Duties & Responsibilities:

To influence partners and grow resources to meaningfully engage with World Vision Ethiopia (WVE to promote child wellbeing. To support the Resource Development (RD) Director in the development and implementation of clear and tangible strategies for ensuring: 

1) effective stakeholder engagement at all levels of the organization, 

2) well-coordinated, quality, and target-responsive resource acquisition efforts that focus on WVE’s programmatic priorities and core competencies. 

Under the direct supervision of the Resource Development (RD) Director, the RD Manager will directly oversee the RD Advisors to)

1) ensure consistent processes for RD new business development with SOs and donor submissions,

2) track pipeline and forecasting closely, 

3) strengthen the capacity of the RD team to ensure the highest quality of submissions, and 

4) to support the RD Director with planning and tracking donor engagement/cultivation efforts of WVE.

Leadership and Strategic Management:

• Supervise and directly manage all WVE RD Advisors and GAM Specialists (if any) with close coordination with WVE grants finance and other relevant units (MEAL, COMMS, SCM, GTD, Admin, SCR, Operations, Field Ops, Risk, Safeguarding, Technical Programmes, etc.)

• Manage the processes of resource mobilization and donor engagement to execute WV Ethiopia’s resource acquisition strategy and relevant elements of WVE’s five-year Strategic Plan

• Manage the action plan for audit findings reporting to the RD Director

Internal Process Improvement Management:

• Ensure that the RD Leads during proposal development and related processes include standardized approaches for budget, procurement and personnel planning and monitoring.

• Continuously improve and manage consistent implementation of internal processes for resource development

• Manage the transition to a centralized documentation system for all grant submissions, tools, reports and other materials

Tracking and Forecasting:

• Manage and ensure accuracy and up-to-date tracking of pipeline and

• Regularly oversee RD leads to gather inputs to feed into accurate forecasting to ensure a clear overview of ongoing and upcoming RD opportunities with donors.

• Manage and lead data quality checks of Horizon/Impaq (grants data software) to ensure data of grants is up-to-date and accurate, in coordination with finance and technical teams

• Monitor and maintain the proposal pipeline and generate quarterly reports for management’s strategic decisions.

Manage Donor and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Maintain the donor database in place to ensure it is an up-to-date and dynamic document.

• Manage the development and coordination of WV Ethiopia Donor Cultivation Plans for Tier 1 level donors

• Manage the teams to develop SO engagement plans and an assessment of SOs to further engage

Proposal Quality Control & Staff Capacity building:

• Conduct in-depth quality control reviews of submissions of concept notes, expressions of interest, proposals and agreements prior to final reviews to ensure high level of quality and suggest final GNG decision

• Compile learning from after action reviews and develop an action plan for capacity building in close coordination with RD Director.

• Identify capacity-building needs of RD and wider teams and develop strategies to address them. Organize and/or provide training, mentorship, and technical assistance to enhance the skills and knowledge of RD & wider team members.

Job Requirements

Knowledge/Qualification for the position/

Required Professional Experience

• Master’s degree in a relevant field from a recognized university

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience of which should include program design for development programs, grant acquisition and management, and local fundraising

• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in leading and coordinating teams

• Ample experience and expertise in partnering with government, multilateral donors and private sector

• Must have experience in local institutions and how they work

• Knowledge of WVI working systems, policies and standards will be an advantage.

• Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Master’s or advanced degree in relevant field such as education, or other closely related field.

• Training or certification in Portfolio and/or Programme Management with accredited institution

• Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Previous experience with the culture and context of Ethiopia is strongly preferred. 

• Results oriented, able to handle public relations, able to satisfy donors

• Able to handle multiple complexes, competing priorities under a tight schedule while leading a diverse team with an empowering and outcome-oriented approach.

• Strong budgetary and financial management skills.

• Strong negotiation and representation skills.

• Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills.

• Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment with minimum supervision.

• Great presentation and relational skills

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement: Ability to travel within Ethiopia as required. 

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