Mozambique: Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) Director

Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) Director

World Vision International

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 42,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) Director, you are a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and will provide leadership in development and implementation of the World Vision Mozambique Resource Development Strategy. This strategy will help in the acquisition of new government, multilateral and foundation grants to enable World Vision Mozambique to increase its contributions to child well-being and National Office strategic objectives through increased revenue in the key priority sectors of Health and Nutrition, Education, Economic Development and Child Protection. You will ensure resource diversification, strengthened donor networking and improved resource acquisition capabilities for World Vision Mozambique.

You will work closely with Grant Acquisition Management team members and with technical specialists in each sector, you will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of grant acquisition processes, leading in pre-positioning, proposal development and donor liaison and will track grants acquisition performance metrics. You will build the capacity of other staff in resource acquisition and provide backstopping support to Grant projects as needed.

Requirements include:

• Master’s degree and/or professional qualification in International Development studies, Community Development or any Social Science related degree
• Demonstrated track record of successful grant acquisition from government and multilateral donors including proposal writing, project implementation and a demonstrated ability to prepare and edit high quality reports for major donors.
• At least 10 years of experience in international development, M&E or a technical sector.
• At least 5 years of team management experience.
• Work environment: Based in the National Office with regular travel to the field. Up to 20% Domestic/international travel is required.

Is this the job for you?

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 02 JUN 2017. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.