SOS Children’s Villages International Institutional Partnership Development Manager Jobs in Kenya
SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya is a member of SOS – Kinderdorf International, the largest private child welfare organization in the world. SOS Children’s Villages is a child-focused Non-Governmental Organization established in 1973 to provide care and support to children who have lost or are at risk of losing the care of their biological family.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Head of Fund Development & Communications, the Institutional Partnership Development Manager supports and leads SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya in the development of partnerships with institutional donors, in order to significantly increase and diversify the financial resources available for National Programs.
H/She plays a crucial role in enhancing the capacity of SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya’s team in grant acquisition, effective grant management, and strategic donor engagement, positioning and partnerships with major institutional donors.
Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
Fundraising and Donor Liaison
Proactively identify institutional partnership opportunities at the national/local level (from bilateral, multilateral, international organization and embassies and foundations) that match organizational priorities and donor requirements.
Develop a comprehensive database of potential donors and update the same regularly to ensure clear potential funding opportunities for SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya based on thorough research and intelligence gathering
Writing expression of interests, concept notes and proposals and related applications for both grants and contracts under the strategic guidance of the HFDC. This includes: background research, stakeholder analysis, data collection & analysis, consultation processes, development of narrative proposal, coordination of grant proposal budget development and production of all associated documents to a high standard in accordance with donor requirements
Develop and maintain good relationships with donors by ensuring regular communication, knowledge exchange and effective reporting.
Working with the HFDC, be the link between SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya and donors especially in management of institutional funding contracts. Ensure regular communication with the SOS Children’s Villages international and regional offices
Donor Contract Management
Prepare and submit IPD monthly updates and quarterly reports to the Head of Fund Development and Communications (HFDC)
Coordinate, monitor and assess the quality of donor reporting making sure that donor requirements are met during the project implementation, monitoring and evaluation and phase/close out
Responsible for Donor Contract Management (DCM) of institutional (restricted) grants, including contract preparation, development of consortium agreements, teaming agreements, monitoring of compliance with donor requirements, submission of reports.
Create and maintain grant records in the ProDIGI Grant management system for all institutional donor contracts.
Undertake routine donor contract administration for country programmes and ensure all grant files; (electronic, system and paper) are complete and kept up to date.
Establish a close cross-functional working relationship with the Finance, Communication and Program and other departments and provide advice to ensure synergy in donor budgeting, contract management and reporting.
Strategy, Capacity Building
Develop and implement an institutional fundraising and partnership strategy in line with the needs of SOS Children’s Villages Kenya and ensure this is infused within the organizational strategic plan, global IPD Strategy 3.0 and national plans
Ensuring Senior Management are appraised of all strategic opportunities, challenges and risks in relation to potential funding opportunities, including key relations, grants and contracts.
Analyzing the funding environment vis á vis SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya’s strategy, plans and priorities, mapping key donors and identifying trends in funding and implications for SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya; Review and implement the recommendations of the donor market survey
Train and support relevant staff in Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach among other models and approaches for project design and management
Build fundraising capacity within the programme team, by training staff on proposal development, funding trends and policies, donor relations, reporting, contract management, etc.
Formal qualifications & Experience Requirements
Minimum Bachelor and preferably Master Degree, in the Social Sciences (social work, psychology, social-pedagogy, community development or economics) and, additionally, a Project Management qualification.
Minimum 7 years working experience in the field of Project Management for Institutional Donor funded projects
He/she should have 7 years’ extensive experience in planning, securing and managing funds from institutional donors as well as a thorough understanding of development programming.
Potential candidates should demonstrate evidence of medium/large proposals they have developed and won 2M USD)
A thorough understanding of program design and development especially in the sectors of Education, Health, Livelihoods, Gender and GBV, Child Protection, Advocacy and Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Experience in social science research; the candidate should have extensive experience conducting assessments, evaluations etc.
A thorough understanding of Donor Contract Management, Project Cycle Management, and training approaches is required.
Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of funding and contract compliance.
[Competencies- Knowledge, skills and abilities
Demonstrable experience in planning, resourcing, implementing, controlling, monitoring & evaluation of and reporting on projects, preferably in the social sciences arena, including donor-funded programs.
Ability to turn a vision into actionable goals and deliverables, including coordinating the activities of several program locations (and their networks of service providers) around these common goals.
Ability to challenge conventional thinking, and to influence others to develop new, innovative solutions to promote quality childcare and development, including using broad cross-sector coordination to create large-scale social change.
Understanding of National legislation policies, strategies and funding mechanisms of SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya in relation to child care development.
Experience in partnership building, including assessing the suitability of partners, and negotiating and formalizing Memorandums of Understanding.
Ability to represent the organization at the highest level, including with national bodies and agencies, NGO networks and international donors.
Ability to link budgets for implementing planned activities and programs, as well as understanding of financial reports for tracking budget execution.
Proven experience in leading a team.
Strong MS office skills, preferably with proficiency in using project management software.
Strong and highly effective communication skills in English including excellent report writing skills.
Willingness to travel within different the regions, as well as travel within the Sub-Saharan Africa region for experience sharing and workshops.
The Candidate should have leadership, and innovation, flexible, self-drive and have the ability to work very fast and under strict deadlines.
Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills with the ability to represent SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya in donor forums, develop partnerships with other NGOs
Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of funding and contract compliance.
Personal Attributes
Good planning, organizing and coordination skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a team and to communicate effectively with colleagues, partners, stakeholders and others who are not in the line of command.
Strong analytic and thinking skills, ability to overcome challenges.
Ability to manage own time and to work under high pressure.
Trustworthiness and confidentiality, modelling principled behavior.
Commitment to address the situation the children of our target group and their families
How to Apply
If you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role specifications described; send a Cover Letter & updated CV in PDF with details of 3 traceable referees one of which must be immediate former employer to [email protected] addressed to the Human Resources Manager to reach us on or before 03rd September 2023 with the subject heading as ‘Institutional Partnership Development Manager’
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