Major Responsibilities:

Grants Acquisition

• Lead the coordination and writing of concept and proposal development with internal and external stakeholder.
• Upload the final proposal and budget proposal documents in to OCHA GMS and other donor application portals.
• Lead Go/No-Go Decision making and pre-positioning activities as assigned.
• Conduct due diligence and vetting of potential sub-award partners.
• Work closely with finance and technical staff to develop the narrative and budget as per the donor requirements.
• Manage the grant submission and acquisition liaising with Program Directors and Country Director to ensure necessary program, financial and technical inputs.
• Monitor funding gaps and identify potential funding opportunities and source and develop strategies for accessing new funding.
• Ensure and support updating capacity statements for key sectors in collaboration with Strategy and Program Director and Technical Leads.
• Identify new grant funding for programs and projects which are aligned to the strategic priorities of NECR Annual Plan and World Vision.
• Coordinate with technical specialists, operations, finance and procurement staff and WV support offices to ensure programming according to donor regulations.

Grants and Donor Management

• Lead donor relation with timely and quality agreement process and regular reporting communication.
• Review and ensure the quality and timely submission for donor on monthly, annual and end-of-project narrative reports, newsletters, situational reports and other reports as necessary. Work closely with consortium partners and WV teams to ensure timely and quality reports.
• Organize project kick off meetings for all the assigned newly awarded grants.
• Monitor and provide coordinated support for the achievements of financial and program implementation progress are aligned to the agreed grant requirements and timeline.
• Link with the operations and finance departments to ensure the compiling/collating of major donor management reports.
• Provide program update to key WV support offices and the regional office.
• Upload and/or ensure the uploading of reports into the donor reporting system.
• Management, Capacity building & Coordination

Prepositioning & External Relations

• Assist the Program Director in tracking the donor landscape (research, analyses, develop, track relationships with new and current donors) to organize prepositioning meetings with donors and key partners.
• Assist in updating partner mapping and identify critical partners for consortia to prepositioning for grants, including but not limited to locally based INGOs and local NGOs.
• Contribute to the development of a funding plan.
• Ensure donor meetings are scheduled and post donor visit action plans are followed up and implemented in a timely manner.
• Liaise with partners and donors, throughout the grant application process and during the project cycle as appropriate. This will likely be mostly for UN donors.
• Strengthen established partnerships with other international and local partners.
• Coordinate with technical leads, MEAL and communication person to share key assessment documents and achievement updates to donors and SOs.

Knowledge and Information Management

• Proactively gather information from relevant cluster partners, UN agencies and other organizations which may be of use world vision for informing decisions.
• Stay up to date with country-specific response plans by the U.N., donors active in the relevant clusters, and other key actors
• Ensure the development and improvement of internal business processes for effective grant acquisition & management & contribute to knowledge management to promote learning.
• Compile and analyses relevant information to inform proposal design and promote learning.
• Map and compile program information for sharing as required with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the updating of the grant acquisition and management tracking matrix tools.

Other Responsibilities

• Disaster Management (DM)
• Be aware of the emergency procedures in a response and ensure that necessary preparedness measures have been implemented

Security Measures

• Be familiar with WV security plan
• Follow security policies, rules, procedures and instructions
• Follow WVI policies for project security management
• Represent WV in an appropriate and professional manner
• Contribute to a healthy team spirit and team work
• Adhere to WV Child Protection policy and standards and stay committed to WV vision statement and core values;

Qualifications:

Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

Qualification Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations or related field. (Required) Master’s Degree in the aforementioned fields is (Desirable)

Required Professional Experience

• At least 5 years demonstrated field-based experience with grant acquisition and management including experience working with USG, UN agencies and EU proposal funding process.
• Experience in project concept/proposal writing to a high standard.
• Very high attention to detail, with experience refining and editing professional-level content.
• Advanced writing skills in English.
• Experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English
• Good understanding of working with und the donor regulations of USAID/BHA, EU, UNOCHA, etc
• Good understanding of World Vision and Sphere relief standards, as well as the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to pursue thoroughness and appropriate attention to detail.
• Ability to express self clearly in all forms of writing.
• Ability to identify gaps, trends, priorities and key issues.
• Ability to describe key aspects and issues of relief, development and advocacy.
• Ability to maintain strong links with major NGO’s, donors and government agencies.
• Ability to explain WV’s work in relation to issues of poverty, power, justice and peace.
• Ability to respect and relate appropriately to people of other faiths.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to interpret and present information with influence and impact.
• Self-starter who can work independently under pressure
• Completed a recognized personal security course in the past 3 years
• Knowledge of WV’s field operations, either in the relief or development context.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina
• Ability to manage work life and work without supervision
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources

Preferred Knowledge And Qualifications

• Track record of success in grant fundraising, including donor relation and proposal writing.
• Experience in project concept/proposal writing to a high standard.
• Very high attention to detail, with experience refining and editing professional-level content.
• Advanced writing skills in English.
• Experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies

Working Environment / Conditions

• Field travel up to 25% of the time

Applicant Types Accepted : Local Applicants Only