Deadline: 31 December, 2021
Location: Dakar, Senegal
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has opened applications for the role of Regional Programme Quality and Development Coordinator.
DRC provides direct assistance to conflict-affected populations including refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Responsibilities
- Support the process to position DRC for relevant programming across West and Central Africa through engagement with key stakeholders at regional level
- Support DRC engagement with institutional donors in order to facilitate technical programme exchanges, influence policy and thinking, and identify key areas of potential cooperation, including programme funding
- Actively seek partnerships and collaboration with non-traditional DRC partners and donors at regional level
- Assist in identifying and establishing strategic partnerships across the region in collaboration with regional office and and country offices SMTs
- Support the design and implementation of national and regional resource mobilisation strategies intended to strengthen funding and partnerships
- Support the adequate resourcing of programmes within West Africa
- Monitor the funding pipeline and lead on new strategic business development and forecasting
- Actively identify, qualify and track funding and partnership opportunities in a systematic manner in pursuit of supporting DRC programming in West Africa
- Actively track multi-country funding opportunities and look for new consortium partnerships with stakeholders at regional level for multi-country programming
- Prepare all necessary groundwork for national, multi-country or multi-regional proposal development and bid management
- Help assemble bid development teams
- Ensure quality of proposals of country, multi-country or multi-regional strategic bids in strong collaboration with regional and country programme teams
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Law, Economics, or International Development
- Advanced degree (preferred)
- Five years, minimum, of experience and success in engaging bilateral and multilateral donors for an international agency
- Demonstrable experience working in fundraising and business development in West Africa
- Demonstrated ability to devise and implement resource mobilisation strategies
- Proven ability to secure new business opportunities and partnerships
- Experience working with technical teams to develop programme proposals that are funded by institutional donors
- Strong networking, representation, and negotiation skills
- Superior computer skills
- Fluency in French and English (oral and written)
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: Danish Refugee Council
