Quantcast
Channel: ReliefWeb - Jobs
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 422

International Programme Funding Officer

0
0
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Organization: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
Closing date: 20 Apr 2022

Starting Salary: £35,002 - £36,479 per annum (inc London Weighting)

Contract: 2-year fixed term contract

Working Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Location: London (this role will be based in London but there will be some flexibility to work remotely in the UK).

This role will be recruited on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close it prior to the closing date. Previous candidates need not apply.

Job Profile

CAFOD works in Latin America, Africa and Asia and the Middle East. The International Programme Funding Officer (IPFO) works closely with programme and funding colleagues to develop high-quality programmes and projects that enable CAFOD and its partners to maximise income from institutional donors across our programme portfolio. Through this work s/he helps extend the reach and impact of CAFOD’s programmes in delivering positive and lasting change for some of the world’s poorest communities.

The IPFO is based within the Integrated Funding & Business Innovation team (IFBI). S/he leads on establishing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with key global and/or UK-based donors; developing and driving donor funding engagement strategies; leading on proposal development and contract management; identifying new funding opportunities and fostering innovation and shared learning among colleagues and partners, including through the institutional funding Community of Practice. Where relevant they will be expected to collaborate and develop synergies with other fundraising streams within CAFOD.

Donor lead responsibilities are a component of this role; the post-holder will hold and develop expertise on a portfolio of allocated donors to be determined (CAFOD works with the UK Government, UN, START, DEC, EU, various other Governments etc; it is expected that the post holder will have demonstrable experience of working with such donors). S/he works with funding colleagues as well as with programme staff, thematic advisers, and colleagues in the Finance, Fundraising and Advocacy and Education Groups, to help build CAFOD’s reputation and grow income across an agreed donor portfolio. The post-holder may undertake some international travel to support overseas teams and partners with proposal development and contract management activities, as well as to meet with key donors and/or collaborate with INGOs and sister agencies within the Caritas Internationalis confederation.

The post-holder reports to the International Development Funding Team Leader. S/he is not a budget holder but may carry out some supervision tasks for other staff members, consultants, or volunteers.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

A Understanding Catholic identity; Commitment to and understanding of the role of the Catholic Church in development

B Understanding CAFOD; Shares and supports CAFOD’s values; able to communicate the differences in mission and approach between CAFOD and other agencies

C Understanding international development; Solid understanding of key issues in development funding across a diverse range of development, advocacy, and humanitarian settings

Working together

D Managing ourselves; Recognises what needs to be done and takes action to achieve results; shares knowledge and expertise with colleagues; open to challenge and able to adopt and adapt new ideas and concepts in a short timescale; shows drive and initiative.

E Working with others; Provides guidance and support to colleagues working towards shared outcomes and targets; builds and maintains collaborative relationships at all levels of the organisation to negotiate and ensure effective and mutually acceptable results; ability to influence others without direct authority, including at a distance

F Communicating; Presents complex issues simply and clearly; delivers convincing proposals and reports internally and externally; shares knowledge and information across the organisation

G Looking outwards; Keeps abreast of developments in sector; builds co-operative, professional relationships with donors, partners, supporters, etc.

Making change happen

H Managing resources; Monitors budgets and spend in line with funding requirements; uses information systems and processes to ensure work is recorded and reported efficiently; offers ideas to improve monitoring, reporting, and learning processes; finds ways to achieve more with the available resources.

I Achieving results; Makes clear what has to be achieved by colleagues and ready to help them get things done; identifies and develops better processes and ways of working to achieve results; anticipates risks and takes active steps to mitigate them

J Managing our performance; Negotiates and monitors standards of performance across diverse settings through task management structures; takes timely action on performance issues; tackles problems or conflict in a balanced way; demonstrates high standards and attention to detail in all work.

K Taking the lead; Provides a clear sense of direction and purpose for colleagues; builds close working relationships with leaders across the organisation; acts quickly to deal with emerging challenges; motivates others to get things done, takes a lead in identifying solutions and making change happen.

For further information on this vacancy as well as the application process, please visit the CAFOD careers website.

How to apply:

https://cafod.org.uk/Work-with-us

Please follow the link to apply for this role


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 422

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images