Institutional Partnership Development Manager NGO Jobs – SOS Children’s Villages
Job Title: Institutional Partnership Development Manager
Organization: SOS Children’s Villages
Reports to: National Program Development Advisor
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
About US:
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda is an indigenous non-government, social development organisation affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care organisation, currently running Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. SOS has been working in Uganda since 1991, and runs Children’s Villages and other projects at Kakiri, Entebbe (Abaita Ababiri), Gulu and in Fort Portal – Kabarole district.
Job Summary: The Institutional Partnership Development Manager (IPD) supports the National Association to increase and diversify its institutional funding base in collaboration with development partners. He / She works with the National Director and the Program Team to strengthen existing relationships and establish new relationships with institutional donors. He/she works together with the NPDA to develop and implement strategies for institutional partnership to grow the funding portfolio.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Fundraising and Donor Liaison
- Identify institutional partnership opportunities at the national/ local level (from bilateral, multilateral, international organizations and embassies and foundations)
- Develop fundable concepts and propels in line with SOS Uganda Institutional Policy guidelines.
- Write concept notes and full proposals for both grants and contracts under the strategic guidance of the PD or Programme Coordinator. This includes background research, stakeholder analysis, data collection & analysis, consultation processes, development of narrative, development of budget and production all associated documents to a high standard in accordance with donor requirements
- Maintain and regularly update information on potential funding opportunities for SOS CV Uganda based on thorough research and intelligence gathering
- Coordinate and facilitate consortium formation and proposal development processes externally, with consortium and / or local implementing partners
- Coordinate capacity assessments of potential local partners to be included in proposals
- Develop MOUs, pre-teaming agreements or other required documentation in relation to consortium formation and partnership development.
- Develop and maintain good relationships with donors by ensuring regular communication, knowledge exchange and effective reporting.
- Work with the National Director, be the link between SOS CV Uganda and donors especially in management of institutional funding contracts.
- Ensure regular communication with the SOS CV international and regional offices
Donor Contract Management
- Prepare and submit IPD monthly updates and quarterly reports to the National Program Development Advisor and IOR
- Coordinate, monitor and assess the quality of donor reporting making sure that donor requirements are met during the project implementation and phase
- Be responsible for Donor Contract Management (DCM) of institutional (restricted) grants, including contract preparation, development of consortium agreements, teaming agreements compliance with donor requirements, submission of reports.
- Develop and maintain workspaces in the Grant management Tracker system for management of institutional contracts.
- Ensure all funding files, (electronic, system and paper) are complete and kept up to date.
- Undertake routine donor contract administration for country programmes including maintenance of records on donor contracts.
- Establish a close working relationship with the Finance and Program Department and provide advice to ensure synergy in donor budgeting, contract management and reporting.
- Responding to needs from IOR on reporting in relation to grant and contract information management.
Strategy, Capacity Building
- Develop and implement an institutional fundraising and partnership strategy in line with the needs of SOS Children’s Villages Uganda and ensure this is infused within the global IPD Strategy 2.0 and national plans
- Ensure Senior Management are appraised of all strategic opportunities, challenges and risks in relation to potential funding opportunities, including grants and contracts.
- Analyse the funding environment vis a vis SOS CV Uganda plans and priorities, mapping key donors and identifying trends in funding and implications for SOS CV Ethiopia
- Review and implement the recommendations of the donor market survey
- Train and support relevant staff in Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach among other models and approaches
- Build fundraising capacity within the programme team, by training staff on funding policies donor relations, reporting, contract management, etc.
- Document learning on the implementation of donor-funded grants and contracts, in order to improve understanding of donor requirements and to improve SOS CV Uganda performance
Partnership Development and Networking
- Establish and maintain regular contact with donors by organizing donor roundtables, face to face meetings, attending donor forums etc.
- Supporting the National Director, PD Advisor to develop new and existing relationships with new donors and potential consortium partners.
- Negotiate collaboration with partner institutions and government departments in support of SOS CV Uganda subject to approval from the National Director.
- Assess and where possible develop partnerships and consortiums with other like-minded organizations for purposes of bidding for large donor projects.
- Represent SOS CV Uganda in sector level meetings (development and humanitarian/emergency) and other networking forums and use this to aggressively develop funding partnerships.
- Participate in regional IPD networking and training forums and contribute to development of new IPD strategies to improve practice.
- Developing material to help promote SOS CV Uganda amongst potential donors, partners and key Government representatives, including briefings, capacity statements and presentations.
- Work closely with the GSC in ESAF and IO in order to ensure coordinated contact with donors.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should hold a Bachelors’ Degree and Masters’ Degree, in the social sciences (social work, psychology, social-pedagogy, community development or economics).
- Post graduate project management qualification.
- Seven years of working experience in the field of Project Management
- He/she should have 4-7 years extensive experience in planning, securing and managing funds from institutional donors as well as a thorough understanding of development programming.
- A thorough understanding of program design and development especially in the sectors of Education, Health, Livelihoods, Gender and GBV, Child Protection, etc.
- Experience in social science research; the candidate should have extensive experience conducting assessments, evaluations etc.
- A thorough understanding of DCM, PCM, and training approaches is required.
- Demonstrable experience in planning, resourcing, implementing, controlling, monitoring & evaluation of and reporting on projects, preferably in the social sciences arena, including donor- funded programs.
- Ability to turn a vision into actionable goals and deliverables, including coordinating the activities of several program locations (and their networks of service providers) around these common goals.
- Ability to challenge conventional thinking, and to influence others to develop new, innovative solutions to promote quality child care and development, including using broad cross-sector coordination to create large-scale social change.
- Understanding of the national legislation, policies, strategies and funding mechanisms of SOS Children’s Villages Uganda in relation to child care and development.
- Experience in partnership-building, including assessing the suitability of partners, and negotiating and formalizing Memorandums of Understanding.
- Experience of working with consultants for carrying out baseline studies and evaluations of projects, maintaining strong ownership of the process while bringing about an informed and objective result.
- Ability to represent SOS Uganda at the highest level, including with national bodies and agencies, NGO networks and international donors.
- Ability to link budgets for implementing planned activities and programs, as well as understanding of financial reports for tracking budget execution.
- Proven experience in leading a team.
- Strong MS office skills, preferably with proficiency in using project management software.
- Strong and highly effective communication skills in English including excellent report writing skills.
- Willingness to travel within different the regions, as well as travel within the Sub-Saharan Africa region for experience-sharing and workshops.
- The Candidate should have leadership, and innovation, flexible, self-drive and have the ability to work very fast and under strict deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills with the ability to represent SOS CV Uganda in donor forums, develop partnerships with other NGOs
- Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of funding and contract compliance.
Personal Attributes
- Good planning, organizing and coordination skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a team and to communicate effectively with colleagues, partners, stakeholders and others who are not in the line of command.
- Strong analytic and thinking skills, ability to overcome challenges.
- Ability to manage own time and to work under high pressure.
- Trustworthiness and confidentiality, modelling principled behaviour.
- Commitment to address the situation the children of our target group and their families
How to Apply:
All candidates should submit their applications, updated CVs and academic documents to the address below:
HR & Administration Manager
SOS Children’s Village Uganda
Email to: nationaloffice@sosuganda.org
Deadline: 26th July 2019 by 2:00pm
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