Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 20 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
SOS Children’s Villages is a child focused organization and an affiliate of the SOS Children Villages International. It is non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational, and non-racial. Its overall mission is to build families for children in need, help them shape their own futures and share in the development of their communities. To realise the mission of the organisation, SOS Children’s Villages is recruiting for the under listed position.
SOS Children’s Villages holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Recruitment decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks and police clearance reference check processes.

Grants and Partnership Development (GPD) Manager (1)
Qualifications & Experience
• Full Grade 12 School Certificate with a Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics or the equivalent.
• Not less than five (5) years’ experience in business development, fund-raising and proposal development. Exposure and familiarity with multi-donor and key stakeholder relations and engagements with public and private corporate and any international funding agencies is a mandatory requirement.

Reporting Lines
The job holder will report to the National Director
Role objective
• The Grants and PD Manager (GPDM) will anchor the development of the MAs Fundraising Strategy and undertake IPD fundraising initiatives by actively seeking out and pitching for various fundraising opportunities internationally and domestically.
• The (GPDM) will be responsible for responding to funding calls and invitations for Expressions of Interest by conceptualizing well-informed project proposals, Concept Notes and applications for funding.
• The (GPDM) will work closely with the IPD Regional funding team and actively collaborate with PSAs for guidance on possible funding opportunities at international and regional levels.

Key Competencies
1. High level management and facilitation skills.
2. Knowledge of Fund Development and fundraising principles
3. Possessional and policy influencing skills
4. Ability to plan, manage, organize work efficiently.
5. Ability to work with minimum supervision.
6. Computer skills especially Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point & the Internet.
7. A good command of both oral & written English language skills.
8. Be of high moral standing and personal integrity.

Key Responsibilities
The Grants and PD Manager will be required to
• Develop fundraising targets for the MA to broaden the MA’s grant portfolio.
• Develop own Fund development workplan
• Develop individual performance objectives to be agreed with Line Manager
• Superintend and support Locations’ fundraising efforts from local corporates, donors, HNWIs, government, embassies and foundations
• Demonstrate impact by enhancing the MAs grant portfolio to grow and diversify income and increase funding from non-traditional sources as outlined in the MAs National Strategy
• Establish and forge partnerships and coalitions with locally based CBOs, INGOs and other organizations to respond to joint funding calls
• Understand and fulfil multi-donor requirements to ensure alignment and compliance to the donors’ financing approaches and standards.
• Compose donor reports as guided in the financing agreements and meet all contractual requirements
• Prepare and submit IPD monthly updates and quarterly reports to regional office and to PSAs as may be required
• Provide quarterly reports to the Fund Development Committee of the Board
• Work with line manager and Programme team to develop both the short-term and long-term funding plans for the MA

Additional Collaborative functions
• Coordinate with individual and corporate child sponsors and HNWIs and donors to SOS
• Coordinate all child sponsorship and local corporate fundraising events and road shows in league with Brand and Comms unit.
• Initiate and coordinate fundraising campaigns and events nationally to maximize new sustainable funding opportunities.
• Work in collaboration with the line manager, finance team and partners to ensure all contractual funding requirements are met and reported on time.
• Develop a donor mapping system and tracker to monitor funding behaviours and financing systems
• In league with HROD and Finance Unit exercise oversight over Asset Optimization activities for the MA and monitor and report local income generation from Optimal use of SOS assets.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

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Job application procedure
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• Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 25th September, 2024
• You can email your application letter and CV only Please DO NOT email academic and professional certificates as they will only be required during the interviews to the applicants who will be responded to.
• SOS Children`s Villages Zambia is an equal opportunity employer.

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