Business Development & Funding Manager – Somalia

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable
  • Job type:
    Contract
  • Posted:
    6 months ago
  • Category:
    Project Manager
  • Deadline:
    18/04/2023

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Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. This means that we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 20 organisations (affiliates) plus the Oxfam International Secretariat, all working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality. To read more about our values please visit our website at: https://www.oxfamnovib.nl/donors-partners/about-oxfam/our-story

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Oxfam Novib Somalia/Somaliland is looking for a Business Development & Funding Manager

Deadline for applications:18 April 2023

Duty station: Hargeisa, Somaliland, with frequent travel to Kenya for donor engagements

Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract

Work schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week)

Reports to: Country Director of Somalia / Somaliland

Type of Posting: Single Posting

Salary & Scale: € 3.309,= to € 5.091,= / Oxfam Novib’s scale 709 (Int Grading C1)

Contract duration: 12 months, with possible extension based on funding and performance

Start date: as soon as possible

BACKGROUND

Somalia is characterized by recurrent natural and man-made humanitarian crises such as arm conflicts, droughts, disease outbreaks, and floods, resulting in significant human and physical damage including massive displacement influx in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance. Oxfam is committed to support the vulnerable populations experiencing such emergencies through providing humanitarian assistance to reduce suffering and saving lives to improve their quality of life.

In addition, there are some great initiatives in development-oriented projects for youth employment, climate justice, gender etc.

The Business Development & Funding Manager is tosupport the Country Director and other country program staff to grow Oxfam income and partnerships at country level in order to resource our strategy.

To achieve the country program ambitions, the BD&FM will be responsible for developing and implementing resource mobilization strategies to forge strategic partnerships between Oxfam and institutional donors and identify and develop new funding opportunities. The post holder will be expected to work across the confederation of Oxfam International (OI) affiliates in achieving the country funding strategy.

Somalia Context
Somalia has one of the most complex and protracted states of crisis anywhere in the world. For more than 30 years, Somalia has experienced political instability and frequent conflicts, coupled with environmental and economic shocks. These crises have resulted in widespread displacement, food insecurity, and high levels of poverty. In this context, Somalia took painstaking steps from being a ‘failed’ to a ‘fragile’ state. Substantial progress has been made in establishing federal and state institutions, although the political transition is still underway.

Oxfam has been working in Somalia for the last 40 years devoted to empowering people against poverty. Currently, the CO is based out of Hargeisa, in Somaliland, but serving the rest of the country through field offices.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

This position is aimed at significantly increasing Oxfam Somalia’s fundraising capacity with traditional donors as well as attracting new sources of funding from non-traditional donors. To mobilize resources for the implementation of Oxfam’s Country Strategy (OCS) in Somalia and increase the impact of Oxfam on the lives of men and women facing poverty and injustice. To develop and maintain excellent relations with institutional and non-institutional donors and ensure the quality of Oxfam’s projects in Somalia.

We are seeking an outstanding institutional fundraising professional who has the ability to deploy her/his experience in institutional fundraising, developing good relations with (potential) donors, maintaining existing donor relationships, ensuring good management of donor grants, complying with the requirements of donors as well as Oxfam internal compliance procedures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Identification of funding opportunities

  • Responsible for designing, updating, and implementing the Somalia donor mapping and funding strategy
  • Provide ongoing research, strategic donor intelligence gathering, and trends analysis and generate information to enable engagement with global, regional, and country-level donors.
  • Lead proactive and structured engagement with existing and prospective donors both in-country and beyond
  • Responsible for new business development including philanthropies, income streams, and innovative funding models with non-traditional donors, the private sector, and other philanthropies such as foundations, lotteries, and trusts in coordination and with the support of Oxfam affiliates
  • Support the appraisal of new funding opportunities using the bid and no bid decision-making tool and processes.
  • Work with other affiliates in identifying and developing new opportunities with home donors.
  • Prepare and share with the CD, regular updates on the top-line income status of the country in terms of (a) secure income for the current year, (b) secure income for future years, and (c) proposals in the pipeline (which covers likely and possible)

New program and business development

  • Ensure a proactive development of propositions and proposals, allowing the County team to respond quickly to emerging opportunities (pipeline)
  • Support the country program team in the development of attractive and high-quality project proposals, concept notes, and business development propositions
  • Identify and foster potential partnerships, coalitions, consortia, and affiliate engagement that may result in joint programmes. This also includes collaboration with thematic specialists in Oxfam partner affiliates and at the regional level.
  • Develop materials that illustrate Oxfam’s activities in Somalia and provide pieces of evidence for the country office’s track record and capacity.

Capacity Building, Relationship, and contracts Management

  • Ensure internal grants management systems are compiled for the complete grants management cycle as per system requirements from start to closing.
  • Ensuring regular grants management meetings with finance and program.
  • Ensure timeline and quality control for all donor proposals, reports, and/or any other document submission and secure necessary signoffs
  • Work closely with finance and programme departments to promote institutional learning and the strategic growth of the organization.
  • Lead knowledge management of fundraising procedures in the organization, in particular, documenting internal and external funding processes in order to foster institutional memory, learning, and compliance.
  • Work closely with the Program team to ensure capacity building in the field of programme and project development, report writing, use of log frames and theories of change, and other relevant tools and approaches.
  • Develop and implement a detailed plan for building the funding and donor compliance capacity of partner organizations, especially in proposal writing and donor mapping as part of the localization initiative. This will include needs assessment, capacity building approach, and delivery plan including tools and methodologies, performance standards, and evaluation approach
  • Advise the CD and the program team on ways to ensure effective management of donor contracts as per each donor’s guidelines and related risk management procedures.
  • Managing all internal relationships including within Somalia team, regional platform, affiliates, and other units in confederation from fundraising and income perspective

Team and organizational management

  • Manage team of funding coordinator and interns (when applicable).
  • Being part of Senior Management Team (SMT), contribute effectively to SMT meeting and keep SMT updated about overall pipeline, new funding opportunities, challenges and funding raising gaps.

Who are we looking for? KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • A university degree – or equivalent – in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Law, Economics or International Development or other relevant experience.
  • At least 5 years of international demonstrable experience with international NGO and success working in fundraising, programme development, and management in the humanitarian & development sector.
  • Experience with key institutional donors’ guidelines and procedures (EU, ECHO, UN, DFID, GAC, SDC, SIDA, etc).
  • Experience and knowledge of mobilizing and managing institutional funds for humanitarian response, development projects, and influencing work from traditional and non-traditional donors.
  • Ability to conduct a market scan, to identify key funding opportunities for the Somalia programme.
  • Ability to lead and facilitate proposal development processes involving technical program, MEAL, and finance staff within Somalia country team and outside.
  • Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically in relation to fundraising and donor engagement.
  • Ability to work effectively with others persuading, influencing, negotiating, and supporting, following as required in order to achieve fundraising targets. Ability to forecast and plan income.
  • Ability to coordinate production of clear, timely, and end-quality written proposals and reports for donors.
  • Demonstrable organizational and project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects to deadlines, and to get things done
  • Ability to represent Oxfam and to develop excellent working relations with donors and external institutions
  • Research and analytical skills and ability to evaluate proposals and write quality reports and make recommendations for improvements
  • Experience with gender programming and working in a multicultural environment
  • Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work

Knowledge

  • Sufficient knowledge of Oxfam’s priorities, values & principles and programme work is an advantage
  • Knowledge of the donor environment and key donor opportunities for the Somalia programme.
  • Understanding of funding issues in relation to emergencies and development work
  • Understanding of institutional funding strategies and ways to measure the effectiveness in resourcing strategic and programmatic priorities
  • Experience in acquiring and managing new funding mechanisms (like tenders, impact investment etc.) (desirable)
  • Experience in building the capacity of Institutional Funding teams to deliver on financial targets

How to apply

WHAT WE OFFER

Oxfam Novib is committed to providing you with a competitive, fair, and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors. The salary range for this position is set in scale 709 with a salary range between € 3.309 to € 5.091gross per month.

RECRUITMENT CONDITIONS

  • If you are interested, please use the apply button. Your application must be received by 18 April 2023 at the latest.
  • Only applications submitted through our recruitment portal will be considered.
  • Only applicants shortlisted for a post will be contacted. This vacancy is posted both internally and externally at the same time, however with equal suitability the internal candidate will be preferred.
  • All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and are subject to appropriate screening checks, including criminal records and terrorism, finance checks and integrity screenings/references relating to misconduct and disciplinary actions in prior employment.
  • Oxfam aims to attract a diverse mix of talented people that share our standards, values, principles, and are committed to prevent and eradicate any type of misconduct including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any other type of misuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. High priority is placed on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
  • We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization. People of all gender identities, sexes, sexual orientations, colours, religions, cultures, abilities, etc. are eligible for this position.
  • We work according to our Feminist Principles; female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Oxfam Novib reserves the right, to its sole discretion, not to make agreements regarding this job opening, make an agreement in a lower grade, or to make an agreement with an amended job description.

Acquisition on the occasion of this vacancy is not appreciated.

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