CONCERN recherche un(e) Spécialiste du financement institutionnel, Irlande.
Job Purpose:
The Institutional Funding Specialist (IFS) will be instrumental in supporting country teams to realise their funding targets. S/he will gain specific expertise on institutional donors and work with several units across Concern’s various departments and offices. S/he will provide dedicated support to country teams in the initial stages of project development and the pre-award stages of grant negotiation. The focus of this support could include large multi-annual grant applications, often of a consortium nature, as well as grants from new and existing donors and potentially contract applications. The Institutional Funding Specialist is expected to contribute to building and disseminating best practice, promoting and supporting the use of Concern’s Grant Management System (GMS), building donor intelligence and institutional knowledge to drive efficiency and help to improve success rates of applications.
Key Responsibilities:
Support securing flows of funding for country programmes through existing and new institutional donors:
Through coordination with the International Programmes Department (IPD) and Technical Units (SAL and Emergency Department):
- Liaise closely with Desk Officers to agree level of support for country teams which could range from a desk review to coordination of a funding application across countries to in-country programme design and proposal development;
- Present projects that align with Concern’s priorities, meet the donor call, offer value for money, have the potential for scale and impact and will deliver on results;
- Become familiar with and apply Concern’s processes and procedures to ensure adherence to best practice in developing proposals both as a single implementing agency and in consortia in grants and contracts;
- Promote and support the use of GMS along with Desk Officers to ensure technical/M&E/Finance HQ reviews of proposals both appropriately and on a timely basis;
- In liaison with Desk Officers and Regional Directors, support country programmes to develop country level Funding Strategies;
- Identify requirements/gaps and complementarity that could be offered by other partners;
- Where required and appropriate, provide support to consortia proposals considering the need for governance structures such as consortium management units and other consortia requirements;
- Support where required, any due diligence processes with the finance/compliance lead and ensure dedicated action plans in place where weaknesses have been identified;
- Support any risk assessments with the finance/compliance lead and ensure mitigation measures are included in the proposal document
- Through strong proposal support debriefing and reviews/Wash Ups, capture learning from successive applications particularly around donor reasons for rejection of applications.
Contribute to building knowledge on donor intelligence and funding trends:
- Establish strong knowledge of key donors including profiling, priorities and strategy review as well as forecasting of expected grant timelines and communication across the organisation;
- Keep relevant donor profiles in GMS up to date;
- Engage in donor relationship building as relevant;
- Thoroughly analyse, digest and summarise key donor guidelines/compliance specific to key opportunities identified;
- Oversee and support the analysis of funding trends and other analysis related to funding, using data available in GMS and elsewhere;
- Produce reports on various angles of funding as and when required.
Contribute to building Concern’s capacity to manage grants and incorporate best practice in programme implementation:
- Participate on an individual and team basis to develop guides and tools;
- Review and participate on work streams and events that enhance learning on programme approaches;
- Keep abreast of developments within Concern and the external environment;
- Participate in regular meetings with Grant Compliance Unit and Advocacy team and support joint initiatives.
The Institutional Funding Specialist will work closely with the other Institutional Funding Specialist in the IFSU team as well as with the Funding Support Officer and the IFSU Manager.
Any other duties as assigned by your line manager.
Skills and Experience Required:
Essential:
- Written and spoken French;
- Ability to travel at short notice;
- Ability to work to tight deadlines;
- Undergraduate degree in field related to humanitarian, development or international affairs;
- At least 3 years’ overseas experience at management level with an international NGO;
- Programme management experience;
- Articulate with strong presentation and excellent writing skills;
- Experience and knowledge of institutional donors;
- Excellent facilitation, brokering and negotiation skills;
- Uses initiative and works proactively.
Desirable:
- Consortium management experience (lead agency or partner);
- Coaching and capacity building skills;
- Monitoring and Evaluation skills;
- Previous experience in a similar role an advantage.
To apply: CVs should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by the closing date.
Candidates must hold a valid work visa for Ireland at the time of application.
Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short-listed on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.
Concern Worldwide encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality.
Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.
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Application Deadline: 31st December 2022
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