Programme Funding Coordinator (x1) and Officer (x1) – Africa

Job posted by: CARE International - UK - Thu, 18 Jul 2019

Job Details:

Organisation: CARE International - UK

Deadline Mon, 5 Aug 2019

Job type: Permanent

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Do you want to play a key role in a growing, experienced and passionate team supporting and shaping CARE International UK’s international development and humanitarian portfolio? Join the Africa development programmes or global humanitarian programmes teams!

Programme Funding Coordinator – Permanent

Programme Funding Officer - 12 months Fixed Term Contract

 

Why work for us?

The Programme Management Team is at the very centreof CIUK’s new strategy for the delivery of high quality and impactful programming within CARE.  The team shapes and delivers our institutional programme portfolio in line with the CARE International 2020 Programme Strategy and ensures that our programmes save lives and bring lasting change through consistent and high standards of programme design, quality delivery and learning. The Africa team is currently managing a portfolio of projects funded by institutional donors (DFID, EC, BLF, Comic Relief, etc), with a value of over £50 million. 

About the role

The Programme Funding Coordinator/Officer will work in a multi-disciplinary Programme unit and will be responsible for raising significant funds to grow the team’s programme portfolio. You will deliver a high quality bidding programme with Institutional Donors and Foundations in order to build a healthy and sustainable funding pipeline so that CIUK can achieve our programme goals; build learning and multiply impact. You will work closely with technical advisory teams, Country Offices and other partners in order to deliver winning bids which showcase CARE’s programme innovation and which deliver impact as well as ensuring adequate cost recovery for CIUK. 

 

The Programme Funding Coordinator/Officer will work on complex and major bids, including increasingly often on multimillion consortia, commercial contracts and multi-country partnerships and will be expected to take a high degree of responsibility for developing successful bids including negotiations with internal and external partners. 

About you

You are a passionate and experienced international development worker or funding specialist, with field and/or HQ experience in institutional funding and a very good knowledge of our key donors’ requirements (DFID and EC), in particular in relation to commercial contracts and large tenders and consortia grants. You have the ability to lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams during proposal preparation, working with partners and colleagues in multiple locations. You have experience in and very good understanding of development programme design. You have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. You are capable of building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders; you are a positive collaborator and a strong team player.

 About CARE

We are one of the world's leading humanitarian and development charities. By 2020, CARE and our partners will support 150 million people from the most vulnerable and excluded communities to overcome poverty and social injustice. We work in 79 developing countries, saving lives in emergencies and finding long-term solutions to poverty for millions of people every year. We put women and girls in the centre because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We believe strongly that business has an important role to play in creating opportunities and reducing barriers for people living in poverty and would like to invite you to be a part of making this change happen.

 Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do. 

Closing date:  9am Monday 5th August 2019

Interview date: 12-16th August 2019

 We are committed to Equality and value Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job (see person specification).

 

If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to, info@careinternational.org

 

 

 



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