Vacancy Reference Number:

UKPM/PR/UK-R1

Position title:

UK Programmes Manager

Reports to:

Director of Programmes

Location:

Muslim Hands, 595 – 597 Commercial Road, London E1 0HJ, UK

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

£35,000 – £42,000 (depending on experience)

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 3-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 16th October 2020

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: As and When Suitable Candidates Identified

Start: ASAP thereafter

NB: -

• Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.
• Muslim Hands reserves the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the ‘closing date’ [16th October 2020].

Background

Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to coordinate our programmatic work in the UK through an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities within this area.

Main purpose of the Role:

The UK Programmes Manager manages MH interventions in the UK. The incumbent will ensure that MH UK programmes department implement effective programmes across in line with the MH global Strategy. The role will also be responsible for the monitoring and reporting of UK the department work across multiple platforms.

The UK Programmes Manager will also ensure that Muslim Hands is present in relevant forums and national and local discussions around the areas of intervention. The position will report to Director of Programmes and manage the UK programmes team.

The candidate will have experience with project management within the development sector in the UK. Ideally will have experience and knowledge of the education and food security sector in the UK.

Main responsibilities

Strategy

· To formulate the UK programmes strategy plans in line with the MH global strategy

· To ensure that MH UK programmes are in line with Global MH strategy

· Carry out an annual review of UK programmes

Programme Management

· Review proposals of proposed interventions to ensure innovative projects and programmes are designed adhering to sectoral standards, principles of humanitarian interventions and best practices

· Oversee and lead the full programmatic cycle of all UK programme

· Carry out thorough needs assessments to address specific needs.

· Working with partners develop and design projects and programme within the UK

· Effectively coordinate and liaise with partners to successfully implement

· interventions

· Ensure effective M&E arrangements are in place and carry out full project cycle monitoring, facilitate internal and external evaluation of impact evaluations of all projects as deemed necessary

· Ensure all programme are in line with MH procedures and policy and follow the correct documentation and templates

· Ensure the effective use of the internal programme management system

· Ensure all UK programmes are in line with due diligence, risk and legal concerns

Finance

· Develop MH UK programme budget

· ensure effective and efficient utilization of programme funds

· Ensure documents and relevant procedures are followed

· Liaise with relevant stakeholders within fundraising to ensure UK programmes are funded and communicated to Donors

Networking

· To become an essential member of discussion of forum on UK development Agenda

· Using MH and other networks with local CSOs and Government bodies to promote MH UK programmes

· Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the internal visibility of MH UK programmes

Capacity Building

· Provide all stakeholders with technical advice and support on UK issues

· Ensure areas of MH are in line with current UK CSO trends

· Provide training to UK partners to ensure they can utilise MH systems and projects in line with MH policies and PM procedures

General Responsibilities

• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent and wholly accountable manner
• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices

NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope.  The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation

Person specification: - 

Essential Requirements:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;

OR

Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

Please register your interest and apply by sending in your current CV and a suitable covering letter.

Deadline for applications is 16th October 2020 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

Job Title:  Project Manager (Rapid Response)

Principal Location: Buea, Cameroon.

Contract: Full Time, 7 month fixed-term contract

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per annum 

Role Purpose

Street Child are seeking a dynamic professional to lead a rapid response project within Street Child’s growing Cameroon programme. Moved by the four year Anglophone crisis, Street Child are seeking strong capacity support for its outstanding local partner to deliver a rapid response in the North West and South West. This role is an exciting opportunity to lead the planning and management of a rapid response project, focusing on quality delivery in line with technical standards and best practices. The project is initially focussed on delivery of a rapid response across health, nutrition, protection and WASH. This role will be embedded in a local organisation’s project team, and will require close collaboration with and coaching of the partner staff on a daily basis. The Project Manager is also expected to support the Cameroon Programme Manager to expand the programme portfolio – particularly in education and child protection - and support the ongoing set-up of Street Child operations in Cameroon, increasing potential opportunity for extension beyond the project.

Organisation Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 318,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

The crisis in Cameroon is recognised as one of the world’s most neglected displacement crises and most under-reported education crises, with ongoing violence keeping 80% of schools closed and 855,000 children out of school. In February 2020, Street Child began setting up operations in Cameroon in response to a call by the humanitarian community for more funds, more profile and more international actors. We are now looking to grow our team, and are looking for a dynamic self-starter to take on this exciting opportunity of helping to establish and build our programmes and profile in this complex context. 

In particular, we are looking for a motivated, ambitious candidate to coordinate and manage an inter-sectoral emergency response project, in close collaboration with our strong local partner. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in delivering high-quality projects in complex conflict settings, excellent relationship building and coaching skills, and a problem-solving attitude.

Key Responsibilities

Project planning and management (65 %)

• Work closely with the local partner team to develop the overall project implementation strategy, approach and project management tools
• Plan and coordinate the project implementation, prioritising and organising activities/resources to best achieve the objectives
• Oversee and monitor the implementation of the project, ensuring best practices and standards are upheld for quality service delivery
• Organise regular coordination meetings and review meetings with the project team to ensure quality control, anticipate and mitigate risks, and identify solutions for any challenges arising during implementation
• Lead on donor narrative and financial reporting, in collaboration with national partner and SCUK team, ensuring quality and accuracy of information provided
• Provide regular and timely updates on progress and challenges to other team members, ensuring lessons learned are documented and shared

Partner Capacity Development (25 %)

• Establish, develop and maintain excellent relationship with the national partner team

• Support the MEAL and Partnerships Lead to identify capacity gaps and design a capacity development plan to meet these gaps

• Provide coaching, training and support in priority areas on an ongoing basis

Networking/Representation and Resource Mobilisation (10 %)

• Support the Cameroon Programme Manager to cultivate good relationships and improve awareness of Street Child’s work amongst key stakeholders and actors in the region, including representing Street Child at stakeholder meetings
• Together with the Cameroon Programme Manager, identify strategic opportunities to grow the Cameroon programmes, including through identifying possible partnership opportunities and contributing to proposal development  

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher

Desirable

• Master’s degree in related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous project management experience delivering multi-sectoral projects in complex settings, ideally humanitarian
• Strong working knowledge of humanitarian standards and principles of good practice 
• Experience in managing a multi-disciplinary, diverse team to deliver strong results
• Relevant experience of working in support of local partners

Desirable

• Technical specialism in education in emergencies or child protection in emergencies

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Proven capabilities in leadership and team working; excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills
• Excellent planning, coordination and reporting skills with demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Desirable

• Proven coaching/capacity building skills and organisational development experience
• Proficient spoken French

Other

• Able and willing to travel, sometimes in insecure environments
• A ‘can-do’ and agile attitude, a passion for problem solving and adaptive thinking

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

Apply Now

Please click 'How to Apply' to see full details of where to send your application for this position. Closing date for applications is midnight UK time on Friday 30th October. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Job Title:  Great Lakes Programme Manager

Contract: Full Time, 2 year fixed term

Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 per annum 

Principal Location: Uvira city (South Kivu) or Bujumbura (Burundi) with regular travel to Uvira / High Plateau area (circa 25% time) and Bukavu (up to 25% time as required)

Role Purpose

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a development professional fluent in French and English to manage Street Child’s growing Great Lakes programme portfolio. Street Child are searching for a committed professional with education, protection and/or livelihoods experience to lead strong and adaptive programming that spans the humanitarian-development nexus. The role will principally involve leading delivery of Street Child’s established South Kivu programme together with our strong national NGO partner, as well as support to the Great Lakes Representative in the expansion of our nascent programming in Burundi and Rwanda as well as further expansion in the Kivus as required. The role will require flexibility and adaptability to work with local partners in the region, and in particular to complete excellent delivery of our complex £1.7m three year ‘Safer Schools’ programme in the conflict-affected High Plateau region of South Kivu.

Organisation Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 318,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

Key Responsibilities

Project management (65%)

• Leading operational oversight for the successful delivery of Plateau-based projects, currently: EMI’s delivery of the £1.7m UKAid funded Safer Schools programme, the School Building project and the Education for All project. This includes technical input, activity planning and day-to-day liaison with the implementing partner to ensure quality implementation within timeframe and budget.
• Leading MEL processes for the relevant projects, including designing/translating of M+E tools, data analysis, evaluation report writing, the strengthening of beneficiary feedback mechanisms, planning and oversight of external project evaluations, and integration of lessons learned and best practices into projects;
• Ensuring donor compliance including, narrative and financial report writing, data extraction, budget and logframe revisions, risk register and workplan updates, and leading on communications with the relevant donors;
• Reviewing and submitting internal monthly financial reports and fund requisitions, conduct regular mini-audits of partner financial documentation and processes and work in collaboration with the GLR and Africa Finance Manager on programme financial management;
• Preparing internal quarterly projects updates, and contributing to internal monthly programme updates, annual beneficiary reach collection and other as relevant;
• Working with the communications team to promote the project successes, including the submission of case studies, pictures, etc.
• Identify areas of improvement of programmes with integration of new trends and knowledge aligned with needs and gaps that might arise during implementation

 Partner Capacity Building (15%)

• Provide Street Child partners with dedicated support on partner engagement, proposal development, project cycle management, grant management and reporting
• Development of partner capacity building resources including training materials, policies etc. in consultation with the global programmes team technical leads;

Support the GLR in the implementation of DRC non-Plateau, Burundi and Rwanda projects, and in Great Lakes donor liaison, fundraising and networking (20%)

• Representing SC in interactions with donors, networks (including clusters and other coordination bodies), government and other stakeholders in all relevant fora, in collaboration with the GLR;
• Work with M&E and programmes team to develop research to inform the design of new programmes aligned with context needs and gaps and according to the organisation strategy
• Prepare high quality institutional funding applications, donor proposals (narrative and budgets) and concept notes
• Supporting the GLR with the implementation of the non-Plateau DRC projects, Burundi and Rwanda programme if required;
• Promoting SC’s existing work in the Great Lakes and proactively sharing lessons and experience with partners and donors through relevant information-sharing and coordination fora;
• Proactively exploring opportunities to work in consortia and/or collaborate with other actors where this serves to strengthen the scope, reach and impact of new programmes;
• Participate to scoping new potential partner organisations in Eastern DRC and other locations as required.
• Other duties as could reasonably be expected in line with the role purpose

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher 

Desirable

• Masters degree in International Development or related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses 

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous experience in supporting delivery of high quality education and/or child protection programming, with a commitment to and respect for local partnership; 
• Demonstrable experience in grants management, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting
• Demonstrable field experience, in African development and/or humanitarian contexts

Desirable

• Experience/ knowledge of education, child protection and livelihoods approaches; 
• Demonstrable experience of proposal development and/or winning funding;
• Work experience in the Great Lakes region
• Experience in security management and monitoring

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent written and spoken communications in English and French
• Excellent relationship building skills, with an ability to skilfully navigate both national and international stakeholders; 
• A belief in local partnership and locally led development is essential 
• The ability to drive results in co-operation with local partners, through effective and sensitive relationship management;
• A ‘can-do’, and agile attitude, a passion for problem solving and adaptative thinking; 
• Ability to skilfully balance independent working with wider teamwork with both UK and international teams 

 Desirable

• Knowledge of Swahili or other relevant local languages

Other

• Able and willing to travel regularly, often in insecure environments

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

Apply Now

Please click 'How to Apply' to find details on where to send your CV and short cover letter to apply for this role. Applications close midnight UK time on Friday 30th October. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which fights for children every day? Then join us as Account Manager and contribute to, support and leverage our global partnership with the UK Government.

In our Global Programmes department, we fight for children every single day. We deliver humanitarian and development programmes. We build partnerships with institutional donors, including governments, multi-laterals and trusts. We drive lasting change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done.

One of our key Institutional Partners is the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) which was recently formed from the merger of Department of International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).  As Account Manager you will play a key role in the Institutional Partnerships team, particularly focusing on the UK Government and FCDO - with a support role to other institutional partners as required. You will also contribute to the development of the wider partnership strategic agenda and lead on cross team projects. In addition you will:

• Influence a complex network of internal and external stakeholders to optimize our engagement with the UK Government, particularly the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) - both on shared strategic interests and in pursuit of specific partnership opportunities

• Secure the support and buy-in of key stakeholders from across the organisation to contribute to our engagement

• Explore new avenues of collaboration and new funding modalities to maximise income and return on investment

• Support the wider account team on the development and delivery of donor specific capacity building plans

• Work closely with the Donor Compliance team to identify risks, mitigating measures and setting adequate monitoring mechanisms to support wider award management processes.

To be successful you will have excellent experience of working directly with a wide range of institutional donor partners (experience of working with Department for International Development (DFID) or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is highly desirable) with a degree in social science/international development or with equivalent relevant experience. Proactive and self-driven, you will be able to navigate the complexities of the donor governance and support problem solving with SC colleagues at different levels. In addition you will have:

• Strategic skills in partnership management and market assessment in relation to overall positioning with partners

• Experience, interest and knowledge of current thinking and future trends and thorough understanding of international development issues

• A strong understanding of project design, quality programming and effective delivery

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including senior level briefings and presentations, both for internal and external audiences.

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.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 28th October 2020

Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.

Overview

Street Child are searching for a dynamic professional with expertise in child protection and/or education to pioneer the development of our humanitarian programming in Mozambique, in particular the conflict-affected Cabo Delgado region. Moved by the accelerating disaster in Cabo Delgado, on top of COVID-19 and the impact of the 2019 cyclones, Street Child are seeking to ramp up capacity and resource-mobilisation support to excellent child-focussed local NGOs. This role, initially a stand-alone position in Mozambique (albeit with strong support from the Street Child global team including the Nigeria-based senior programme lead for Mozambique), will be responsible for delivering our first child protection projects; and in particular for helping secure new funding and partnerships through strong programme design, networking and representation. 

The Programme Manager role is an exciting and rare opportunity for an English and Portugese speaker to kick off Street Child’s first major programme in northern Mozambique, and support our expansion objectives in this deeply crisis-affected region. The Programme Manager will be responsible for managing project staff and supporting partners to achieve timely and quality delivery of activities and outcomes. The projects are initially focused on providing case management to conflict affected internally displaced children in Cabo Delgado and ensuring access to education during and beyond Covid19 pandemic. The Programme Manager will report and work with the Mozambique senior programme lead, ( Nigeria-based but with regular travel to Mozambique), to expand the programme portfolio by developing relationships with partners and stakeholders, and identifying funding opportunities. Finally, he/she is also responsible to support the ongoing set-up of Street Child operations in Mozambique.

Organisation Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 338,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

Key Responsibilities:

Programme Management (60%)

• Manage the UNICEF funded project on Child Protection in Emergencies to ensure achievements of objectives and targets in a quality and timely manner.
• Work with the programme managers and local partners to ensure programme delivery is iterative, adaptive and quality-assured and impact is clearly measured
  • Responsible for overall grant management, oversee development and submission of narrative and financial reports in line with donor and HQ requirements
  • Identifying and building strong relationships with local NGOs, in line with aims for sustainability and localisation in partnership, identifying organisational/technical capacity gaps and supporting capacity building of local partners
  • As programme portfolio grows, coordinate across projects and proposals to ensure efficiency and value for money

Resource Mobilisation (25%)

• Build strong relationships and reputation of Street Child in Mozambique with donors and stakeholders
• Proactively identify new funding opportunities in country
• Lead on proposal development and submission, in collaboration with local partners
• Ensure representation of Street Child at relevant cluster or working group meetings
• Focal point for UK communications teams, ensuring regular sharing of information and updates
• With support of Nigeria / Mozambique Country Representative, develop country strategy in line with SCUK strategy and aims

People and Organisational Management (15%)

• Ensure full set-up/registration of Street Child in Mozambique in accordance with local laws and processes
• Support in recruiting and then manage a strong team to lead programme delivery; ensuring effective operations, compliance including with Mozambique law and ensuring appropriate delegation
• Work with SCUK team to ensure establishment and compliance with relevant processes and policies (including finance, security, safeguarding, HR)
• Monitor partners’ compliance and accountability
• Financial management of Street Child’s programming in Mozambique, in compliance with SCUK global finance processes, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly reporting and quarterly review

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher

Desirable

• Master’s degree in International Development or related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous experience in supporting delivery of high quality education and/or child protection programming, with a commitment to and respect for local partnership; 
• Demonstrable experience of proposal development and/or winning funding;
• Demonstrable experience in grants management, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting
• Strong working knowledge of education, child protection and livelihoods approaches;

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent written and spoken communications in English  
• Excellent written and spoken communications in Portuguese 
• Excellent relationship building skills, with an ability to navigate both national and international stakeholders; 
• Strategic thinking, with a strong ‘nose’ for initiating and building partnerships and sourcing funding opportunities; 
• A belief in local partnership and locally led development is essential; 
• The ability to drive results in co-operation with local partners, through effective and sensitive relationship management;
• A ‘can-do’, and agile attitude, a passion for problem solving and adaptative thinking; 
• Ability to skillfully balance independent working with wider teamwork with both UK and international teams 

Desirable

• Experience with education and/or child protection in emergencies programme

Other

• Able and willing to travel regularly, sometimes in insecure environments

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

How to Apply

Please click Apply Now to view instructions on how to submit your CV and short cover letter for consideration. Closing date for applications is midnight BST on Friday 23rd October. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Background:

Founded in 2011, Kaleidoscope Trust works to uphold the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people in countries around the world where they are discriminated against or marginalised due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. We work with British and international institutions and partners to support the work of LGBT+ activists to bring about positive legislative, policy and social change for LGBT+ people everywhere.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), former Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a historic speech expressing her deep regret for the legacy of discrimination and violence that colonial-era legislation continues to inflict on people across the Commonwealth, partly as a result of our advocacy around raising the visibility of the human rights of LGBT+ people in the Commonwealth with our partners in The Commonwealth Equality Network.

Since then, UK-funded programmes have delivered successful outcomes to improve institutional protection against discrimination. These have included through removing or amending discriminatory laws, policies and practices; reducing hate speech, violence or harassment based on discrimination; and increasing the participation of minority groups in political and public life, including in positions of leadership and influence.

Kaleidoscope Trust was a founding member and implementer of one such programme, the Equality & Justice Alliance (EJA). This successful and innovative programme focused on building intersectional movements to push for the reform of discriminatory laws, combat violence, eliminate hate crimes and increase access to justice for women and girls, LGBT+ people and youth in a number of Commonwealth countries and regions.

Despite the challenges and uncertainty of the current moment, Kaleidoscope Trust and our partners are in a position to move forward with building on the foundations laid under EJA. We are recruiting a Programme Manager to manage and deliver a line of work focused on the reduction of violence and discrimination against LGBT+ people and women and girls through the “Commonwealth Equality Project”.

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Programme Manager to join a small, creative and influential NGO, as we deliver our international activities championing the equality and human rights of LGBT+ persons, women and girls, and other intersectionally disadvantaged groups, bolstering their inclusion in political and societal decision-making processes.

The Programme Manager’s work will focus on the planning and delivery of the “Commonwealth Equality Project: towards an equal world for women, girls and LGBT+ persons”, a six-month intervention implemented jointly with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WfD) in a number of Commonwealth countries. Between now and March 2021, the project will:

1. create greater evidence, capacities and incentives among government actors and parliamentarians of the social and economic costs of discriminatory regulations and practices

2. strengthen collaborative relationships between civil society organisations and political decision-makers and the flow of reliable information and evidence, and

3. deepen civil society policy development and policy advocacy capacities with a view to creating a more conducive environment for positive change in laws, policies and implementation and social norms.

The Programme Manager will be critical in ensuring the impactful delivery of Kaleidoscope Trust’s contribution to this programme. They will work in close collaboration with a variety of stakeholders within Kaleidoscope Trust, including in the executive and those leading on research/policy, communications and finance/compliance; at WfD; with recipients of funding for other programmes under the Commonwealth Equality Project; and with civil society actors, lawmakers and parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth.

The Programme Manager will report to Kaleidoscope Trust’s Head of Programmes and manage a Programme Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities:

Programme Management

1. Lead the effective, timely and on-budget implementation of Kaleidoscope Trust’s contribution to the project, as agreed with WfD and the donor

2. Manage a high-value budget in line with principles of proper financial oversight and in compliance with contractual and legal obligations

3. Prepare and update monthly and quarterly plans and track programme deliverables against objectives and outcomes

4. Ensure the timely delivery of monthly and/or quarterly narrative and financial reports in line with standards agreed and to meet overall programme monitoring and evaluation needs

5. Conduct regular risk assessments and reviews and appropriately escalate critical issues, suggesting mitigation strategies to remedy issues

6. Work closely with other programme staff across Kaleidoscope Trust, the CEP programme and other initiatives being funded under the Commonwealth Equality Project, to ensure cohesion, consistency and the successful delivery of the overall project

7. Ensure relevant, detailed documents and communications to various stakeholders are issued in a timely fashion and in alignment with other strands of the CEP and Kaleidoscope Trust’s public affairs and communications work

8. Liaise regularly with and maintain feedback from stakeholders in a variety of countries

Programme Delivery

1. Provide overall leadership, strategic direction and technical oversight for Kaleidoscope Trust’s activities and deliverables under CEP, in close collaboration with the implementing partner

2. Establish and manage relationships with an international group of civil society partners, consulting with and deploying them strategically to deliver on key aspects of the programme

3. Review contracts and due diligence assessments when required

4. Commission consultants and oversee the delivery of their work, in particular with the drafting, editing and delivery of research pieces, in line with procurement obligations

5. Support the gathering of evidence to inform research and improved programme implementation through monitoring and evaluation

6. Manage, mentor and develop a Programme Coordinator

7. Carry out other tasks as necessary to ensure the successful implementation of the programme

Skills and Competencies:

We are looking for a candidate with substantial experience working in a relevant sector in an international context, educated to degree level in a relevant field, who can demonstrate:

Experience with:

● Planning and successfully delivering complex, high-value projects, programmes or campaigns relating to human rights, international development, humanitarian response or social change

● Working in cross-cultural environments with a range of partners with different backgrounds and at different levels. Experience in different Commonwealth contexts is desirable

● Activity-based budget development, management, reporting and compliance

● Experience of grant-making and the processes of due diligence and monitoring is highly desirable

● Delivering multi-stakeholder meetings/convenings in a strategic and meaningfully consultative/co-creative manner

● Developing results frameworks/log frames or other reporting frameworks and supporting the identification and gathering of appropriate evidence

● Successful management of safeguarding considerations, especially as relating to vulnerable adults

Knowledge and understanding of:

● How a human rights and/or development organisation operates in an international context

● Appropriate approaches to working in partnership with organisations and activists—and carrying out interventions in countries—in the Global South, for an organisation based in the Global North

● The root causes of exclusion, especially with regard to LGBT+ people and women and girls, from a development and/or human rights perspective

● Programme/project management methodologies

● Managing grant funding to a high standard and in line with contractual obligations

● Analysing data/inputs and writing detailed and evidence-based narrative and financial documents (including reports) to a high quality

● Risk management and mitigation, relating to both activities and finances

● Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office Suite programmes, to an advanced level (G Suite a bonus)

Personal qualities/skills:

● Commitment to Kaleidoscope Trust’s mission to advance the human rights of LGBT+ people

● An open, adaptable and detail-oriented approach to delivering high quality programmes in collaboration with others

● Excellent written and oral communication skills, and able to convey complex issues to audiences with differing levels of knowledge

● Strong interpersonal skills, confidence working as part of a team and a proven track record of effective stakeholder relationship management

● Good time management and problem-solving skills

● Willingness to “pitch in” and support colleagues outside the parameters of the job description where necessary

Terms and Conditions:
 

● This role is full time, on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2021 (with possibility of extension)

● The salary is £41,000 p.a. plus pension contributions

● The post-holder is entitled to standard annual leave plus bank holidays

● The post-holder will be managed by Kaleidoscope Trust’s Head of Programmes

● The post-holder will be based out of Kaleidoscope Trust’s offices in Dalston, London, however will be expected to work from home (like all other staff) during the pandemic until the organisation deems it safe to return to the office

● Standard core hours of work are 9:00am - 5:30pm with possible requirement to work very occasionally at evenings and weekends (which will accrue Time Off In Lieu)

● The post-holder must possess the right to live and work in the United Kingdom for the period of the contract

● Start date: As soon as possible

How to apply:

Kaleidoscope Trust is committed to equality and diversity and we particularly encourage applications from all sections of the LGBT+ community and Black and minority ethnic communities.

Please send your CV and a two-page covering letter explaining:

(i) your interest in joining Kaleidoscope Trust, and

(ii) your relevant experience as per the skills and competencies outlined above.

Please email the documents, along with a completed Recruitment Monitoring and Analysis Form, to recruitment[at]kaleidoscopetrust[dot]com, titling your communication: “Vacancy: Programme Manager (Commonwealth Equality Project)”.

Closing date: 2 November 2020

Interviews: via Zoom, week commencing 2 November 2020

Main role and responsibilities

The overall purpose of the role is to support the Chief Executive, the Executive Team and the Chair and Trustees to develop and to deliver ShelterBox’s mission, strategy, and plan.

ShelterBox will be undergoing a strategy review in 2021. The role of Strategy & Planning Officer will play a key role in helping the CEO and the organisation to reflect and refresh the organisational mission and goals. It will be the key liaison between functional departments who deliver and the CEO who coordinates and sets direction.

The role will work closely with the CEO to support ShelterBox in achieving both the goals of the Operating Plan 2021 as well as ensuring the new strategy is relevant and an effective tool for the organisation.

The position holder will be involved in a wide range of roles from supporting the management of ShelterBox Board, Executive, & Senior Leadership Team meetings (in a company secretary capacity), to budget management/coordination and developing working briefs on a wide range of topics.

The role will also be expected to represent the CEO at key internal discussions and exercise superb judgment, interpersonal skills, and absorb information quickly.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the role will work very closely with the Executive team and the Board on a range of strategic initiatives that impact the wider organisation as well as be an effective partner to senior leaders. The role will also support the Chair of the ShelterBox Board in various duties.

Working with the CEO, the role will:

• Coordinate and integrate the work of the CEO’s office with the rest of the organisation, ensuring effective engagement with all departments.
• Use sound judgment to advise the CEO on complex and sensitive policy issues and questions.
• Assist the CEO and leadership to deliver on the ShelterBox strategy (post 2021).

Who are we looking for?

ShelterBox is seeking an accomplished and highly competent Strategic Planner/Executive Assistant to provide excellent support to the Chief Executive, the Executive Team, and the Board.

You must have proven EA experience at Director/CEO level or have held a role where a high degree of autonomy and highly developed planning and organisational skills are required.

We are looking for candidates with a relevant degree (or equivalent experience) in a field relevant to policy making, strategy, international development/humanitarian affairs, public administration. Ideally, you will also have knowledge or experience of working for the voluntary sector or a charity.

The position holder will need to flex between areas of work on humanitarian thought leadership and response, funding diversification and growth strategies, and partnership building between ShelterBox, its affiliates, strategic donors, and other key organizations.

This is a varied and busy role and to be successful you must have strong prioritisation and time management skills, excellent verbal, and written communication skills along with the ability to develop effective and positive working relationships internally and externally.

You will be a strong team player, who can also work autonomously to clear deadlines. You must also be politically astute with the ability to analyse and summarize large amounts of information quickly.

Strong interpersonal, relationship management and influencing skills are also important, as is the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders with different agendas

The role requires a rigorous and critical thinker, able to ask probing clear questions and drive toward solutions quickly. You must have the ability to anticipate and assess situations accurately and recommend/implement effective courses of action, with a predisposition toward simple and practical solutions, through consensus building.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Policy and Influence:

• Coordinates and/or oversees the development of policies, procedures, speeches, and strategies relating to complex policy issues for the CEO’s office.
• Conducts research and analysis to support the strategic aims of ShelterBox.
• Drafts strategy documents, reports, speeches, briefing notes, and talking points at the request of the CEO.

Strategy and Planning:

• Lead on the review and consensus building around the process to develop the ShelterBox Strategy 2021.
• Through coordination with Exec team, keep an active overview of the work of departments to ensure effective and coordinated support to and response from the CEO.
• Works with the CEO to set short- and medium-term priorities for strategic engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identifies challenges in the short and longer term, to successfully implementing the ShelterBox strategy and workplans and works with relevant stakeholders to develop proposed solutions.
• Manages strategic projects from inception to completion as assigned by the CEO.

Planning and Coordination

• Provides timely and effective communication of instructions and decisions of the CEO to stakeholders at all levels.
• Ensure Executive Team meeting agendas are developed, and key matters are tabled for discussion.
• Support the CEO and Finance Director in the ongoing strategic oversight of the organisational budget and financial management.
• Ensure minutes are taken at key meetings and for ShelterBox board meetings, including action items and follow up.
• Tracks and documents key strategic internal and external meetings, ensuring that key action points are communicated and follow up occurs.
• Works with internal and external stakeholders to commission and/or develop briefings.
• Works with internal stakeholders to commission and/or develop itineraries and agendas to ensure the CEO engagements are effective in promoting ShelterBox and its mission.
• Fosters teamwork and communications among the Exec Team, Senior Leadership Team, and other key staff.
• Represents the views of the CEO at key internal meetings such as with the Senior Leadership Team.
• Maintains sensitivity and diplomacy with senior colleagues.

Communications

• Represent ShelterBox and CEO at relevant senior meetings and conferences and present the work of the organisation where necessary.
• Be an effective communicator on behalf of and in support of the CEO to the global ShelterBox audience, with a particular emphasis on maintaining effective partnerships and collaboration between ShelterBox and its supporters, as well as the network of partners and affiliates.
• Ensure good working relationships and support the integration of activities across ShelterBx departments.

For the Board of Trustees:

• Distribute high quality papers, taking and producing minutes of board and subcommittee meetings and monitoring implementation of agreed actions.
• Organise, maintain and when necessary, re-organise the meeting schedule for the Board meetings and subcommittees, ensuring the timing of subcommittees leads into quarterly board meetings.
• Organise trustee board away days, organising the venue, papers, and any other resources, including booking travel and accommodation.
• Provide administrative support to the Chair and other trustees as required to enable them to fulfil their duties for ShelterBox
• Maintain a record of board level policies, updating as necessary

Job Title:  MEAL & Partnership Lead

Principal Location: Buea, Cameroon.

Contract: Full Time, 7 month fixed-term contract

Salary: £20,000 - £22,000 per annum 

Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 318,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

We are looking for a motivated and dynamic candidate to lead on monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in an exciting emergency response project, and to drive the development of Street Child’s partner capacity development approach in Cameroon. 

Role Purpose

This role will lead on the MEAL and partner capacity building elements of a large multi-sectoral emergency response project.  This includes leading on the design and implementation of project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning frameworks/activities, as well as designing and driving a capacity development plan that is aligned to the needs of the partner and staff. 

Key Responsibilities

Project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (60 %)

• Lead the design and implementation of the project MEAL framework, including MEAL plans, data collection processes, tools and methodologies
• Provide training and coaching to partners staff on the use of the MEAL system and tools 
• Support the project team to plan and conduct field (mobile) data collection and monitoring to ensure transparent, accurate and timely data collection
• Ensure timely data analysis for review and reporting purposes
• Work closely with the project team to design and manage beneficiary feedback mechanisms, including technical support on developing and monitoring an effective complaints and response mechanism (CRM)
• Actively promote sharing of learnings from assessments, reviews and evaluations internally and externally
• Collaborate with the project manager and other team members to ensure follow-up/action based on MEAL findings and recommendations  

Partnerships & Capacity Development (40%)

• With the support of the project manager and working closely with the partner team, drive the partner capacity development process including: capacity (self-)assessment, design capacity development plan, sourcing relevant training/coaching/mentoring support, tracking progress on capacity development plan
• Work with global partnerships team to ensure Cameroon approach is aligned to the global approach, and to contribute to sharing of lessons, tools, best practices
• Seek opportunities to allow Street Child to be involved in regional or national discussions on partnerships, capacity building and localisation

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher

Desirable

• Master’s degree in related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous M&E and/or programmes experience within the humanitarian field, working in complex and volatile contexts

• Demonstrated experience developing M&E tools including MEAL frameworks, indicators, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools etc.
• Strong working knowledge of humanitarian standards and principles of good practice 
• Experience in capacity building and team building

Desirable

• Experience and/or knowledge working on education in emergencies and/or child protection in emergencies programming
• Experience working in support of local partners

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Self-starter with ability to assess problems and recommend solutions
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Adaptable and able to work flexibly as a part of a diverse team

Desirable

• Proven coaching/capacity building skills and organisational development experience

Other

• Able and willing to travel, sometimes in insecure environments

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

Apply Now

Please click 'How to Apply' to see full details of where to send your application. Closing date for applications is midnight UK time on Friday 30th October. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Summary of Role

This role is based in the UK and open to individuals with unrestricted right to live and work in the UK ONLY. At this stage we are unable to offer sponsorship opportunities. 

Based in London, the Safeguarding Coordinator will be a technical lead on safeguarding and children’s safety, delivering high quality, accessible and reliable support, guidance and capacity to humanitarian response teams, Country Offices and UK Headquarters as we further develop our safeguarding protocols, procedures and education plans.

The post holder will manage the Safeguarding framework and tools, in order to strengthen the capabilities and knowledge of all our stakeholders, ensuring we safeguard the children and vulnerable adults we serve.

About the Role

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

1. Help and support UK and Country Office Safeguarding Focal Points and staff to establish and develop local child safeguarding networks to support local implementation.
2. Support UK and Country Safeguarding Focal Points and Investigation Officers to improve child and vulnerable adults safeguarding practice. Share best practice and wider learning from these experiences across the organisation.
3. Design and deliver a suite of mandatory core training workshops/training programme as part of the continuous learning and development of employees, trustees, volunteers and those engaged with Muslim Aid.
4. Lead on Child Safeguarding Incident reports and investigations with the support of local Country Office Child Safeguarding Officers and Focal Points.
5. Apply critical analysis to ensure that we meet and exceed our commitment to building a safe environment for children, vulnerable adults and all those connected to Muslim Aid.
6. Review/adapt Muslim Aid’s Global Safeguarding policy and procedures, reporting mechanisms, risk registers and other procedures that are managed/supervised by UK and Country Office teams and partners.

About You

To be successful in this role:

1. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent level of qualification.
2. Experience of child protection/child safeguarding practice within developing countries.
3. Experience of working with children in international development and humanitarian settings.
4. Experience of child protection/child safeguarding practice within developing countries.
5. Proven experience designing, facilitating and evaluating safety and safeguarding training in different cultural and organisational contexts.
6. Knowledge and experience of Incident investigation and post-investigation evaluation and learning
7. Willingness and ability to travel independently and work within challenging environments, sometimes at short notice. 

Why you should Apply

If you are passionate about protecting children and vulnerable adults and have the desire to work for an organisation that wants to make the world a safer place, then this role is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Safeguarding Coordinator.

You will be joining a supportive, highly skilled, passionate organisation as a specialist in your field. Muslim Aid offer a 35-hour week, generous holiday allowance of 37 days (including bank holidays), flexible working and encourage a healthy work-life balance.

If you are interested in this role and have the relevant skills, knoweledge and experience please ensure that you review the job description by clicking the apply via website icon below. 

NOTE: We do not accept CVs you must complete the application form fully.

Street Child are searching for an excellent junior professional who is motivated to build their career in international development/humanitarian by taking on this demanding, fast-paced officer role at the heart of our central programmes team. Supporting, and working regularly with, three Directors, you will be responsible for both providing vital, efficient coordination of the global projects portfolio; and supporting programme development though proposal development and planning. The principal location for this role is London but we would be willing to consider any location where Street Child holds an office. 

Key tasks will include:

• Provision of capacity support to country teams in meeting internal and external compliance requirements; 
• Tracking and consolidating organisational grants, partners, results and reach; 
• Acting as a crucial link between the programmes team and fundraising, communications and finance teams; 
• Contributing towards programme funding through the drafting of quality funding proposals and donor reports;
• Responding flexibly to meet ad hoc demands and requests on a regular basis. 

Key candidate qualities:

• Excellent organisational abilities and IT skills - essential to effectively manage the role's core information management, compliance and capacity support duties;
• Excellent written abilities - essential to effectively support proposal development and reports;
• Excellent inter-personal skills - on the interface between programmes and the rest of the organisation (e.g. finances and fundraising teams), this aspect is key;
• Flexible, willing, positive attitude to work;
• A proven commitment to career in the international development/humanitarian sector - demonstrated either in career experience and/or substantial relevant volunteering and/or a relevant Masters degree. 

Street Child is one of the UK's fastest growing charities. This role, at the heart of the organisation, will demand a lot from you - it will also, for the right person, be incredibly rewarding with a considerable range, and high-level, of exposure. This is a unique opportunity to launch, or take to the next level, your development/humanitarian career. 

A full Job Description is attached for your review. To apply for this position please click 'How to Apply' and follow the instructions listed. Closing date for applications is midnight BST on Friday 23rd October. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Application Deadline : Open ended - We will initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis, with the aim to have this position filled as soon as an appropriate candidate is identified.

Who we are?

Muslim Aid are an International not-for-profit providing support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background.

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people helping themselves. In addition to the 11 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focussing on sustainable development programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of Role

Reporting to the Campaigns Manager, this newly formed role of Digital Marketing coordinator is responsible for helping develop and implement Muslim Aid’s digital marketing strategy, operational plans, digital campaign activities and website management. The role manages and serves as the main contact for Muslim Aid’s Digital Marketing and online suppliers and has day-to-day management of digital marketing operations budget. The role will work within the Campaigns team and support the other FR functions including volunteer fundraising, philanthropy and international programmes teams to maximise online impact.

About the Role

This role is based in the UK and open to individuals with unrestricted right to live and work in the UK. At this stage we are unable to offer sponsorship opportunities.

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

1. Plan and implement integrated Digital Search, Display and Video campaigns for multiple platforms
2. Analyse and report from Google Analytics and other relevant tools to optimise campaigns
3. Work with the Campaigns and FR teams to deliver integrated campaigns and ensure MA’s key campaigns are reflected in our digital channels
4. Co-ordinate the creation of social media plan and execute social media schedule using Hootsuite, Moz, and other social tools
5. Project Manage and provide digital marketing expertise on cross organisational projects as required
6. Devise digital media plans for Muslim Aid campaigns, including display and videocampaigns

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• BS/MS degree in digital marketing or a related work field
• Strong understanding of the major technology-driven changes and trends affecting the online media and advertising industries Strong understanding and experience of performance advertising (Search, Display and Video)
• Have demonstrable understanding of Email Marketing, SEO, CMS & CRM
• Creative and innovative, with a real passion for digital marketing
• Able to absorb and critically evaluate a large amount of information and data in order to make decisions
• Strong independent judgement in managing external organisations and internal contacts

Why you should Apply

If you are passionate about marketing and are up to date with the Digital world, then this role is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Digital Marketing Coordinator who will join our team and help us continue to serve humanity

How to Apply:

To apply please ensure that you complete Muslim Aid Application Form. 

Muslim Aid’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children and vulnerable adults in our care/employment. Successful candidates will be expected to undergo a DBS check. In addition, all successful candidates for finance roles will undergo an Experian Credit Check.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. 

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be accepted until closing date, however, Muslim Aid reserves the right to initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis with the aim of identifying an appropriate candidate as quickly as possible.

Overview:

Women for Women International works in some of the most dangerous places to be a woman. We serve women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas around the world in 8 countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Eastern Congo, and Northern Nigeria. Our core belief is that stronger women build stronger nations; and with access to knowledge, resources, and a support network, a woman rebuilds her life and improves her community.

Our model works and we have the data to prove it. In our 26-year history, Women for Women International has reached over half a million women. The women we work with across 3 continents earn just $0.81 a day when we enroll them. At graduation, it’s $2.11, nearly tripled.

Our impact goes beyond income. The number of women who say at least one household member went to sleep hungry in the last four weeks has gone from 18% to 5%. And more women say they speak out against women's abuse: 26% report having publicly spoken in the last 6 months against physically abusing women.

When women have the right tools, they realize the power within themselves to transform their lives, their families, their communities, and finally their entire nations.

Purpose:

Women for Women International has the ambition to dramatically increase grant funding to support programming that has been proven to be transformative for marginalized women survivors of war in fragile and conflict affected countries. The Director of Global Business Development will collaboratively weave together existing strategies at national and regional level into a comprehensive Global Business Development Strategy that can guide business development across the geographic footprint of the organization. This position will be responsible to ensure that the strategy is adaptive to a dynamic and sometimes disruptive global context, supporting the global organization to build the relationships and partnerships needed for global BDU staff and staff in county to go after the most strategic opportunities. This position is responsible to ensure that the Global Board of Directors and the Executive Leadership Team remains informed of progress towards targets and engaged, as appropriate or advantageous, in BDU activity.

In addition to strategic coordination and leadership, the Director of Global Business Development will take an active role in identifying suspects, cultivating prospects, leading proposal development processes as needed and ensuring effective stewardship of current funding partnerships. The global organization has strong teams that carry forward business development from the first identification of a prospect all the way through to the final grant report. This position is envisioned to help ensure that all the teams and the processes continue to work smoothly, efficiently and effectively. Given an ambitious growth strategy, a high volume of opportunities, proposals and activity, the ideal applicant will also have demonstrated experience in contributing to the nuts and bolts of successful proposals and the willingness to take part in any part of the process to ensure success.

Women for Women International offices around the world are increasing their business development capacity and, in some instances, hiring dedicated professional business development staff. The Global Business Development Director will support the continued capacity building of the global fundraising operations and help to ensure that country offices get the support they need to grow their capacity to raise money locally. In addition, this position will help to ensure that implementing country offices can have the most efficient and streamlined engagement with business development staff globally.

The location for this position is flexible with a preference for candidates from a region where WfWI currently works (Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe or the US).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Global Business Development Strategy

• We have an adaptive and rolling strategy process. Keep track of global trends and new developments and draw up analysis from each fundraising operation in order to update and implement a multi-year strategy and an annual business development workplan that will enable WfWI to meet ambitious revenue targets.
• Ensure that the Global Pipeline is regularly updated and serves to help teams track progress towards revenue targets and informs decision-makers on progress toward goals.
• Report progress to and discuss challenges with the Leadership Teams and appropriate Board committees and the Global Board of Directors.
• Work closely with key fundraisers, program staff and other teams across WfWI to implement effective strategies and approaches to grow funding and scale our programs.
• Work across all parts of the organization that are engaging in various forms of partnership to ensure that we can leverage these partners in global BDU efforts, including identifying and cultivating strategic partnership relationships.
• Coordinate fundraising activities of relevant WfWI actors.
• Support Country Office and program staff to understand and implement best practice in fundraising and partnerships with governments, institutions, foundations and corporations.
• Builds strong relationships across the organization to strategically deploy programmatic experts, staff and leadership towards implementation of the Global BDU Strategy, including support to the CEO and other Executive Leadership and staff in country offices in efforts to build relationships with donors, steward current philanthropic partnerships and achieve strategic goals.

Identify Funding Sources and Cultivate Donors

• Manage business intelligence collection efforts by staying abreast of overall funding developments and understanding overall funder priorities and calls for proposals.
• Coordinate & manage the research and strategy for pursuing viable funding opportunities from foundation, corporations and government donors.
• Build and maintain an active pipeline of prospects, in keeping with revenue targets.
• Develop leads on promising funding opportunities by initiating outreach and strengthening relationships with current and potential donors, as required.
• Identify and build partnerships with other NGOs for joint proposals.
• Regularly communicate with country offices to gather business intelligence and keep them abreast of new areas of business development and ensure that each country has a comprehensive donor mapping and a business development strategy.
• Ensure that there is a strategic approach for key priority funders including mapping our approach to funding.

Prepare Proposals

• Depending on the size and complexity of the proposal, serve as lead coordinator, proposal reviewer, and/or lead writer on submissions.
• When coordinating a submission, manage technical writer, researchers or consultants where applicable, and anyone else directly involved in the application to produce compelling and competitive proposals.
• Train other staff members to coordinate all aspects of proposal development and to write high-quality proposals.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with technical specialists, subject-matter experts, and professional writers to contribute to technical solution designs, reviews, and analysis of proposals and business development strategy.
• Contribute to technical solution design processes as needed.
• Ensure that relevant internal stakeholders contribute to proposal design and that, when appropriate, relevant staff approve the final proposal.
• Liaise with colleagues in the development of a coherent budget, ensuring adherence to grantor criteria in relation to accepted costs, percentages, and format.

Support Country Office Business Development

• Coach and mentor Country Office teams to pursue local opportunities.
• Support Country Offices with updating of their business development plans
• Identify resources needed to strengthen fundraising capacity in countries.
• Develop a plan for strengthening business development in each Country Office.

Communication & Teamwork

• Prepare and communicate analysis and trends to the Leadership Team and Global Board of Directors.
• Communicate with colleagues in Global Programs Unit, Finance, Development, and the UK office. Must be able to operate in an environment with over-lapping roles.
• Develop an effective process for sharing proposals, templates, and cases for support so that all WfWI fundraisers can access material helpful to support their fundraising efforts.
• Participate in internal meetings and processes to represent the global BDU teams as needed.
• Performance manage direct reports in line with WfWI’s performance management framework, including setting of annual performance objectives, development plans, appraisals throughout the year, and regular one-on-one meetings
• Responsible for training, developing, managing and leading staff as well as hiring appropriate staff
• Ensure safeguarding measures are implemented within area of responsibility
• Follow up, and address Code of Conduct or Safeguarding issues appropriately
• Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policies and report concerns

This position will require regular national and international travel, estimated at 25% but subject to change.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required and Master’s degree preferred, in a relevant subject, or the equivalent in experience.
• At least ten years of experience in fundraising with hands on experience across at least two funding channels (i.e., foundations; corporate partnerships; or government (bilateral or multi-lateral) for an international NGO.
• Proven track record of success in fundraising with evidence of personal engagement and leadership of successful, large, and complex proposals and pitches.

• Proven successful grant writing experience.
• Adopts a growth mindset and has demonstrated experience in relationship-based fundraising strategies.

• Experience managing staff and working cross-departmental, cross-country contexts with a proven record of building, managing and working with virtual teams and creating an enabling environment.
• Current and strategic understanding of the global humanitarian, development and gender funding environment and future trends.
• Excellent spoken and written English to include research, writing, and communication skills.

• Editing experience and strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience building the capacity of staff in country offices.
• Independent, but good at working with a team and ability to coordinate with others to produce material on deadline, usually managing multiple deadlines.

• Proven ability to build consensus and support across, up and down the organization.

• Excellent budget management skills including the ability to oversee complex program budgets in compliance with donor requirements.
• Certification or formal credentialing in nonprofit fundraising management or philanthropic leadership a plus.

• Proficiency in French, Arabic, Swahili or Dari is a plus.
• International work experience delivering restricted/unrestricted funded projects a plus.
• Commitment to and respect for Women for Women International’s mission and values
• Computer skills including working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email
• Ability to travel as required and have flexible work schedule which may include early mornings, evenings and weekends. May be required to occasionally work beyond normally scheduled hours.

Organizational Values:

Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and organizational values -

Empowerment, Integrity. Respect. Resilience

The duties, responsibilities and activities of this job description may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.