Job Description
Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is an African-led, regional organisation, working in East and Southern Africa to improve the quality of life in livelihood challenged communities. AAH-I has country programmes in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.
It brings over 20 years’ experience working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities.
More recently, it has expanded its activities to work with other marginalised communities, including pastoralist communities and communities in urban slums.
With the current growth in AAH-I and to facilitate the implementation of our 2014-2018 strategy, we wish to recruit for the following positions in January 2015:
Job Title: Partnerships Officer (Technical)
Department / Section: Partnerships, AAH-I
Reports to: Partnerships Manager
Staff reporting to this post: None
Liaises with: Partnership Officer (1), Country Project Managers, M & E Manager, Corporate Communication Officer
Duty Station: AAH-I, Nairobi, Kenya
Job Summary: The Partnerships Officer (Technical) will play a key role in securing the resources AAH-I needs to deliver its vision, mission and Strategic Plan and will have a particular focus on strengthening the written and technical component of grant and tender applications, and associated donor research.
S/he will support the development of key partnerships and oversee editing of key RM products such as staff and consultant CVs, track record, and (in liaison with the Communications team) country capability statements etc.
Core Responsibilities
1. Partnership Development
Support mapping of development partners, including private, public and NGO partners
Support research into identified partners (donor and implementing partners)
Support/attend visits to donor agencies, other clients and collaborating institutions
Support management of key organisational partnerships.
2. Resource Mobilisation
Identify new opportunities and maintain an up-to-date Pursuit List
Support Country Programmes to document and share new project ideas with a focus on Theory of Change and Results Chain
Work with the M&E Manager to ensure that evidence and learning from existing projects is fed into the new project design
Work with the Partnerships Officer (Finance) to ensure that there is a clear production plan and schedule for each concept note/proposal
Work with the Partnerships Manager and Partnerships Officer (Finance) to build capacity of country programmes in RM and to implement AAH-I’s RM guidelines and procedures
Work with the Partnerships Team and Country team to ensure that the technical proposal is logical and consistent with the financial proposal and donor guidelines.
Help to research and test new approaches to fundraising within AAH-I
3. Other
Deputise for the Partnerships Manager as requested
Represent AAH-I at relevant meetings and events
Any other business as indicated by the Partnerships Manager.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor degree in an relevant area (such as international development, public health, livelihoods or social development)
- Demonstrable experience in project design
- Excellent written (and spoken) English
- Ability to present complex written information clearly and succinctly
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Packages – Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
- Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent desk research (e.g. review of internet and publication based information) and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A “finisher” – demonstrated ability to work independently and to deliver a work to agreed timeline and quality standards.
- Masters degree in a relevant area (such as international development, public health, social development or livelihoods)
- 3 years practical experience in project implementation and management
- Experience in developing and/or managing project budgets
- Ability to write copy for fundraising – online and print materials
- Personal networks in the international development sector
- Experience with other types of fundraising (i.e. not proposal based)
- Experience related to knowledge management and learning and/or marketing and communications.
- Demonstrable experience as part of a team on a winning proposal.
- INGO experience
Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to recruitke@actionafricahelp.org to be received by Monday, 5th January, 2015 at 5:00 pm.
The email Subject Line must show the job title of the position applied for.
AAH-I is an equal-opportunity employer.
Only those selected for the interviews will be contacted.
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