Effective date: 1.12.26
Duration: 6 months
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Status: unaccompanied
Terre des hommes does not set a closing date for this position; recruitment continues until the position is filled.
Tdh:
Terre des hommes (Tdh), headquartered in Lausanne with an office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss children’s rights organization, with over 2,000 staff members worldwide. We are committed to working alongside children to guarantee their rights, protect their lives, and improve their well-being. We achieve this through our innovative programs in the areas of health, migration, and access to justice, designed to have a positive and lasting impact.
Context :
Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), founded in 1960, is the largest Swiss children’s rights organization. Tdh is dedicated to bringing about significant and lasting change in the lives of children and young people, especially those most at risk. Tdh is active in some thirty countries, working in humanitarian and development contexts.
In sub-Saharan Africa, Tdh intervenes directly in 8 countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal,) and through partnerships in 6 other countries (Benin, Cameroon, Madagascar, Niger, Togo and Uganda).
As part of the decentralization of its organizational model, Tdh has opened a regional office in Dakar, Senegal, for which a position of Operations Officer is open.
Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Regional Fundraising Advisor, the Operations Officer supports the regional office and country teams in the implementation of grant-related and fundraising activities in the Africa region.
This position contributes to grant and fundraising processes — from tracking opportunities to developing proposals and reporting to donors — while supporting donor engagement and partnership efforts across the region.
Grant Acquisition Process
- Contributes to the identification and monitoring of relevant funding opportunities for Tdh programs in the Africa region.
- Supports the development and submission of regional, multi-country and country project proposals: support or coordination of the writing process, compliance with donor procedures, development of action plans, writing, translation, registration on submission platforms.
- Contributes to quality control and finalization of reports for institutional funding while ensuring timely submission (monitoring schedules and deadlines, following up with contributors when necessary, data consolidation, etc.), in accordance with contractual requirements and Tdh standards.
- Ensures follow-up of co-financing needs with CR Finance, supports the development of proposals and project reports for foundations in coordination with the philanthropy sector.
- Ensures that grant and funding information in Engage360 and the country and region GFUs (Tdh’s internal system) is accurate and regularly updated, and follows up with the relevant teams to guarantee data completeness. In the absence of a Grants Officer in a delegation, directly updates the data for the country concerned.
- Supports the development of operational partnership contracts (content, signature, archiving, etc.).
- Contributes to the analysis of responses to institutional and philanthropic funding requests.
- Ensures the collection and archiving of institutional documents necessary for the signing of contracts in collaboration with headquarters, the region, delegations and partners.
Communication
- Supports the relationship with donors and partners, including the preparation of fundraising materials (e.g., testimonials, success stories).
- Supports annual reporting through verification and consolidation of project data and information, in coordination with the PREX, Q&A and Grants teams, as well as with other relevant stakeholders at the delegation and regional levels.
- Contributes to internal communication related to projects (monthly newsletter, specific materials, etc.) and consolidates the elements proposed by the delegations and the region, ensuring the consistency, accuracy and quality of the information reported.
The full job description will be provided to selected candidates to begin the recruitment process.
Desired profile
Training:
Higher education (Master’s degree or other equivalent qualification in international relations, development or other relevant field)
LANGUAGES :
Excellent language skills in French and English.
SKILLS :
- Good understanding of project cycle management in development, emergency and protracted crisis environments, particularly in Africa
- Good understanding of the fundraising process.
IT: Proficiency in common tools and applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
Terms :
Swiss contract
Gross monthly salary CHF 2450 x 13.36 months
Insurance: illness, accident, repatriation
Annual leave: 25 days/year
Return flights to the duty station
Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies:
Is committed to promoting and respecting the Global Code of Conduct, to systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh’s formal reporting mechanisms and to addressing any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.
Raise awareness within the Foundation about the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and the resulting rights, with regard to children, community members and our own employees.
Is committed to complying with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the safeguarding policy, the anti-fraud and corruption policy, the conflict of interest policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace conduct.
Commits to putting values ​​and principles into practice by adopting exemplary behavior, in perfect accordance with the code of conduct, and by always respecting established procedures and processes.
We are committed to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.
How to apply
Procedure :
Only complete applications (CV + cover letter) submitted through our official website https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/8571322-charge-e-des-operations-senegal?promotion=2254097-trackable-share-link-reliefweb will be considered. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested later. We will only contact shortlisted candidates for the next stage of the recruitment process.
References :
Please note that any job offer will be subject to satisfactory references and background checks (criminal record check and counter-terrorism financing check). Terre des hommes will request Human Resources from previous organizations to provide references regarding any discovery of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or regarding incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left their position.