Regional Institutional Partnership Development Advisor at SOS Children's Villages

Key performance areas and main responsibilities

• Proactively identify and seek donor intelligence on new institutional funding opportunities that match beneficiary needs, organizational priorities and donor requirements.
• Support and coordinate the development of high quality concept notes and funding proposals for submission to institutional donors.
• Proactively engage donor agencies, regional networks and other stakeholders in fostering relations for collaborations and funding.
• Provide grant management and administration support for effective and efficient implementation of institutionally funded programs with a diverse group of donors, partners and staff.
• Identify, organize and facilitate capacity strengthening in proposal development, project design and management for MA’s through apprenticeship, webinars, trainings and knowledge transfer.
• Explore new opportunities for innovation mainly through research and close monitoring of cutting-edge approaches and dynamics in international development.
• Liaise closely with other internal functions and external stakeholders to guarantee compliance to organizational standards and to seek synergies wherever possible
• Lead and/or participate in cross-functional processes to enable SOS Children’s Villages to maximize its long-term net income and number of institutional partnerships
• Represent IPD Team in meetings/projects/workshops as appropriate
• Provide support in consortium formation processes
• Support Member associations in pre-positioning the organization funding opportunities
• Keep up-to-date with donor policy developments and trends, in the development and humanitarian sectors.
• Proactively engage donor agencies, regional networks and other stakeholders in fostering relations for collaborations and funding.
• Facilitate and coordinate institutional funding activities such as cross regional Capacity building, Knowledge sharing and partnerships between General Secretariat (GSC), Promoting and Supporting Associations (PSA) and National Associations (NAs) and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• We are looking for a seasoned professional with minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in grant writing and acquisition, donor contract management and partnership and network building.
• Master Degree in International Development or other relevant studies OR 8 years’ experience in a similar role
• We are looking for a bi-lingual candidate. Proficiency in both English and French Language is a MUST
• Proven results in institutional partnership development in Africa, preferably within an international NGO/donor organization. Make sure your letter of motivation mention some of the successful proposals you have developed.
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision to meet tight deadlines
• A good team builder, innovative and creative, demonstrating high professional standards
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
• Experience in partnership/Consortium development and management.
• Proven track record of successfully training, developing/mentoring support staff in a decentralized environment
• Ability to represent the organization at high level forums

We offer

• The opportunity to work in one of the largest International Non-Profit Organisations in Social development, Humanitarian action Child and Youth Care, in a position with a varied scope of tasks and responsibilities directly impacting on the development of the organisation in achieving its strategic goals
• To contribute to our meaningful mission “We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures and we share in the development of their communities