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Resource Development Advisor

World Vision Ethiopia

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5 years - 7 years

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2021-01-21

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2021-01-28

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Job Description

Purpose of the position:

World Vision Ethiopia seeks to grow its ability to improve child well-being through increased funding from institutional grants: government, multilateral, major foundation and corporate. The Resource Development Advisor supports the Resource Development Team to achieve its funding targets and related objectives set in the annual GAM business plan. The position leads proposal development for livelihood, environment and climate change programs with moderately complex requirements. The RD Advisor coordinates team reporting, events and promotional materials, and project handovers for awarded grants. The position holder will also serve as a focal person on livelihood, environment and climate change related grants working in close coordination with Integrated Livelihood and Nutrition Security Technical Program/ILaNS/ team and Support Offices. The position holder is also required to provide surge capacity to the RD team during a major grant opportunity especially in humanitarian grants and thus be able to vary working hours accordingly

Major Responsibilities:

Strategy

Support GAM Business Plan development (including donor landscape analysis, partner mapping, donor engagement plan, annual targets and scorecard)

Grant Acquisition

·        Lead the development and timely completion of high-quality project proposals, concepts, designs and plans

·        Lead, identify proposal team needs, defines team member roles, manages overall process to ensure a competitive bid is presented to the donor, and engage oversees team member inputs to ensure quality

·        The job holder also contributes to the humanitarian portfolio, which requires rapid emergency response mechanisms

·        Leads the planning and implementation of field assessments in collaboration with ILANS technical team development and emergency programs

·        Represent the organization in workshops and conferences where new business development opportunities can be formulated, as indicated by the line manager.

Prepositioning and Opportunity Management

·        Support resource mobilization opportunities aligned to WVE strategy and capacities as assigned

·        Conduct pre-capture and capture work, and recommends strategies to enhance competitiveness and increase organizational growth.

·        Stay up to date with country-specific response plans by the U.N., donors active in the relevant clusters, and other key actors.

·        Contribute to planning of events and development of Capacity Statements and other promotional materials

·        Coordinate Go/No-Go decision making as assigned.

Operations Management

·        Undertake data analysis to support the development of new proposals, program strategies,

·        Coordinate project handover/start up for awarded grants

·        Contribute to team reporting (MMR, Proposal Tracker, etc.)

 Knowledge Management

·        Create and maintain grant management information system and provide business analytics on grant portfolio performance

·        Conduct after action review when needed 

·        Support staff capacity building

 Other:

·        Contribute to RD team operations (e.g. reporting; backstopping; etc)

·        Perform additional responsibilities as assigned

Job Requirements

Minimum education, training and experience requirements to qualify for the position:

·        For BA degree 7 years and for Master’s 5 years of working experience amongst 2 of which have been in the capacity of concept notes and proposal development management within high pressure environment

Essential

·        Relevant degree (e.g., international or development studies; business administration; social science disciplines; etc.)

Desirable

·        Master’s Degree in a related field

·        Postgraduate qualifications or relevant technical/vocational studies and technical training e.g., Grant Management, Project management cycle, etc.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

·        Excellent English communication skills (oral and written) with ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders

·        Ability to provide support and training to staff and partners on donor requirements

·        Basic financial awareness, with the ability to support budget development

·        Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and detail orientation, even under time pressure

·        Strong planning, organizational and project management skills and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks

·        Proven interpersonal, representation, networking, negotiation and leadership skills

·        Proven ability to build trust and relationships to work productively and to inspire teamwork even without line management authority

·        Ability to identify risks and issues and escalate them in a timely manner for proper resolution

·        Positive attitude and willingness to learn and work in a context of people with various ethnic and religious backgrounds

·        Understanding of World Vision’s standards and commitment to World Vision’s core values and mission statement,

·        Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context.

·        Knowledge of and adherence to Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct

·        Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet) required

·        Willing and able to travel within and outside the country for work assignments and/or to attend national, regional and partnership-wide meetings and events

Working Environment / Conditions:

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25 % of the time.  

How to Apply

How to Apply

Interested applicants are required to attach Current CV with three references & fill employment application form which can be found http://docs.ethiojobs.net/wve-jaf.pdf ) and email before the closing date of this announcement to Recruitment_ethiopia@wvi.org or through ethiojobs.net

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