Programme Development Specialist (Maternity Cover)

Job Goal and Function

As Programme Improvement Specialist, you’ll play a key function in main and contributing to high-quality bidding processes with institutional donors resembling FCDO, EC, SDC, Sida and GIZ. You’ll work intently with nationwide and worldwide companions, finance colleagues, discipline groups and technical advisory groups to establish, scope, and bid for brand spanking new challenge funding. In doing so, you’ll have the chance to assist form and construct Afghanaid’s programme portfolio. You may be uncovered to a spread of thematic areas of programming and have the chance to journey to challenge websites round Afghanistan. You’ll contribute to studying initiatives throughout the group and guarantee studying from previous and present programming is built-in into new proposal designs for impactful tasks. Additionally, you will contribute to strengthening and sustaining relationships with the worldwide donor neighborhood, doubtlessly involving some worldwide journey. The Specialist is predicted to construct the proposal growth capability of junior members of the crew within the London and Kabul places of work. The profitable candidate will probably be becoming a member of a supportive, dedicated and pro-active crew.

Contract period: 12 months

Duties:

Programme Improvement (50%)

• Establish new alternatives for funding by way of desk-based analysis and networking.
• Lead on the event of idea notes and proposals for multilateral and bilateral donors, in addition to trusts and foundations, together with however not restricted to: preparation of proposal growth timelines; liaison with programmes specialists for his or her enter; preparation of ToR for assessments; finishing up context analyses; growth of challenge proposal narratives, theories of change, logical frameworks, work plans, and detailed budgets and price range narratives; coordinate the evaluation and inside approval course of.
• Lead and contribute successfully to funding alternative brainstorms and Go/No-Go choices.
• Frequently be taught from expertise and from others in order to enhance proposal high quality and improve success fee.
• Keep an up-to-date information of the state of affairs in Afghanistan, Afghanaid’s programming areas, and the event and humanitarian wants of the communities by which Afghanaid works or seeks to work.
• The place obligatory, take an energetic function in partnership value determinations, working with companions in idea and proposal growth; and constructing the capability of companions in wanted areas.
• Below the path of the Director and in coordination with the Managing Director, contribute to the scoping of institutional donor relationships Kabul, Europe and the US.
• Contribute to illustration with the institutional donor neighborhood; guaranteeing high quality and consistency within the relationships.
• Help the event and upkeep of relationships with Trusts and Foundations and potential companions within the UK.

Studying (20%)

• Help the profitable implementation of Influence and Studying initiatives.
• Help M&E employees to adapt logical frameworks to M&E plans and guarantee consistency within the information gathering instruments with logical framework indicators.
• Overview TORs for assessments, evaluations, and research.
• Lead the organizational M&E indicator reporting course of.
• Contribute to challenge studying and adaptive administration, specifically by way of information evaluation.

Grant Administration (20%)

• Handle relationships with donors; guarantee compliance and contractual obligations are met.
• Coordinate with Programme employees and Finance to make sure stories are ready and submitted in a well timed method.
• Overview draft stories and pre-emptively increase considerations when high quality or deadlines will not be met.
• Guarantee protected custody and flow into to all related events, signed copies of contracts/challenge agreements.
• Help the Programme Division in organising challenge inception workshop to debate challenge agreements, logical frameworks, budgets and donor phrases and circumstances.

Capability Constructing of Division Personnel (10%)

• Present mentoring to junior crew members to construct their programme growth abilities, together with reviewing and feeding again on draft challenge proposal paperwork, and facilitating workshops and brainstorms to co-create challenge ideas.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Training & Skilled Qualification

A Grasp’s diploma in Improvement Research, Worldwide Relations, Social Sciences or different Programme related to Afghanaid’s thematic areas of focus.

Work Expertise

• Minimal of 5 years of expertise in securing funding from institutional and multilateral donors for worldwide/humanitarian tasks.
• Thorough understanding and hands-on expertise in making ready logical frameworks, budgets, theories of change, and proposal narratives.
• Monitor file of profitable fundraising from donors resembling FCDO, USAID, EU, ECHO, UNICEF, UNOCHA, World Financial institution, Sida, GAC, JICA, and many others.
• A minimal of 1 yr of current expertise working in a conflict-affected nation or humanitarian context.
• Candidates with a minimal of 5 years of expertise in Undertaking Administration or Grants Administration can even be thought-about, particularly if this expertise consists of tasks in Afghanistan.

Skilled Expertise, Competencies, Values and Attitudes

Afghanaid seeks a superb Programme growth specialist, with robust background of proposal writing and securing fund; mixed with curiosity and initiative, wonderful interpersonal and communication abilities, and sound judgement and decision-making abilities.

Key Expertise and Competencies

Important

• Wonderful information of the worldwide grant making and statutory markets
• Wonderful analysis and advertising abilities and confirmed capacity to persuasively and succinctly current concepts in writing and orally
• Native English proficiency and demonstrated capacity to write down and format prime quality, polished paperwork and stories for numerous audiences which can be according to Afghanaid’s model and magnificence
• Potential to suppose and lead strategically, plan successfully, set priorities and meet tight deadlines below strain
• Potential to work with colleagues at a distance
• Confirmed capacity to type good working relations, each internally and externally with individuals in any respect ranges
• Enterprise oriented with a dedication to constructing Afghanaid’s agility and rising its repute
• Excessive customary of laptop literacy (Excel, Phrase, Energy Level and Outlook)
• Private integrity, initiative and drive to get the issues performed and obtain ends in a fast-paced skilled atmosphere
• Sturdy organisational and coordination abilities, capable of work with vital ranges of autonomy
• An outgoing and fascinating character and robust sense of humour, capable of construct belief, work collaboratively in groups and handle relationships with quite a lot of stakeholders
• Wonderful analytical downside fixing and negotiation abilities
• Cultural sensitivity and talent to work in numerous multi-cultural atmosphere
• Understanding of the cultural, safety and working atmosphere in Afghanistan (or in the same context).
• Potential and willingness to journey for work

Fascinating

• Expertise of working in Afghanistan.
• Expertise in grant administration.
• Expertise in M&E.
• Expertise of mentorship and capability constructing, together with workshop facilitation.

Different Data

Afghanaid’s core values are creativity, equity and honesty. Our employees are keen about and proud to work at Afghanaid. Teamwork is prime to our requirements and demonstrated by taking initiative, aiding others and taking over extra duties and duties if obligatory. We’re outcomes pushed, dedicated and motivated to attain targets and take accountability for our personal actions.

Our remuneration and advantages bundle is aggressive with different related organisations.

This place presents a superb alternative for somebody who has the ambition and dedication to maneuver up of their profession.

How one can apply

Please e mail a overlaying letter and your CV, by no later than twenty sixth February 2024 to [email protected]; together with your title and the job title within the topic line. Your overlaying letter ought to be not more than 1 customary A4 web page in size and clarify why you’re feeling you’d be an appropriate candidate for this function and the way the function facilitates your profession targets. Your CV ought to be not more than 2 pages and be accompanied by 3 skilled references together with your present employer (we are going to solely contact references together with your permission). The precision and magnificence with which you current your self in your overlaying letter and CV will probably be given vital weight in shortlisting candidates. Purposes with no correct topic (requested above) or submitted after the deadline is not going to be thought-about. As a result of excessive quantity of functions we obtain, we’re unable to reply to each software. When you have not heard from us inside 2 weeks of the deadline, then you haven’t been profitable for shortlisting.