Business Development Lead (Resources Mobilization) At Business Development Lead (Resources Mobilization)

Business Development Lead (Resources Mobilization)

Starting Salary: Up to £37,868 + 10% Mobility Allowance + Hardship Allowance

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Juba South Sudan

Job Profile

The Business Development Lead plays a key role in securing institutional funding for the South Sudan joint office of CAFOD and Trocaire in Partnership (CTP) and supporting the development of programmes for the country programme including management of grants contracts and liaison with funding partners. The Business Development Lead works closely with the Country Representative and programmes team led by the Head of Programme in devising funding strategies in line with the country’s strategies and CAFOD guidelines. In close cooperation with the programme team, finance team, HQ colleagues and partners, the role supports the development and design of programmes and projects and prepares funding applications to donors. The post holder will manage institutional donor grant contracts. The incumbent will be part of different cross-organisational working groups including the International Programme Funding Unit. The post holder has skills to develop programmes and write winning project proposals, engage with donors, manage grants contracts, work with partners, and work with various work teams in executing the functions of this role.

The role is based in the CAFOD and Trócaire in Partnership (CTP) office in Juba, South Sudan. Some additional local and international travel may be required as part of the post.

The post-holder reports to the Country Representative. They are not a budget holder but may carry out some supervision tasks for staff members.

Key Responsibilities

Programme funding and partners’ fundraising capacity (40%)

• As guided by the Country Representative monitor, identify and map potential funding opportunities and calls for proposals that are aligned with CTP Strategic direction.
• Identify funding opportunities for CTP with donors and major trusts and Foundations such as ECHO, DEC, FCDO, EU, UN agencies, Comic Relief, Big Lottery Fund, FORGE, Caritas Agencies and other donors and support programme colleagues and partners to access and apply for the funding opportunities.
• Monitor and advise the Country Representative and programme teams about new and innovative approaches to funding development and humanitarian programmes, keeping up to date with funding trends, donor policy development and appraise the country teams of the developments, opportunities and requirements.
• Contribute to the development of South Sudan Country Strategic plans and lead resource development plans to fund the strategy and programmes.
• In agreement with partners and programme staff, assess existing partner capacities and systems to manage and implement institutionally funded programmes including training on compliance requirements, audit requirements, quality programming, reports writing and programme management.
• Support partners in strengthening their own capacity to mobilise resources, donor mapping and developing donor engagement strategies and support partner organisations to access funding themselves directly.

Programme development (30%)

• In close collaboration with the Head of Programme, and Programme Mangers work with and coordinate programme staff, finance teams, HQ teams and partners in the design, development- including proposal writing (and where appropriate, implementation) of high-quality programmes and projects in line with country CTP strategies and programme frameworks.
• Coordinate the design and advise on narrative proposals, proposal budgets, Logframes, accounting frameworks, work plans, Theory of Change documents and M&E frameworks, and lead the development of resource plans.
• Where necessary, and to a reasonable extent, support other PDFOs or country programmes in programme development and funding.
• Engage, support or lead on regional or joint programme funding opportunities, including contributing to proposal development for corporate or multi-country proposals.
• In discussion with his/her line manager, participate in surge requests from other International Programmes.

Contract Management and Quality Control (20%)

• Manage donor contracts ensuring compliance with agreements, regulations and all requirements attached to donor contracts including CTP programme management requirements.
• Provide orientation sessions for staff and partners entering into new donor contracts and do follow-up on grant reviews and close-out meetings, with specific reference to compliance and quality.
• Work with programme and finance teams to develop efficient financial tracking and reporting systems for all donor contracts.
• Keep up-to-date with donor regulations and advise on any changes to relevant staff. Keep all relevant staff informed about the progress of contracts throughout the grant cycle.
• Facilitate evaluations (both internal and external) of institutionally funded programmes, in line with jointly agreed standards Programme Cycle Management, donor requirements, and CTP’s value of stewardship.
• Effectively use CTP’s programme management information systems to ensure programme and project information and documentation is up-to-date. This will include producing management information to support decision making.
• Lead on production of various donor reports and other required documentation and ensure the quality of reports in line with CAFOD and donor standards. Ensure their timely submission as per agreed timelines.

Internal and external representation (10%)

• In agreement with the Country Representative engage with funding agencies to develop, nurture and manage relationships with donor organisations.
• Represent CTP in funding review groups/networks in South Sudan and HQ (both CAFOD and Trocaire) as appropriate.
• Communicate with other teams within CAFOD, with supporters and donors to ensure that the programme is well understood, and that information is available for fundraising and communication needs.
• In agreement with partners, contribute to raising the profile of partners’ work with relevant donors in the region and/or globally.
• Coordinate the development of programme capacity statement, project-based case stories and other learning materials for resource mobilization.

Safeguarding

All CAFOD staff share the responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.

Your role is responsible for ensuring that the programming work you are accountable for is safe, accessible, dignified and inclusive, providing ongoing support and follow-up to our partners in this area.

Person Specification

Job-specific competencies

• Understanding and first-hand experience of institutional funding work/projects, priorities, trends and donor conditions within the international development and humanitarian sector;
• Experience of using programme cycle management tools effectively to deliver work within an agreed programme framework;
• Able and committed to working with and strengthening or complementing the capacity of partner organisations and colleagues; and experience of applying them when working with individual partners or groups of partners
• Finance management and budgeting understanding and experience.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the region and/or to the UK, sometimes at short notice and to areas of potential risk.
• Computer literacy skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Desirable Criteria

• First-hand work experience with a values-based partnership approach (between northern and southern organisations and communities).
• Familiarity with gender analysis tools, and knowledge of the gender programme area.
• Previous work experience in the country/sub-region.

CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we are keen to increase the diversity of our teams. We are particularly keen to seek out applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

There’s room for everyone: Catholics and non-Catholics; people of all faiths and none. We employ people in all corners of the world, of all ages and ethnicities. The result? A friendly and open-minded organisation.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post does not involve contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults or has responsibility for people who overall will do.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.