Regional Partnership and Resource Mobilization advisor Middle East

Your Challenge

You will be responsible for leading the development, strengthening and maintenance of strategic partnerships with institutional and other donors as well as other stakeholders in the Middle eastern region to profile /position War Child and to contribute to the development of War Child programmes, including through scaling of War Child evidence based interventions and strategic fundraising and engagement.

This role is based in the middle east in one of the countries where War Child Holland has an office (Jordan, Lebanon, OPT).

Your Responsibilities

Identify, build and maintain relationships with potential donors in the Middle East in cooperation with country teams, regional leadership and head office

Actively develop strategic engagement plans and build knowledge on and relationships with donors based in the Middle East and/or interested in funding War Child programming in the Middle East

Contribute to strategic thinking on programme development, scaling and resource mobilization in the region in cooperation with the Country Directors and ensure this aligns with global, regional and country strategies

Identify, build and maintain partnerships with partners that have the most potential for collaboration on achieving shared goals and objectives and joint resource mobilisation/fund-raising plus enhancing program implementation and scaling

Represent War Child in relevant external meetings and working groups in the Region, as well as donors’ and partners’ visits, in cooperation with the Regional Representative and country leadership teams

In collaboration with the Regional Leadership Team and the Regional Technical Advisors, facilitate strategic thinking on and lead the development of regional level and multi country concept notes and project proposals

Together with the Regional Leadership Team, create and maintain an overview of funding needs and priorities. Liaise on these with the relevant funding departments at the global level

Support War Child Country Offices with the development of concept notes and project proposals (at country level)

Your Profile

Liaison with the global funding and grants management team in reviewing and approval process of donor and partner contracts, proposals and reports that cannot be approved at Regional level and supporting the Regional team and countries to ensure the safe guarding of all grant related documentation according to War Child policies and procedures

Lead in developing Regional tools, templates etc. and support the global funding and grants management team to develop organisational-level tools and templates

Oversee regional-level and multi-country grant management, administration and reporting

Identify capacity building needs related to resource/fund-raising, project design, proposal writing and grant project administration within the region and contribute to identify capacity building needs within the wider organization

Lead the strengthening of regional and country competences and skills related to strategic resource mobilisation//fund-raising, project design, proposal writing and grant project administration including donor policies, project administration, reporting requirements, and War Child’s operational standards and policies

Provide opportunities for sharing of resource mobilisation and fundraising knowledge, best practice, lessons-learned across countries in the ME Region

Coordinate with War Child’s global fundraising, programme quality, learning teams and others to share lessons learned with other countries/regions and learn from these other countries and regions.

Academic working level with relevant academic background in development/international cooperation and/or communication and marketing

Minimum of 8 years work experience in the area of fundraising with institutional donors and grant and partnership management in the Middle East region

Knowledge of and experience in humanitarian programmes in the Middle East, including the response to the Syrian crisis

Knowledge of and demonstrated experience on partnerships with: European Commission, ECHO, FCDO, BMZ/GFFO, USG (including USAID) and UN agencies; additional experience with other donors such as Middle East based foundations, SIDA, SDC and GAC is desirable

Familiarity with key actors in the Middle East Region and demonstrated experience in developing, building and maintain strategic partnerships with these actors

Experience working with local partners

Proven track record in design and writing of winning grant proposals responding to grant solicitations in a limited amount of time

Experience with technical programs in child protection, education and or MHPSS an advantage

Understanding of fundraising and donor policy trends, humanitarian principles and established international standards in humanitarian settings for refugees and other marginalised populations, especially children and youth

Experience of resource mobilisation/fund-raising competency and capacity building including facilitating learning, coaching and supporting learning across multiple stakeholders

Fluent in English is a must; Mastering Arabic is a plus

Fully support War Child’s mandate and mission

Available for 40 hours per week

Eligible to work in any of the Middle Eastern Countries where War Child Holland has an office.

Our offer

Salary range H per Birches salary scales per month, based on 40 hours per week (the exact step determined by the years of your relevant working experience).

Local contract, salary grid and Terms & Conditions will applyPleasant working conditions, good atmosphere, great colleagues and of course the meaningful purpose of our work!

Our Organisation

War Child is a dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our offices, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused, and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs.