Détails de l'annonce
Organisation : Search For Common Ground
Site web : https://www.sfcg.org
Lieu de l'emploi : Brussels /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée indéterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Récolte de fonds
Date de publication : 27/06/2022
Date limite : 24/07/2022
Profil
Qualifications:
- Minimum BA or BS in peace and conflict studies, international relations, African studies, international development, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience if holding a BA/BS or 1 year if holding a Master degree, preferably in international or cross-cultural environments.
- Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills in English.
- Working proficiency in French not required but a strong asset. Knowledge of other languages (Somali, Swahili, Portuguese) is an asset.
- Interest and knowledge in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation.
- Familiarity with the Africa region.
- Familiriarity with program design, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Ability to maintain professionalism, creativity, and enthusiasm while working in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with minimal supervision is key.
- Self-starter, able to work independently, and willing to take on tasks small and large.
- Well organized, resourceful with time management and technology to prioritize tasks.
This is a full-time position based in Brussels. Ability to travel internationally up to 10% of their time, as required.
Salary indication: Between 3.029 and 3.609 EUR gross per month, based on relevant experience, with standard benefits (22 days of annual leave, end-of-year office closure, double vacation pay, meal vouchers, life insurance, hospitalisation insurance, transport allocation).
Important notice: Please note that only applicants with a valid work and residence permit in Belgium can be eligible for this position. Please note that we are unfortunately only able to consider applicants who hold the right to live and work in Belgium.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for Applications is July 24th, 2022. Start date in September. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
To apply, interested candidates should send the following through our Careers Portal
- Current resume
- Cover letter (which includes expectations of compensation and possible start date)
- One writing sample
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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.
Search is an equal employment employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on of age, sexual orientation, marital status, birth, fortune, religious, philosophical or political beliefs, language, present or future state of health, disability, physical or genetic characteristics, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, maternity, change of sex, nationality, alleged race, skin colour, ancestry, national, ethnic or social origin.
Description
Search for Common Ground is seeking a motivated professional to join its Africa Program Development Hub, a high-performing, diverse and dynamic team based across West, Central and East Africa, as well as Washington D.C., and which leads program development efforts for a diverse portfolio that covers the conflict geographies of the Sahel, the Lake Chad Basin, the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa and the Sudans in over fifteen countries.
Program development commences with scoping and pre-positioning for opportunities and completes with the signing of an award. This involves building program development strategies for conflict geographies, capture planning, proposal writing, and engaging with institutional donors and partners.
The Associate will support project design and the development of program ideas into competitive bids and proposals to secure funding for the region. The Associate will work closely with in-country staff and other Search departments to develop programming that directly responds to the most pressing conflict issues and peacebuilding needs. The Associate will have a particular focus on the Horn of Africa / Swahili Coast but will support other geographies in the portfolio as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Supports the creation and implementation of program development strategies.
- Supports the “capture” process (developing partnerships, capture planning).
- Supports the development of winning bids, drafting proposals and concept notes.
- Supports the team’s knowledge management.
Contributions:
- Strategy development: Carries out background research, record-keeping. Supports strategy processes.
- Business intelligence: Researches and monitors donors. Analyzes funding opportunities. Ensures internal record-keeping.
- Positioning and donor relations: Represents Search in line with positioning efforts. Produces marketing materials.
- Partnerships: Supports partnership discussions. Conducts partner analysis. Ensures knowledge management.
- Go/No-Go decisions: Conducts background research, including competitor analysis.
- Capture planning: Conducts desk reviews. Assembles pre-proposal material. Supports delivery of capture strategy.
- Program design: Provides input and support. Develops background material.
- Proposal development: Drafts specific sections of proposals or concepts. Lead-writes supporting material development.
- Proposal reviews: Participates on review teams.
- Knowledge management and training: Ensures proper record-keeping, including in the Grants Management System. Tracks key program development data and prepares reports as requested.
- Other duties that are broadly in line with the above key contributions as assigned.