Programme Development Manager, Statutory Funding

Fauna & Flora is seeking a highly experienced Programme Development Manager to coordinate
and develop high quality and winning concept notes and proposals for government and
multilateral donors, and build excellent donor relationships, with funders such as Defra, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service etc

About Fauna & Flora:

Our shared purpose is to protect the diversity of life on Earth, for the survival of the planet
and its people. We work closely with local conservation partners around the world to save
nature, together. We harness this collective expertise to inspire positive change globally.

About the Team

The Institutional Funding Team works with the wider organisation to cultivate donor
partnerships to generate restricted and lightly restricted funding to support the delivery of
Fauna & Flora’s strategy.

About the Role

This role will support colleagues and partners to engage with and develop high-quality proposal
packages for priority donors. The role will coordinate the development and submission of high
quality and donor aligned proposals and reporting. There is a strong capacity development and
learning element to this work, and the role will share knowledge, learning and resources across
Fauna & Flora to maximise success rate and promote best practice in grant management and
donor stewardship.

About You

Experience of working with government funding sources, be they bilateral and/or multilateral,
is essential for this role. You will have proven experience of securing restricted funding from
government sources, and a good understanding of how statutory donors and funding programmes
support the achievement of international targets and government priorities.

You will also have excellent relationship-management and communications skills and be able to
develop collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regional
teams, non-governmental partners, and government agencies. You will be diplomatic and
persuasive, and your excellent interpersonal skills will enable you to coordinate people and
processes to meet timelines. As an excellent team player, you’ll enjoy working in a dynamic and
friendly environment.

What We Offer

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within a ground-breaking and entrepreneurial
organisation, at the forefront of global conservation delivering over 130 projects in more than
40 countries. In addition, Fauna & Flora offers a generous pension contribution, attractive
annual leave allowance and life insurance. Our offices are located in The David Attenborough
Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and
museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés
and restaurants. Our current hybrid working policy offers partial remote working within the UK,
the current expectation for this role is one day per week or one week per month in the office.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Funding Manager; Institutional Funding Manager
or Business Development Manager

Please visit our website and download the job application pack for further details on how to
apply

The closing date for applications is 23:59 Sunday, 14th July 2024. Interviews are likely to
take place on 22 and 23 July 2024