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 is a development success story, spreading anti poverty solutions born in Bangladesh to 9 other developing countries in Asia and Africa, making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.

With a holistic approach that uses a wide array of tools including microfinance, 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. Of the world’s top development and humanitarian relief organizations, BRAC is one of the few based in the global South. BRAC International is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following position:

Position: Manager, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships 

Duty Station: BRAC Sierra Leone Country Office 

Purpose:

The main purpose of the Manager, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships, is to raise high value funding for [BRAC Country Office] from both existing and potential bilateral donors, foundations, multilaterals and regional organizations. The Manager will be responsible for development and execution of a fundraising strategy in line with the One BRAC Global Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Strategy. The position will focus on mapping of potential donors, scoping of funding opportunities including pipeline management, pro-active engagement with existing and potential donors, proposal writing and development of partnerships with other organizations.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Searching for new funding opportunities through donor website, meetings, affiliates, donor engagement meetings.
• Review the funding opportunities and check alignment with country strategy, organizational policies, programme priorities and country capacity etc.
• Gather information on the country situation and become familiar with the requirements and guidelines of various funders.
• Looking/establishing possible partnerships and consortiums with different organizations, agencies.
• Support budget preparation for concepts note and proposals
• Maintain a database of funding status, 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 meetings, donor visits and answer funding related queries.
• Executing donor engagement strategies for potential and existing bilateral donors in collaboration with the GRP Department and BRAC Affiliates, including organizing outreach events and cultivating prospects to build trustful relationships in a proactive manner to secure income streams;
• Writing of concept notes, full proposals and other funding applications, in collaboration with the GRP Department, the Programme Department and BRAC Affiliates and in line with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for proposal development;
• Lead coordination of all inputs and deliverables from the country office during proposal development
• Collaborate with the fundraising community of practice within BRAC to ensure alignments with BRACs strategies and guidelines while focusing on the most relevant, strategic and likely to win opportunities;
• Investigate and strengthen fundraising capacity across fundraising, programs and finance staff of BRAC Sierra Leone

Person Specifications:

• Sound understanding on the institutional and local fundraising market;
• Proven track record of successful fundraising, relationship building, stewardship for relevant donors;
• Traceable experience in writing winning proposals for relevant donors;
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines;
• Ability to maximize income through accurate matching of applications to project/propositions;
• Sound understanding on donor mapping, scoping, profiling and/or donor engagement activities;
• Experience in organizing relevant outreach efforts (meetings, events, other);
• A strong team player who is willing to support colleagues and the wider organisation;
• Relevant network with relevant donors;
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, trust and open communication, ability to develop collaborative and harmonious relationships with internal partners; 
• Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and commitment to active citizenship, poverty eradication, global justice, social change, and gender equality Ability to work virtually in a global environment;
• Proficiency in English;
• Ability to travel internationally @ 10% of time
• Master’s degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of progressive experience in an international environment – with a diverse workforce – that includes roles in fundraising/donor relationships and partnerships.

General Competencies:

• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Enthusiasm
• Commitment
• Planning and Organizing
• Proactive/Self-starter Mindset
• Communication
• Diplomatic Skills
• Creativity
• Ability to set strategic priorities 
• Communication
• Judgment and Decision Making
• High proficiency with computers in particular MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Project, MS Visio, Cloud Computing (Google Drive and Dropbox), and the Internet
• High organizational skills

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:

Post-graduate/Master’s any of the following:  Development Studies, Geopolitics, Law, Sales, Public Policy/Administration, International Business, Economics, Business Administration, International Relations or equivalent with a demonstrable commitment to poverty reduction and social justice issues

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 43 Freetown Road, Lumley.

PLEASE MENTION THE NAME OF POSITION IN THE SUBJECT LINE

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

• Application deadline: 9th September 2022

Women are strongly encouraged to apply