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Research new funding sources, prepare specific bids, proposals and reports for submission to institutional donors as well as donor relationship management and maintenance of appropriate information systems. Providing strategic support, monitoring, review and evaluation of all aspects of Medair programmes, the Programme Funding Manager plays a key role in grant coordination.

Project Overview

Multi-sector relief programme including: provision of primary health care, nutrition, Behaviour Change Communication, mental health/psychosocial support, water and sanitation and NFI & emergency shelter distributions across fixed and emergency response locations throughout South Sudan. The goal is to assist in reducing morbidity and mortality in vulnerable communities in South Sudan.

Workplace & Conditions

Field based position in Juba, with frequent travel to field locations, South Sudan. Take a look at Medair’s work in South Sudan.

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

November 2019. Full time, 24 months.

Key Activity Areas

Donor Mapping & Donor Relations Management

  • Keeping up-to-date with trends and analyse institutional donor funding opportunities for South Sudan and advise senior management on strategic funding decisions.
  • Support the Country Director and Deputy Country Directors in developing and maintaining efficient donor relations with the in-country representatives of relevant funding partners.
  • Maintain relationships with key institutional donors.
  • Facilitate donors’ monitoring visits to projects.

Grants Management

  • Keeping up-to-date with all donor specific guidelines and timelines (incl. humanitarian policy and practice) and inform/train relevant colleagues on these guidelines/timelines.
  • Manage the process of compiling donor proposals and reports in close cooperation with Project Coordinators/Project Managers, Technical Advisors and GSO-staff.
  • Act as the focal point for maintaining online donor grant management systems.
  • Support the development of appropriate systems to ensure donor compliance, including financial and monitoring and evaluation systems.
  • Monitor the project budget expenditure, ensuring budgets are spent according to donor proposals and regulations and within the appropriate timeframe to advise senior management on the overall financial/funding status of the country programme.
  • Ensure timely communication with donors in case of significant programmatic or financial deviances from the submitted donor proposal.

Programme Management

  • Support Country Director, Deputy Country Directors and GSO-staff to develop and implement a relevant and sustainable country strategy.
  • Ensure the integration of beneficiary participation and accountability in programme activities.

Quality Management

  • Responsible for project implementation to meet institutional donor requirements and in accordance with Medair, donor, country and international standards.
  • Regularly assess and provide feedback and recommendations on the quality of the programmes and interventions during field visits and at other relevant times.

Team Spiritual Life

  • Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, beneficiaries, and external contacts.
  • Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based team settings. Fully contribute to the rich spiritual life of your team, including team devotions, prayers, and words of encouragement.
  • Encouraged to join and contribute to Medair’s international prayer network.

This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.

Qualifications

  • University degree in a relevant subject such as Management / Development Studies / Business Administration or in a relevant technical subject.
  • Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written).

Experience / Competencies

  • At least 1 year’s post-qualification experience in a complex humanitarian emergency.
  • Experience of maintaining grant management systems. M&E experience.
  • Report and proposal writing skills.
  • Able to work with project budgets, financial reports and financial management systems.
  • Proven ability to work with people from a range of cultural, social, ethnic backgrounds.
  • Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and networking skills. Able to develop relationships with donors.
  • Team-player with good inter-personal skills.
  • Problem solver, dynamic, mature, self-motivated, hard-working, organised, detail-oriented.
How to apply:

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

a) Medair organisational values.

b) Profiles and benefits package provided for Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS).

c) Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page.

Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

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Medair is a humanitarian aid organisation inspired by Christian faith. For our Headquarters and Internationally Recruited Staff, we are looking for professionals who share our values, and are committed and motivated to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote and vulnerable communities. What’s so rewarding about a career with Medair? You will help save and sustain the lives of people who truly need assistance, while also learning new skills in a complex humanitarian environment. You will immerse yourself in a foreign culture and experience the joys and challenges of living and working with an international team. You will know the rich blessing of saving a life, of teaching new skills, of seeing communities restored and transformed.

Medair is an international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places." Medair provides emergency relief and recovery services including Health and Nutrition; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; and Shelter and Infrastructure. Medair lists its values as: hope, compassion, dignity, accountability, integrity, and faith.Medair’s statutes were registered in 1989 with the Registre du Commerce of the state of Vaud, Switzerland. Its international and operational headquarters are based in Switzerland. Medair has been active in 31 countries, working in some of the most remote, hard-to-reach places in the world. It is independent of any political, economic, or social authority. As a signatory of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, the organization provides aid to the most vulnerable, irrespective of race, gender, religion, age, or nationality.Medair has approximately 750 employees worldwide, many with years of humanitarian experience. Medair’s annual operating income in 2013 was USD 45.3 million. Its programs served 1.25 million direct beneficiaries in 2013.The organization is responding to the Nepal earthquakes, to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and Jordan and providing relief and recovery services in, South Sudan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia. Recent programs have been run in Albania, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Chechnya, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ingushetia, Iraq, Iran, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Mozambique, Ossetia, Philippines, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Pakistan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

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Research new funding sources, prepare specific bids, proposals and reports for submission to institutional donors as well as donor relationship management and maintenance of appropriate information systems. Providing strategic support, monitoring, review and evaluation of all aspects of Medair programmes, the Programme Funding Manager plays a key role in grant coordination.

Project Overview

Multi-sector relief programme including: provision of primary health care, nutrition, Behaviour Change Communication, mental health/psychosocial support, water and sanitation and NFI & emergency shelter distributions across fixed and emergency response locations throughout South Sudan. The goal is to assist in reducing morbidity and mortality in vulnerable communities in South Sudan.

Workplace & Conditions

Field based position in Juba, with frequent travel to field locations, South Sudan. Take a look at Medair’s work in South Sudan.

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

November 2019. Full time, 24 months.

Key Activity Areas

Donor Mapping & Donor Relations Management

  • Keeping up-to-date with trends and analyse institutional donor funding opportunities for South Sudan and advise senior management on strategic funding decisions.
  • Support the Country Director and Deputy Country Directors in developing and maintaining efficient donor relations with the in-country representatives of relevant funding partners.
  • Maintain relationships with key institutional donors.
  • Facilitate donors’ monitoring visits to projects.

Grants Management

  • Keeping up-to-date with all donor specific guidelines and timelines (incl. humanitarian policy and practice) and inform/train relevant colleagues on these guidelines/timelines.
  • Manage the process of compiling donor proposals and reports in close cooperation with Project Coordinators/Project Managers, Technical Advisors and GSO-staff.
  • Act as the focal point for maintaining online donor grant management systems.
  • Support the development of appropriate systems to ensure donor compliance, including financial and monitoring and evaluation systems.
  • Monitor the project budget expenditure, ensuring budgets are spent according to donor proposals and regulations and within the appropriate timeframe to advise senior management on the overall financial/funding status of the country programme.
  • Ensure timely communication with donors in case of significant programmatic or financial deviances from the submitted donor proposal.

Programme Management

  • Support Country Director, Deputy Country Directors and GSO-staff to develop and implement a relevant and sustainable country strategy.
  • Ensure the integration of beneficiary participation and accountability in programme activities.

Quality Management

  • Responsible for project implementation to meet institutional donor requirements and in accordance with Medair, donor, country and international standards.
  • Regularly assess and provide feedback and recommendations on the quality of the programmes and interventions during field visits and at other relevant times.

Team Spiritual Life

  • Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, beneficiaries, and external contacts.
  • Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based team settings. Fully contribute to the rich spiritual life of your team, including team devotions, prayers, and words of encouragement.
  • Encouraged to join and contribute to Medair’s international prayer network.

This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.

Qualifications

  • University degree in a relevant subject such as Management / Development Studies / Business Administration or in a relevant technical subject.
  • Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written).

Experience / Competencies

  • At least 1 year’s post-qualification experience in a complex humanitarian emergency.
  • Experience of maintaining grant management systems. M&E experience.
  • Report and proposal writing skills.
  • Able to work with project budgets, financial reports and financial management systems.
  • Proven ability to work with people from a range of cultural, social, ethnic backgrounds.
  • Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and networking skills. Able to develop relationships with donors.
  • Team-player with good inter-personal skills.
  • Problem solver, dynamic, mature, self-motivated, hard-working, organised, detail-oriented.
How to apply:

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

a) Medair organisational values.

b) Profiles and benefits package provided for Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS).

c) Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page.

Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

2019-06-30

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