SOS
Children's Villages Somalia
Vacancy: Program Manager - Institutional Partnership
Development (Fundraising)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with travel to Somalia and Somaliland).
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with travel to Somalia and Somaliland).
He/she
develops and implements institutional partnership strategies and is a key
contributor to the growth of the funding portfolio as well as day to day donor
relationship management with bilateral donors, international organizations,
governmental institutions, embassies and any other concerned national or international
organization.
Specific
Responsibilities
Institutional
Partnership Development
Fundraising
and Donor Liaison
- Identify
institutional partnership opportunities at the national local level (from
bilateral, multilateral, international organizations and embassies and
foundations)
- Coordinate
with the program team to conduct assessments and feasibility studies that
inform program design. Conduct background research relevant for designing
projects
- Coordinate
and write program proposals and be the link between program, finance and
submit this to potential institutional donors
- Develop
and maintain good relationships with donors by ensuring regular
communication, knowledge exchange and effective reporting.
- Working
with the National director, be the link between SOS Somalia/Somaliland and
donors especially in management of institutional funding contracts. Ensure
regular communication with the SOS international and regional offices.
- Coordinate,
monitor and assess the quality of donor reporting making sure that donor
requirements are met during the project implementation phase.
- Prepare
and submit IPD monthly updates and quarterly reports to the regional
office.
Donor Contract Management
- Responsible
for Donor Contract Management (DCM) of institutional (restricted) grants,
including contract preparation, development of consortium agreements,
compliance with donor requirements, submission of reports.
- Develop
and maintain a mechanism for management of institutional contracts.
- Ensure
all funding files, (electronic, system and paper) are complete and kept up
to date.
- Undertake
routine donor contract administration for country programmes including
maintenance of records on donor contracts in Somalia/Somaliland.
- Establish
a close working relationship with the Finance Department and provide
advice to ensure synergy in donor budgeting, contract management and
reporting.
Strategy, Capacity Building
- Develop
and implement an institutional fundraising and partnership strategy in
line with the needs of SOS Children’s Villages Somalia/Somaliland and
ensure this is infused within the national plans
- Review
and implement the recommendations of the donor market survey
- Train
and support relevant staff in Project Cycle Management and Logical
Framework Approach
- Build
fundraising capacity within the programme team, by training staff on
funding policies donor relations, reporting, contract management, etc.
Partnership Development and Networking
- Establish
and maintain regular contact with donors by organizing donor roundtables,
face to face meetings, attending donor forums etc
- Negotiate
collaboration with partner institutions and government departments in
support of SOS Somalia/Somaliland subject to approval from the National
director
- Assess
and where possible develop partnerships and consortiums with other
like-minded organizations for purposes of bidding for large donor
projects.
- Represent
SOS Somalia/Somaliland in sector level meetings (development and
humanitarian/emergency) and other networking forums and use this to
aggressively develop funding partnerships
- Participate
in regional IPD networking and training forums and contribute to
development of new IPD strategies to improve practice
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- A
holder of a Bachelor’s degree in development/social sciences (Sociology,
Development studies, Economics or related field). A Master’s degree will
be an added advantage.
- A
thorough understanding of program design and development especially in the
sectors of Education, Health, Livelihoods or Child Protection
- He/she
should have 5-8 years extensive experience in planning, securing and
managing funds from institutional donors as well as a thorough
understanding of development programming.
- Potential
candidates should demonstrate evidence of medium/large proposals they have
developed and won. Experience with ECHO and USAID is an added
advantage
- Experience
in social science research; the candidate should have extensive experience
conducting assessments, evaluations etc.
- A
thorough understanding of PCM, training approaches is required.
- The
post holder should have the following competencies, leadership, and
innovation, flexible, self-drive and have the ability to work very fast
and under strict deadlines.
- He/she
should be highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Power-point and the
use of Internet for research.
- The
position requires excellent skills in proposal and report writing
- Excellent
interpersonal, networking and communication skills with the ability to
represent SOS in donor forums, develop partnerships with other NGOs
- Experience
of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of funding and
contract compliance.
- Works
effectively with others in a team situation to achieve fundraising
targets.
- Organizational
awareness - understanding how to get what information and who to keep
informed.
Application Process
Interested
applicants who meet the required criteria are invited to submit a cover letter,
updated curriculum vitae with three traceable referees to hr@sossomalia.org and
indicate “Program Manager Institutional Partnerships” in the subject line by
06th September 2015.