Democratic Republic of the Congo: Business Development & Grant Management Associate Director

World Vision is a humanitarian, development, and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world.

Founded over 65 years ago and now working in nearly 100 countries, World Vision implements disaster preparedness programmes and helps build resilient communities. Our Disaster Management team acts to save lives and alleviate suffering of crises-affected people by implementing sustainable programmes focused on meeting immediate and long-term needs.

Here’s where you come in:

As**, Business Development & Grant Management Associate Director** you will build the profile of the Democratic Republic of Congo National Office via pre-positioning, donor engagement and strengthening National Office business development capacity with the aim of maximizing and diversifying the funding base. You will lead the development and implementation of the Grants Acquisition and Management (GAM) strategy. You will oversee an annual funding target of $35M, and ensure strong grants management capacity and compliance to engage and retain government, multi-lateral and private sector donors through successful grants implementation and strong donor relations in conjunction with Quality Assurance/MEAL and Integrated Programs Directors and others as required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, development studies, International Relations or its equivalent.
  
• 3-5 years of senior leadership experience in grant acquisition (with a strong track record of winning grants).
  
• Minimum intermediate French skills required.
  
• Demonstrated experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant funded projects.
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English with strong competency in proposal writing.
  
• Travel: 75% Domestic/international travel is required.

Is this the job for you?

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date26 NOV 2018. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.