Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 06 Dec 2015
1.Background
War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission to support and improve the protection and care of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worst conflict-affected places.
We are recruiting a Roving Resource Mobilisation Coordinator (RMC), who will work with the country office teams to ensure relevant programming and funding for three country programmes, ensure the compliance with the WCUK’s new Quality Framework, and help WCUK adopt new ways of working to realise our ambition.
This role will focus, at least in the first instance, on our programmes in DRC and CAR. New potential expansions into other countries in the region will be considered. Approximately 65% of the work will be assisting country office team conduct needs assessments, develop project concepts with partners/beneficiaries and submitting institutional proposals, and 30% in developing relationships with established and new humanitarian donors.
He/she will provide on the ground support to country office teams in designing high-quality projects and evidence-based proposals compliant with donor guidelines, in child protection, education and livelihoods (focus on high value projects worth at least £450,000). A special focus will be given to Child Protection and Education in Emergencies projects, and to new, larger, and/or longer term opportunities (until a contract is signed). The RMC will be instrumental in securing new strategic partnerships with INGOs and will support the Programmes team in London and CO teams access new humanitarian donors. Mentoring country office staff in programme development, proposal writing and resource mobilisation is a core component of the role, which is instrumental in meeting WCUK’s new objectives adopted in the 5 year strategy.
The RMC will be line managed by the Head of Programme Operations (HPO). The HPO will provide direction on fundraising issues, including proposal development, writing methodology, strategic alignment and programme development. The RMC will be based in Kinshasa and is expected to spend 40% of the time traveling to Goma/Bangui.
2.Terms and conditions
- Salary: £34,500 per annum
- Leave: 30 days per year, plus one extra day for every full year of employment (Up to a maximum of 33 days)
- Working hours: 37.5 hours week
- Pensions: Matching contribution to your private pension up to 5% of gross salary
- Benefits: As applicable per War Child Benefits Policy
- Probation: 6 months
- Contract:12 months
How to apply:
o Download the Application Pack and complete the Application Form (*Please note that individual CVs will not be accepted).* Please submit all applications to recruitment@warchild.org.uk For more information visit www.warchild.org.uk
o All completed application forms must reach War Child by 5pm of 6th December 2015.