Business Development and Grants Manager Irish NGO Jobs – Trócaire
Job Title: Business Development and Grants Manager
Organization: Trócaire
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Country Director
About US:
Trócaire is one of Ireland’s leading INGO’s, having over 40 years’ of experience in International Development. Trócaire works through local partners and being the development arm of the Catholic Church in Ireland is a member of worldwide networks such as Caritas and CIDSE. This is an exciting time in the history of the organisation as we continue to roll out our most recent strategic plan 2016-2020 and begin planning for beyond this period.
Job Summary: The Business Development and Grants Manager will increase and diversify the funding (institutional and private) base of the country programme in line with the organisational institutional funding strategy, increase the profile of Trócaire with potential donors, support the programme team in the development of well-designed projects and programmes for submission to institutional donors consistent with Trócaire’s organisational and Country Strategic Plans, and to support programme staff in the management of funding grants/contracts in Uganda through building the capacity of programme staff and partners to manage existing and future institutional funding contracts.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Business Development (50%)
- Steer the review and implementation of Trócaire’s country funding strategy, in line with country programme needs and external funding opportunities.
- Lead and advise on the development of good quality and well-designed funding proposals for submission to institutional and private donors. This will involve linking in with the Global Partnerships and Funding team in HQ in terms of quality assurance and ensuring value for money, cost recovery etc.
- Advise the Programme Director on donor funding streams which match with priorities, projects and programmes and take the lead in structuring the approach towards making a funding application.
- Pro-actively identify opportunities for securing institutional funding from in-country donors, embassies and trust funds. This will involve close liaison with Global Partnerships and Funding staff in Trócaire’s head office.
- Keep up-to-date with donor policy developments and trends, in the development and humanitarian sectors; in-country, regionally, and more generally, and represent Trócaire in funding review groups/networks, as appropriate
- Guide programme staff in the management of contracts for all institutional grants
- In coordination with Finance staff, take responsibility for monitoring and ensuring compliance with donor rules and requirements.
- Ensure all grant files are maintained and organized for planning and preparation of donor reports and project monitoring, and ensuring everything is accurately recorded on Salesforce in a timely manner.
- Together with programme staff, design and participate in grant inception meetings, grant review meetings, and grant close out meetings.
- Provide training for staff and partners entering into new institutional donor contracts, including compliance with regulations on financial management, procurement, audit, reporting, visibility and communications.
- Strengthen existing contacts with donors in country and in the region and support programme staff and management to establish and build new donor contacts.
- Communicate with other teams within Trócaire to ensure that the programme is well understood, and that information is available for communication needs.
- Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities, either as a prime or sub-recipient in joint ventures.
- Provide regular updates to the CMT on the status of the funding portfolio and key trends to monitor.
- Participate in key donor meetings, when necessary, to foster long-term collaboration and engagement.
- Explore and test potential private sector partnerships
- Pro-actively seek donor intelligence on prospective new opportunities or partnerships.
- Ensure key contacts, required formats and donor strategies are kept up-to-date at the country office level.
Grants Management & Compliance (30%)
- Keep up to date with donor regulations and communicate effectively with relevant team members, ensuring links with HQ in terms of global donor strategies and updates on regulations.
- Lead in the preparation of high quality reports for submission to donors in a timely manner. This will involve close liaison and joint working with the programme team, CMT and the Global Partnership and Funding staff in Trócaire head office.
- Lead in the preparation of contract amendment documentation for donors such as the EC, Irish Aid, and others, ensuring the programme team, CMT and HQ is aware of and has oversight of any contract amendments.
- Lead on all quality and administrative checks on narrative and financial reporting for institutionally funded programmes.
- In conjunction with programme and finance teams develop and manage an efficient financial tracking and reporting systems for all institutional grants.
- Keep CMT and all relevant head office staff informed about the progress of contracts through the programme cycle.
Capacity Building (10%)
- Provide training to staff and partners around proposal development and report writing.
- Advise and support programme teams on building the capacities of partners to handle complex contractual compliance issues
- Advise and support programme teams on how to comply with evaluation, audit and expenditure verification requirements, and provide quality assurance on the maintenance of project files.
Internal and external representation (10%)
- Strengthen existing contacts with donors in country and in the region and support programme staff and management to establish and build new donor contacts.
- Represent Trócaire’s work both internally and externally in agreement with the Country Director
- Communicate with other teams within Trócaire to ensure that the programme is well understood, and that information is available for communication needs.
- Together with the programme team work with partners ensuring that effective communication channels are in place, and that funding-related issues are addressed in a timely manner,
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a degree level education in development studies or a relevant subject
- Five years’ experience working in the development and humanitarian sector
- Three years’ experience of proposal and report writing for major international donors including the European Union (DevCo and ECHO), Irish Aid, UK DFID, other European Governments, UN, and other relevant trusts/foundations.
- 3 years’ experience of working with a partnership focused organisation.
- Proven track record of securing institutional funding from successful grant applications.
- Demonstrable experience of managing grants co financed by the donors such as: European Union (DevCo and ECHO), Irish Aid, UK DFID, other European Governments, UN, US Government funding (USAID, State Depts.), and other relevant trusts/foundations.
- Experience of leading consortia negotiations and proposals with other stakeholders
- Project cycle management using results based management
- Use of Management Information Systems (MIS) and / or Grants Management System (GMS)
- Demonstrable experience of humanitarian programming with a knowledge of the local context in particular
- Training/capacity building in a multi-cultural environment
Skills
- In-depth knowledge of contractual requirements of donors and grant management
- Excellent budget analysis and budget development skills.
- Experience of working with partners and good understanding of partnership approach
- Excellent facilitation & capacity building skills and experience of applying them when working with individual partners or groups of partners
- Excellent written, oral and presentational communications skills
- Dynamic and willing to take initiative
- A team player but also willing and able to work with minimal supervision
- Capacity to be flexible and adaptable to changing contexts and priorities
- Deep commitment to social justice.
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Patient and pays high degree of attention to detail.
- Commitment to Trócaire’s Vision, Mission and Values and an understanding of a partnership approach to development.
- Sympathetic understanding of the Catholic Church’s role in relief and development.
- Demonstrated and active commitment to gender equality and Women’s Empowerment.
- Strong team player who is able to establish solid working relationships with colleagues in country as well as in Head Office
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join Trócaire should send their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 7th January 2019
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