Deadline: 31 December, 2020
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Business Development Manager.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a sound resource mobilisation strategy that includes diversified sources of funding and influence new donors towards the organisation’s purpose and ambition
- Identify grant opportunities and develop high-quality proposals in close coordination with strategic programme units and programme implementation areas that reflect the organisation’s programme approach and areas of distinctiveness
- Ensure all project designs address Plan International’s commitment to gender transformative programming
- Ensure a healthy pipeline is in place, using robust donor opportunity tracking tools
- Where donor requirements allow, ensure key cross-cutting issues such as advocacy and influencing, child protection, gender, and DRM are integral parts of programmes developed
- Ensure grants documentation (FADS, SPAD, agreements, proposals, workplans, MoU, approved budget templates, etc.) are correctly filed according to Plan International and donors’ requirements
- Manage grant modules in Plan International corporate system and meet required standards in SAP, ERP and YODA
- Ensure quality and timeliness of grant reporting to all external donors and national organisations
- Monitor, analyse and consolidate relevant grant information and disseminate, where relevant, within Plan International teams
- Oversee reporting schedules and ensure project reports are submitted to relevant donors in a timely manner and with quality
Requirements
- Higher university degree in Economics, International Relations, or a relevant field
- Five years, minimum, of professional experience in a similar position, of which at least three years should have been spent in a managerial role in the development sector in an international NGO or other grant-funded organisation
- Experience in humanitarian programming (highly desirable)
- Demonstrated track record of writing project proposals for EC/EU, ECHO, USAID, Global Fund, DFID, etc., and obtaining grant funding for development and humanitarian response projects from institutional donors
- Demonstrated success in directly managing the implementation and reporting requirements of grant-funded projects and programmes of funders
- Experience in coaching, training, and facilitation of staff from diverse cultural, linguistic and professional backgrounds
- Experience of working with children and young people, and managing child and youth rights projects is a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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