Pays: Germany
Region: Berlin
Employeur: International Rescue Committee
Description complète
Requête nº: req29580
Intitulé de poste: Program Development Advisor
Secteur d’activité: Administration du programme
Type de contrat: Durée Déterminée
Taux d’occupation: Plein temps
Ouvert aux expatriés: Oui
Lieu de travail: New York, NY HQ USA
Descriptif du poste
The
International Rescue Committee is a global network with its
headquarters in New York. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40
countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and
rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster.
The
IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all
aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially,
accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the
most vulnerable.
The Awards Management Unit (AMU)
Established
in January 2016, the Awards Management Unit (AMU) is a global
department with the responsibility for identifying, securing, and
managing all funding from statutory/government donors. The department is
includes the following teams: Program and Award Support, Strategic
Partnerships, Compliance and Policy, Business Development, and Training.
The
AMU is a bridge between donors and country programs: providing expert
technical advice to the country teams, while maintaining portfolio-level
visibility to ensure consistency and compliance, and manage risk. This
unit ensures that donor compliance policies and procedures are
implemented consistently, and supports all staff working across the
award management cycle for all restricted funding from global government
sources.
The Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) Department
The
Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) Department has a
growing portfolio of humanitarian relief, post-crisis recovery, and
development programs under their remit. This work focuses support in
five key areas: ensuring safety from harm, improving health, increasing
access to education, improving economic well-being and ensuring people
have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. In all
these programs, there is a drive to address the unique needs of women
and girls (who represent the majority of those displaced) – and the
universal barriers they face.
The
CRRD works across 6 regions globally, including West Africa, East
Africa, Great Lakes, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and Latin
America. The regional teams are the links between country offices and
key HQ departments, and aim to support and provide advice to country
programs with a range of issues from strategic planning, business
development to compliance, awards management and partnerships
management.
The Purpose of the Role
The
Program Development Advisor (PDA) supports West Africa country programs
in securing funding for their programmes, through supporting and
leading pursuit of new funding opportunities, in line with IRC’s
Business Development Strategy. Support includes all phases of the
business development process, from opportunity identification to
contract signature, including pre-positioning, partnerships building,
proposal development, and due diligence phases.
The
PDA supports business development in the IRC’s West Africa region,
which comprises country programs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote
d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Key Working Relationships
Reports
to the Senior Program Development Advisor, West Africa. Works closely
with team members of Regional Program and Award Support, Business
Development, and across all teams within Awards Management Unit, Crisis
Response Recovery and Development Department, Finance, and other key
departments within IRC. Donor and partner point of contact as applicable
per region.
Key accountabilities
• Help
drive business development in the region by providing effective
proposal support, ranging from proposal management to comprehensive
support and quality assurance.
• Support in building IRC’s visibility with donors, peers, and partners.
• Coordinate
proposal development, including sharing initial assessment of new
opportunities, preparing timelines, ensuring the proposal team adheres
to deadlines, supporting recruitment, assisting in budget development,
ensuring document completion, organizing meetings and compiling notes,
and drafting and proofreading proposal sections.
• Support
country programs in increasing local ownership of projects in alignment
with IRC’s partnership strategy, through growing IRC’s collaboration
with and support to local organisations in West Africa countries.
• Collaborate
with technical units, country offices, and other colleagues to support
conceptualization of winning programme and bid designs for new project
activities and/or amendments to current projects.
• Coordinate
and communicate with consortium partners with consortium partners.
Compile inputs from proposal team members, including consultants and
partners. Identify partners, consultants, and other proposal development
support as needed.
• Provide
quality assurance and quality compliance support on proposals. Ensure
responsiveness to and compliance with solicitation documents and with
IRC’s requirements.
• Collaborate
with country programs to successfully position for new funding
opportunities. Lead and assist in the identification, tracking and
updating of new business opportunities across a variety of technical
sectors and donors.
• Lead
or support pre-positioning for specific opportunities, including
facilitating technical brainstorming, partner and competitor landscape
analysis and win theme sessions with technical and country staff.
• Facilitate
the identification of consultants and/or additional support for
opportunities in collaboration with the country team.
• Facilitate
internal post-submission debrief sessions with country teams, technical
units, regional team and other relevant stakeholders to collect lessons
learned.
• Work with regional program support team colleagues to incorporate lessons learned from implementation at the proposal stage.
• Maintain complete and accurate electronic files, including final submission packages.
Other Responsibilities (5%)
• Contribute to AMU and regional strategic priorities and initiatives.
• Liaise with communications and external relations staff to inform IRC media products as needed.
• Participate in special projects as needed and other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:
• Experience
of working on new funding opportunities in humanitarian and
international development with a range of multilateral and bilateral
donors (USAID, US Department of State, FCDO, EU and ECHO, GFFO, BMZ,
Sida, SDC, World Bank, etc.), as well as experience collaborating with
local partner organizations.
• Experience in developing and supporting humanitarian and development proposals for NGOs
• Experience with strategies and proposal processes of key government/statutory donors – US, UK, EU, German, Scandinavian, etc.
• Experience in collaborating with and supporting national and community-based partners
• Experience in proposal budgeting a plus
• Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to
effectively collaborate across a variety of relationships in a
multicultural environment
• Demonstrated
ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in remote
and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals
• Clear, compelling writing skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
• Ability to travel within West Africa (approximately 20% of time)
• Fluency in English and French. Proficiency in German is an asset
• Candidates who are from the region and/or have significant experience in the region are strongly encouraged to apply.
Experience:
• Experience in working at a distance and supporting country-based staff
• Experience writing, reviewing and editing proposals and excellent attention to detail
US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of
benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25
paid time off days (depending on role and tenure), medical insurance starting
at $145 per month, dental starting at $7 per month, and vision starting at $5
per month, FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs, a 403b retirement
savings plans with up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus a
3-7% base IRC contribution (3 year vesting), disability & life insurance,
and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their
families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health
struggles.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement: In accordance with IRC’s
duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards and our
commitment to safeguard the health of our employees, clients, and
communities, IRC requires new hires to furnish proof of vaccination
against COVID-19 in order to be considered for any in-office or hybrid
positions. All IRC US offices require full vaccination to attend any
in-office functions (e.g., meetings, trainings).
Commitment
to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a
climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from
candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
Equal
Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our
company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national
origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital
status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals
with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the
job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and
to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to
request accommodation.
Standards
of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in
IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability
and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces
policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child
Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation
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