Senior Program Development Advisor, West Africa
Employeur: International Rescue Committee
Description complète
Requête nº: req29582
Intitulé de poste: Senior Program Development Advisor, West Africa
Secteur d’activité: Administration du programme
Type de contrat: Régulier
Taux d’occupation: Plein temps
Ouvert aux expatriés: Oui
Lieu de travail: New York, NY HQ USA
Descriptif du poste
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.
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.
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.
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.
Senior Program Development Advisor (SPDA), West Africa leads IRC’s new
business development efforts in support of West Africa’s country
programs, in line with IRC’s Business Development Strategy and country
Strategy Action Plans (SAPs). Support includes all phases of the
business development process, from opportunity identification to
contract signature, including pre-positioning and capture, partnerships,
proposal development, and due diligence phases.
SPDA serves as the regional focal person for all business development
for institutional donors in the IRC’s West Africa region, which
comprises country programs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote
D’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
to the Director, Awards Management, West Africa, and the Director of
Business Development, Regional. 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.
up to date knowledge of donor funding priorities and geographical
interests relevant to IRC’s area of work, collaborate with country
programs to successfully position for new funding.
and assist country teams in the identification, tracking and updating
of new business opportunities across a variety of technical sectors and
donors, including facilitating technical brainstorming, partner and
competitor landscape analysis, and win theme sessions with technical and
country staff.
as a member of the Regional Program and Awards Support Team (RPAS),
serving as the business development point of contact for the region’s
Senior Management Team (SMT) and participating in RPAS team initiatives
to best support the region and country programs.
as a member of the regional Program Development (PD) team, coordinating
with other S/PDAs to share best practices and lessons learned to ensure
high quality proposal submissions globally.
strategic planning support to country office teams in the setup of
funding priorities and targets and supporting the achievement of the
regional and country targets.
business development in the region by providing effective proposal
support, ranging from proposal management to comprehensive support and
quality assurance.
concept note and 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.
This includes support to country office teams in the management and
maintenance of IRC’s awards management system.
with technical units, country offices, and other colleagues to support
conceptualization of winning program and bid designs for new project
activities and/or amendments to current projects. Provide guidance on
USG, FCDO, EU, and other donor policies and ensure project design is
responsive and compliant with donor expectations, rules and regulations.
and communicate with consortium partners. Negotiate and finalize
teaming agreements with partners and ensure vetting of partners is
performed by country offices as per IRC’s requirements. Compile inputs
from proposal team members, including consultants and partners. Identify
partners, consultants, and other proposal development support as
needed.
quality assurance and quality compliance support on proposals. Ensure
responsiveness to and compliance with solicitation documents and with
IRC’s requirements.
country programs in increasing local ownership of projects in alignment
with IRC’s partnership strategy and internal subaward management
system, through growing IRC’s collaboration with and support to local
organizations in West Africa’s country programs.
the identification of consultants and/or additional support for
opportunities in collaboration with the country and regional teams.
internal post-submission debrief sessions with country teams, technical
units, regional team and other relevant stakeholders to collect lessons
learned.
strengthen, and share capacity of other IRC staff (including direct
reports, IRC country and regional teams) to identify opportunities and
develop strong program design and proposals.
train, supervise and mentor direct reports, including communicating
clear expectations, providing regular and timely performance feedback,
document/discuss performance issues if needed, and deliver high-quality
documented annual performance reviews.
direct reports in achieving annual objectives, acting as a trusted and
accountable manager, mentor and professional resource, including
promoting collaboration, enabling adequate resourcing and ensuring
accountability.
strong track record 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 and a successful track record leading large proposal teams
on complex subject, multi-year, multi-partner proposals with minimal
supervision.
with strategies and proposal processes of key government/statutory
donors: US Government (USAID, OFDA, BPRM, etc.), FCDO, EU institutions
(ECHO, EUTF), and other donors (GAC, Sida, FCDO, GFFO, SDC, etc.).
communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to
effectively collaborate across a variety of relationships in a
multicultural environment.
ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in remote
and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals.
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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