Country: Honduras
Closing date: 03 Jan 2018
Position Summary:
Lead proposal-development teams that may include internal as well as external members, and draft all or sections of high-quality proposals for institutional and private donors. Support National Office positioning and identification of new opportunities. The role will report to the National Office Grant Acquisition Manager.
Requirements:
• Degree in development studies, economics, business administration, international relations, and other relevant fields of social sciences.
• Experience in acquisition and administration of grants of 3-5 years
• Theory and practice of development
• Development of high quality proposals - eg. Logframe, good writing skills • Budgeting and monitoring / financial reports
· Fluency in English and Spanish.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Submit high-quality proposals. This includes the preparation of Grant Synopsis and participate (by request) in the meetings for Go /No Go, with the Grant Acquisition Committee.
• Prepare and socialize with area Manager, the work schedule for the preparation of specific proposals.
• Lead the design process including the design team.
• Ensure proper coordination with other internal areas, partners or support offices in the preparation of high quality proposals.
• Draft all or parts of proposals. Ensure the official submission of the proposals, taking in consideration the rules and regulation of the different donors.
• Monitor the process of approval of the proposal and signing of agreement.
• Coordinate the transition of approved projects to Operations for implementation.
• Conduct regular meetings with World Vision Technical Advisors to assess proposals.
• Support National Office positioning & donor engagement. Provide inputs for the design of the Grant Acquisition Strategy.
• Meet w/donors & partners when required to support organizational positioning. Obtain donor intelligence in support of proposal development.
• Identify funding opportunities with international cooperation agencies and /or host governments.
• Support Technical Advisors in their donor engagement activities.
• Collaborate with the liaison officers and key Operations staff to plan major donor or donor agency staff project visits.
How to apply:
Email: hondurasrrhh@wvi.org
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