Our Vision, Mission and Values

Our vision is of a world in which working horses, donkeys and mules are free from suffering and have a life worth living.

Our mission is to achieve immediate and lasting positive change to the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules and the communities that depend on them.

Our Values

We are proud to be Brooke. Share new ideas and help each other succeed. Together we make change happen.

About Brooke

Brooke is an international animal welfare organization working to improve the lives of working horses, donkeys, mules and the people who depend on them. We reach over 2 million working animals across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Our staff include vets, animal welfare experts and advocacy and development specialists.

Brooke works to equip local people with the knowledge and skills to give their horse, donkey or mule a better life; and to enhance local capacity and a conducive environment towards sustainably improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules as well as the communities that depend on them. Brooke has been working in Ethiopia since 2006 with a country office in Addis Ababa.

Purpose of the Role

This role aimed at identifying current and new work suitable for grant funding, particularly (but not limited to), Brooke’s refreshed Theory of Change, which seeks to strengthen community resilience and livelihoods through an animal welfare lens. In addition, the post holder would be responsible for leading the development of resulting funding opportunities.

With a special focus on developing significant external relationships with local as well as regional and global key stakeholders to profile BE business development efforts for Country Programme.

The post holder will lead in undertaking, portfolio analysis, donor landscape scanning, development of a donor engagement plan and funding strategies, tracking of donor funding opportunities and leading proposal development processes

Regular meetings and calls and communication with UK based Fundraising and Communications (FundComm) Department regarding needs and opportunities with major donors. He/she will work with both the in-country senior as well as the UK-based Fundraising and Communications (FundComm) team to develop high-quality funding proposals for international regional and national funders. This will include the development of concept notes, proposals and donor reports for UK and international funders. As the central link between the country programme and UK-based teams, in relation to fundraising for Ethiopia, you will provide quality, timely and accurate information as part of the restricted funding management responsibilities in Ethiopia.

 Key Responsibilities and Duties

1.       Development of and implementation of a Funding Strategy Aligned to Programme Priorities

• Analyse the current portfolio and identify trends and approaches that inform a better funding strategy

• Develop and create shared ownership of a funding strategy for Brooke Ethiopia and secure funding that enables the Country Programme to achieve its Country Strategic Plan

• Identify and track relevant upcoming funding opportunities through desk-based research, advance intelligence gathering, donor websites and strategy papers for INGOs, private sector, government institutional donors, trusts and foundations and major donors that have a national or regional presence

• Implement the funding strategy and ensure coordination and synergy among country office teams in undertaking approaches and actions that deliver agreed-restricted funding targets.

• Undertake donor landscape mapping and prepare an effective plan for donor engagement.

• Together with thematic leads, develop thematic funding plans and track the implementation of the plans while considering the goals of the Country’s Strategic Plan

• Ensures accurate and timely overview of funding priorities and pipeline health and analysis are shared across the country office and with the UK Programme Directorate

 2.    Research and identify new international, regional and national funding sources and partnership opportunities that will lead to new restricted funding sources and grow grant income

3.       Pre-positioning, local donor and funding partners’ engagement

4.       Proposal Development and quality report writing

5.       Develop funding proposals for key international, regional and national donors in collaboration with the country programme operations and UK programme funding staff.

6.       Work with Programmes and UK FundComm teams to ensure country programme plans reflect donor interests and funding trends that align with Brooke’s new Theory of Change.

7.       Work with the Brooke Ethiopia team and support capacity building on Fundraising

8.       Scope International Development Organisations in Ethiopia to develop collaborations that can lead to Consortia development

9.       Manage all restricted funding processes in country including coordinating the provision of quality, timely and accurate narrative and financial information, qualitative and quantitative data to both UK FundComm and UK Strategy and Performance teams and help ensure all donor reporting deadlines are met.

10.       Stewardship of funded projects and provision of regular updates for donors and UK FundComm teams when required; ensure the efficient implementation of the restricted funding process.

11.   Together with the UK, coordinate country teams and provide capacity building, where needed, to ensure best practices and quality control for effective fundraising, management and stewardship of funded projects.

12.   Act as the key point of contact and coordinator for all vests to the Country programme from FundComm staff.

Communication and Reporting

This role will be line managed in country on a day to day basis by Senior Manager for Advocacy and Fundraising.

However, the post holder is also required to collaborate, report to and communicate with Brooke Ethiopia Country Director, members of the Philanthropy and Partnerships (P+P) team (as well as other Brooke UK staff) to achieve objectives in the following ways:

 Programme Funding Advisor

• Attend central “grant ready” meetings and other international fundraising forums

• Update on new partnership and fundraising opportunities and developments as soon as they materialise, so they can be centrally logged and next steps planned, with formal bid/no bid processes followed.

• Work closely to develop applications within an agreed brief, meeting internal timelines for each stage of development.

 Restricted Funding Advisor

• Provide up to date reporting and project information for concept note development.

• Provide up to date project and reporting information for the drafting of concept notes, funding applications and donor reports.

• Report on the progress of Restricted Funding projects at quarterly meetings to the Director of Programmes (and when needed to the Restricted Funding Advisor).

• Any other formal requests for collaborative working on applications/reports from member s of the P+P team.

Senior business development advisor shall remain cognisant of work related interdependencies with others and Country Director will be copied in, in any relevant conversation having possible impact on the regional plan and or operations in country.

General

•  Follow the Brooke’s equal opportunities statement which aims to clarify the value we place on diversity and steps we take to promote equality of opportunity for all.

• Perform such additional tasks as may reasonably be requested from time to time by the Line Manager.

• Adhere at all times to Brooke’s policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

Professional/technical qualifications: Master’s Degree or equivalent in international development or a related subject and more than 5 years of experience in an INGO setting .

Donor Funding: significant experience and a successful track record securing grants from trusts, foundations and key institutional funders.

Knowledge and Experience in Institutional Funding: current knowledge and experience of institutional funders’ priorities, requirements/compliance and ways of working.

Proposal and Report Writing: experience of producing high quality proposals and reports, delivering quantitative and qualitative information in both formal and informal styles. Understanding of Log frames and M&E frameworks.

Relationship Building: proven experience of building productive one to one relationships, internally, working effectively across departments and country programmes. External: proven experience of networking and building working partnerships with donors, NGOs and other stakeholders and representing your organisation on external platforms.

Capacity Building: proven experience of building colleagues’ capacity to respond to donor requirements for proposal and reporting purposes.

Budgeting: experience of producing budgets and reports for funders; experience of negotiating budgets, value for money, etc.

Communication skills: excellent communicator with strong presentation skills and the ability to work effectively with a diverse range of individuals. Excellent written skills in English and French and the ability to synthesise large amounts of information for reporting and proposal writing purposes.

IT: A good understanding and experience of working with databases, and Microsoft Office, PowerPoint. Knowledge /use of funder portals and software. 

Travel: Willingness and ability to travel to the UK occasionally, visit project sites and to work occasional weekends and evenings in line with business needs.  

Knowledge of or understanding of Animal Welfare 

Experience of securing funding for livelihood, DRR, WASH, climate change, resilience related programmes.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the job and fulfil the above requirements, please send ONLY your updated CV and application letter through HERE

Please also include 3 references from the current and former of your employers.