Resource Mobilization Manager

Job Description

Career with BRAC Sierra Leone

With over 100,000 employees reaching an estimated 135 million people, BRAC is the world’s largest non-governmental organization. 

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 12 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programmes and social enterprises, including in microfinance, education, education, healthcare, legal services and more, BRAC invests in communities’ own human and material resources, catalyzing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. BRAC believes that every person has inherent potential, and when an enabling environment is created and that potential is unleashed, even the poorest can become agents of positive change in their own lives, for their families and their communities.

BRAC is one of the few based in the South, BRAC Sierra Leone is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following position:

Position: Resource Mobilization Manager

Duty Station: BRAC Sierra Leone Country Office 

Purpose:

The Purpose of this role is to support the Country Director leading role in creating Partnership at country level. The role will search for new funding opportunities, development partnership with other organizations for consortium building, writing concept notes and proposals and support / lead donor liaison to secure funding for new projects and programmes for the country office.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead Proposal and Concept note writing, in cooperation within country program teams/ finance teams, with the support of Head office teams, GRP, Program, Finance, Legal.
• Identification of new funding opportunities through donor website, meetings and interaction with donors, national and international NGOs and other key stakeholders
• Tracking latest funding trends and contribute to the further development and implementation towards the relevant donor segments.
• Review the funding opportunities and check alignment with country strategy, organizational policies, programme priorities and country capacity etc.
• Assure BRAC SL pipeline management as well as compliance to SOPs etc.
• Coordinating and facilitating general information sharing with in country teams, GRP BI and BRACUS and BRACUK
• Gather information on country situation and become familiar with the requirements and guidelines of various funders.
• Identifying /establishing possible partnership and consortiums
• Support the development of program and country factsheets.
• Maintain database of funding situation, donor feedback and refusals; and share with BI HO and affiliates.
• Analyze the failed projects proposals, documentation and share with relevant authority for future improvement.
• Establish an archive of past and current proposals for any future/further reference.
• Attend donor liaison meeting, donor visits and answer funding related queries.
• Assure timely updates to country director and program director.

Person Specifications:

• • Results driven with demonstrated success raising development capital from a range of fundraising sources, including an appreciation of the changing donor and development funding landscape.
  • Demonstrated excellence in communication and working with diverse groups of people.
  • Excellent proposal writing/ report writing, donor requirement understanding/conceptual skills, coordination & networking (information gathering analysis), budgeting and presentation skills.
  • A confident communicator and presenter with excellent written and spoken English.
  • Knowledge, understanding of and commitment to poverty eradication, global justice, gender equality, etc.

• Ability to work in a collaborative, dispersed team to tight deadlines, providing critical insights into donor’s needs and to be an active member of a creative team.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Educational Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or relevant subject

Experience Requirements: 

• At least 5 years’ experience in relevant experience.

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades and years of experience at recruitment.sierraleone@brac.net OR by hand to our Head Office 2 Samuel Bannister Drive, Wilberforce.

PLEASE MENTION THE NAME OF POSITION IN THE SUBJECT LINE

Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Application deadline: 14th March 2024

Women are strongly encouraged to apply