Fund Raising Manager
Interested Candidates are encouraged to send their CVs with a cover letter to the email [email protected].
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Job Title:
Fund Raising Manager
Division:
Programs Department
I-Function:
- Identification, preparation and writing of proposals to be submitted to Donors following validation processes and taking in account the donor guidelines
- Prepares proposals by determining concept; gathering and formatting information; writing drafts; obtaining approvals.
- Making sure that proposals in progress are in compliance with instructions, managing production and the distribution of all work documents and ensuring proposal formatting
II-Reporting:
- To the Program Manager.
- To the Program Officer.
III-Supervising:
- Technical Assistants
- Direct Labor work team
Coordinates:
- With Proposal Writers.
- With concerned parties as assigned by the Program Manager.
IV- Duties and Responsibilities:
- Determines proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs; studying requests for proposal (RFPs); attending strategy meetings.
- Meets proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; entering and monitoring tracking data; coordinating requirements with contributors; contributing proposal status information to review meetings; transmitting proposals.
- Develops proposal by assembling information including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetable, staffing, budget, standards of performance, and evaluation; writing, revising, and editing drafts including executive summaries, conclusions, and organization credentials.
- Maintains quality results by using templates; following proposalwriting standards including readability, consistency, and tone; maintaining proposal support databases.
- Obtains approvals by reviewing proposal with key providers and project managers.
- Improves proposalwriting results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate; implementing changes.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; maintaining personal networks.
- Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- Development and maintain a monitoring system that effectively links project budgets to planned activities and, using the system, produce a monthly update for decision making
- Coordinate project baselines, project performance target setting (based on baseline), midterm evaluations and end line evaluations
- Generally, support program development by proactively participating in development of new donor proposals, and specifically designing the M/E plans and indicator framework.
- Represent the Project Manager as may be required from time to time.
- Maintain and promote a positive image of Utopia and its activities by explaining what Utopia is doing and why it operates in that way.
- Other duties as assigned.
V- Cooperation and Contact:
- Develop and maintain effective working relationship with stakeholders including partner agencies, community leaders and service providers in the target areas for prompt referral, follow up and information sharing.
- Share formalized information and progress with the team involved on the project on a regular basis.
- Follow up on other actors activities in the area.
- Provide regular support and feedback to post-holders reporting to this role
VI- Qualification:
Education and Experience:
At least degree level qualification in Social Sciences, Economics and other relevant field from an accredited learning institution.
Have at least 3 years of experience in program research, documentation, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning with hands-on skills in quantitative as well as qualitative research methods.
Post graduate level qualification will have added advantage.
Language Ability: (Arabic, English)
Arabic: Read, Spoken and Written English: Read, Spoken and Written
French is a plus.
Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Resultoriented, able to set priorities and meet deadlines within a dynamic environment
- Ability to communicate complex scientific data to communities, program staff, and partners in simple and clear manner
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Office Package and ACCESS.
VII- Work Environment:
While performing his/her duties the Proposal Writer might be exposed to environmental and physical hazards such as: long sitting periods, long computer interaction periods, wet and/or humid conditions, precarious equipment and working areas, fumes, miscellaneous weather conditions, lifting heavy items, loud noise and airborne particles.
ملاحظة:
دليل مدني، شبكة المجتمع المدني، يوفر للمنظمات منصة لنشر الوظائف, وليس مسؤول عن عملية التوظيف. كل منظمة مسجلة على دليل مدني هي مسؤولة بشكل فردي عن منشوراتها وعن عملية التوظيف.
- Lebanon
- الشمال