthusiastic science communicator?

Then you’re just who they’re looking for. Come and help them show the world the impact our client is having on the lives of seriously ill children across the UK and around the globe.

They are looking for a full-time Grants Communications Manager to join their dynamic team on a 12-month fixed term contract. By helping to shape and drive communications that highlight the importance, impact and long-term vision of a large and varied programme of scientific and clinical charitable activity, your main role will be to work in partnership with internal fundraisers to help inspire and steward their audiences.

This role will have you working across the charity, the hospital and its research partner, our client to gather and share information, and will make you an instrumental player in:

- Translating varied and vibrant programme of scientific and medical research.
- Showcasing the hospital’s quest to create state-of-the-art hospital environments that benefit children’s recoveries, combined with the latest technology to enhance diagnosis and treatment.
- Demonstrating the fundamental importance of our services to support the well-being of patients and their families; and why investing in staff is so important.

About the Team:

The Grants Team has three main responsibilities: allocating funding in a rigorous manner; evaluating the impact of charitable funding; and communicating the difference it makes to the lives of children.
They are a team of eight, but you will be working as part of a sub-team of three responsible for the communications aspect. Their mission is to help the organisation raise more money and fund more life-changing grants by co-creating content that inspires and engages their audiences.

About you:

You will be a creative, enthusiastic and autonomous worker with excellent stake-holder management and influencing skills. Being able to establish credible and effective working relationships is critical in this cross-organisational role. The ability to quickly understand complex scientific and clinical concepts and translate them into concise, interesting and inspiring documents and presentations is also essential.

Specifically, you will need to have:

- A basic life sciences degree.
- Experience of networking and liaising with scientific, clinical and research communities.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and they reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, they are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from them within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. If your application is not successful, they hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future.

You may have experience of the following: Grants Communications Manager, Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, Marcomms, Relationship Manager, Partnership Manager, Grants Manager, Fundraising Manager, Research Communications Manager, Science Communicator, Scientific Communications Manager, Life Sciences, Clinical Research, Scientific Research, Medical Research, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

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BACKGROUND

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through 28 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

The Awards Management Unit (AMU)

Established in January 2016, the Awards Management Unit (AMU) is a global unit with the responsibility for identifying, securing, and managing all funding from statutory/government donors. The unit is organized into five pillars: Strategic Partnerships, Programme and Grant Support, Compliance and Policy, Programme Development, and Training.

The AMU is a bridge between donors and the field: providing expert technical advice to the field, while maintaining portfolio-level visibility to ensure consistency and compliance, and manage risk. This unit ensures that donor compliance policies and procedures are implemented consistently, and supports all staff working across the grants management cycle for all restricted funding from global government sources.

Crisis Response, Recovery and Development

As part of the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development Department, IRC’s Asia regional portfolio includes an expanding portfolio of humanitarian relief, post-crisis recovery and development programs currently in six countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand.

Key Working Relationships

Reports to the Regional Grants Director for Asia. Works closely with all Asia Regional Program Support Team (RPST) members as well as with the Program Development Team, and across all pillars within AMU; the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development Department (CRRD); and Global Partnerships and Philanthropy (GPP). This position manages 50% of an Assistant, based in Germany.

The Purpose of the Role

The Regional Grants Advisor will provide the Asia region with the capacity to ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations and high quality reporting and awards management services.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Award Management

• Manage a portfolio of awards with a focus on European donors
• Review and provide substantive feedback on reports; consulting with and ensuring input from relevant technical and financial staff
• Review and provide feedback on proposals for private donors, in coordination with the private fundraising team as requested
• Support budget realignments and grant amendments/modifications
• Maintain day-to-day communication with donors
• Serve as single point of contact for field-based grants staff particularly for all post-award issues
• In coordination with the AMU’s Compliance and Policy team, guide country offices in managing partnerships with local or international partners, ensuring that IRC’s sub-award management policies are being followed
• Assist country offices with ad-hoc queries on donor compliance issues. Refer non-routine and high level compliance matters to the RGDs and Compliance and Policy team
• Ensure lessons learned from finalized projects are fed into the Program Development team
• Stay informed about programmatic issues and security and political developments in the region and how they might affect program implementation
• Ensure country programs follow internal IRC policies and procedures (e.g. OTIS, PEERS, PCM)
• Travel to provide additional support, project monitoring or cover short-term gaps for grants teams in the field

Capacity Building and Training

• Provide best practice advice related togrant management
• Adapt IRC training materials in collaboration with AMU’s Training and Compliance & Policy pillars and deliver training to IRC field staff, as required and in coordination with RGD
• In coordination with the RGD, develop and maintain work processes and checklists for grant implementation and report review, as well as record lessons learned

Coordination

• Take part in regular meetings and calls with country teams to provide regular support and updates
•  Coordinate with other members of the Asia Regional Program Support Team and other PGS members for information sharing and to establish a coherent awards support

Other

• Manage an Assistant, including capacity building, workload planning and performance management
• Assist in roll-out of AMU and IRC-wide initiatives, as requested
• Represent IRC externally at country specific meetings, with donors and stakeholder networks
• Actively participate as a member of the Asia Regional Teams, engaging in strategy development and other initiatives as needed
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

Requirements

• Degree, preferably in a subject related to IRC’s work (International Relations, Refugee or Migration Studies, Development Studies, Public Policy) or equivalent experience
• Experience with and a good understanding of institutional donors and their requirements especially European Donors (DFID, EuropeAid, Sida, etc.); understanding of UN or U.S. donors a plus
• Good understanding of humanitarian aid and development programming, experience working in a development or emergency context
• Excellent English language skills
• Experience in working at a distance and supporting field-based staff
• Experience writing, reviewing and editing narrative and financial reports and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a diverse team
• Good financial management and budgeting skills
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information
• Solid organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks, and to learn quickly
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with people within and across departments in a multi-cultural environment
• International work experience in a developing country a plus
• Good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Ability to travel internationally, sometimes at short notice and to insecure environments                                                                                     

The deadline for applications is midnight between Sunday 5th January / Monday 6th January 2020.

Interviews will take place on 9th & 10th January 2020 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees. IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

King's Global Health Partnerships is looking for an ambitious self-starter to lead fundraising and grant management across our partnerships in Somaliland, Sierra Leone, DR Congo and Zambia.

Our 10-year strategy articulates an ambition to grow our funding, with a significant increase in funding from statutory and institutional donors (including research funders), as well as from trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors.

The postholder will take responsibility for supporting high quality project development and management of KGHP grants. This includes supporting proposal development for new grants and reporting to donors on existing grants; leading the diversification of our portfolio of donors by developing donor engagement strategies; identifying new funding opportunities; liaising with colleagues across the partnerships and with the KCL Fundraising team; encouraging learning among colleagues to ensure that we capitalise on funding opportunities. The postholder will also play a role in strengthening systems to ensure that grants are managed effectively, accountably and in compliance with contractual requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work with the Partnerships Director to deliver on KGHP’s funding strategy and support the development of plans to achieve funding objectives. Support colleagues in the development of country-specific funding strategies and in donor /consortium partner engagement

• Regularly monitor funding opportunities and maintain, share intelligence and develop plans relating to potential opportunities. Develop and share analysis and insights into trends, building a strong understanding of emerging funding opportunities and changes in the donor landscape.

• Strengthen KGHP approaches to the design and development of international development grant proposals and grant management, by developing tools and resources, and promoting crosspartnership learning among Programme Managers

• Work with the Partnerships Director to build and maintain strong relationships with key donors, partner NGOs and partner academic institutions. Research and support the development of new funding partnerships with donors and consortia partners at a UK and international level. Represent King’s Global Health Partnerships externally to donors and consortia partners and internally within the university.

• Ensure effective coordination across the partnerships, maintaining an overview of funding, proposal submission and donor liaison

• Support decision making and risk assessment relating to new funding opportunities

• Ensure donor compliance across the portfolio, acting as a central source of knowledge and advice and ensuring alignment between partnership operations and School/ Faculty/ university systems

• Oversee contract negotiation and ensure that due diligence requirements are met, including due diligence on, and sub-contracting of, downstream partners liaising with the School’s Senior Operations Officer (Research) and the Research and Researchers Directorate where necessary

• Oversee timelines for financial and narrative reporting across the partnerships, working with colleagues to ensure that high quality and comprehensive narrative and financial reports are submitted in a timely fashion

• Provide hands-on support to the management of the larger and more complex grants across the partnerships

• Provide hands-on support to the development of proposals and budgets, working in particular to support the newer partnerships – with priority to DR Congo and Zambia – and new thematic areas of work

• Identify programmatic synergies between the Partnerships, seeking out opportunities for collaboration and cross-Partnership funding opportunities

• Work with the KGHP Operations Officer (Finance) to ensure that there are effective processes for the management of project funding across the partnerships, including comprehensive budgeting, forecasting and expenditure tracking, ensuring that all teams have high quality financial information for programmatic decision making

• Work closely with colleagues in KCL Fundraising team to develop projects which appeal to trusts and foundations, major donors and potential corporate partners.

12 month maternity cover contract

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as Performance Manager and lead on the development and delivery of the Supporter Engagement performance regime to deliver our Supporter Engagement Strategy.

In our Fundraising & Marketing Division, we fight for children every single day. We inspire millions of people, from individuals to large corporates, to support our quest for change. We go the extra mile - and we don’t rest until the work is done.

As Performance Manager you will lead the implementation of the performance regime across Supporter Engagement, working closely with other members of the Effectiveness & Market Innovation team to look beyond the data to spot trends, identify opportunities and plan effectively. You will implement our monthly business performance review, leading on the the development of our suite of business performance reporting tools. In addition you will:

• Support the Fundraising and Marketing Senior Leadership team to resolve issues impeding performance
• Support the Director of Effectiveness & Market Innovation to maintain divisional rigor around commercial performance, working closely with key internal stakeholders in Finance, Data and other functions
• Explore opportunities for external benchmarking and validation where appropriate.

To be successful you will be an enthusiastic team player with experience of working in a finance or performance function, preferably in a marketing or sales function. You will be able to interpret and draw insight from multiple data sources, both financial and from business and operational performance. Additionally you will have:

• A creative approach to measuring performance, particularly soft measures around internal delivery
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to influence stakeholders up to Director level
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work for self and others
• A high level of computer literacy and confidence using MS Office and ideally SharePoint and Power BI.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 13th December 2019