Funding Advisor Sahel - Church, United Kingdom - Kirkens Nødhjelp

Kirkens Nødhjelp

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Church, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

NCA's presence in the Sahel dates to 1984, and presently implements programs in Mali and Burkina Faso.

The main office is located in Mali's capital, Bamako, with humanitarian and development interventions in the Malian regions Kidal, Menaka, Gao and Mopti.

In Burkina Faso, the office is implementing programs in the regions Boucle du Mouhoun and Est.

For the strategic period , NCA Mali's thematic programs are Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Peacebuilding and Strengthening Civil Society.

Development programs are implemented in close cooperation with Malian civil society and faith-based organizations. For both development and humanitarian programs, NCA _

Sahel_

- applies a conflict sensitive approach. The aim is to contribute to positive changes in the lives of poor and conflict-affected people regardless of their religion, ethnicity, political opinion, gender, or sexual orientation._

As a Funding Advisor you are responsible for expanding and diversifying NCAs grant portfolio, as well as increasing NCA Sahel's competence in proposal writing.

By building on experience with donor strategies, priorities, and requirements, you identify new funding and programmatic opportunities and successfully lead proposal development and reporting processes.

You are focused on results and constantly in search of new funding opportunities while ensuring involvement from colleagues and partners.

You remain a focused-on timeliness and the quality of the final product. Although working under high pressure, you maintain a collegial and diplomatic tone, balancing team, and individual work. You enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with others, while also learning from them.

This position is based in Bamako, Mali, and is a minimum oneyear contract with possibilities for extension_.

It is a non-family duty station.

Job description

Mapping donors in the two countries, develop the funding strategy for NCA Sahel and ensure the implementation, with the support of sector experts and other key managers
Take lead on identifying new funding opportunities and for developing concept notes and proposals in cooperation with colleagues and the NCA Head Office in Oslo.
Build and maintain relations with donors together with senior staff.
Review agreements with donors and partners and develop, as necessary, tools and trainings on compliance.
Provide capacity strengthening and technical assistance to implementing partners and NCA national staff on funding and grant management.
Quality assure and produce, as required, donor and internal reports (narrative and financial) and other program documents.

Qualifications/Skills

Masters' level or equivalent in development studies, social studies or another relevant field
Fluent in English, verbally and writing, Working knowledge in French (minimum level B1)
Good analytical skills
Good communication skills/written and verbal
Excellent planning skills
Good cooperative/coordination skills
Good strategic skills
Extensive experience with funding and donor relationship management may compensate for lack of a degree
Solid experience with program development, funding and/or grants management, preferably in a complex humanitarian environment.
Successful trackrecord with proposal development and reporting including narratives, budgets, and resultsframeworks.
Proven experience with networking, donor relationship building and coordination.
Strong communication and coordination skills across organizational functions.

Personal qualities