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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 Tier 2 and 3 donors with moderately complex requirements. The RD Advisor coordinates team reporting, events and promotional materials, and project handovers for awarded grants. The position holder is also required to provide surge capacity to the RD team during a major grant opportunity specially in humanitarian grants and thus be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Strategy

Prepositioning and Opportunity Management

Operations Management

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

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

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.)

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

Job Requirements

·BA/BSc Degree in Social sciences, Development Studies and related fields.

 MA/MSc/MBA/ in Social Sciences, Development Studies and related fields

For BA degree 6 years and for Master’s 4 years of working experience amongst 2 of which have been in the capacity of concept notes and proposal development management within high pressure environment

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, including participation in regular devotions. 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

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

Applicant Type Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

How to Apply

Register using the following LINK

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