Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 08 Dec 2019
Our Birmingham, UK Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) Office are actively recruiting for the position of ‘Partnerships and Programme Manager’. Serving the Humanitarian and International Development Sector and its parent Islamic Relief Worldwide - it collects, coordinates and delivers compelling HAD in action content and messaging around the globe to promote the training, research and talent development services HAD offers to retain existing customers/partners and attract new customers/partners. HAD is currently a Strategic Business Unit of IRW. It is envisioned to be a hub where humanitarian and development theories and practice are studied, examined and developed.
The purpose of the role to play in assisting HAD to achieve its growth ambitions by securing new sources of funding and developing strategic relationships with institutions, organisations and funding agencies, with the aim of developing and financing sustainable programmes that enable us to continue the capacity building of local community based organisations. The role also involves assisting HAD to achieve its financial target by generating and diversifying the sources of funding and managing the existing and new grants. The Partnerships and Programme Manager will also provide leadership in institutional funding and donor compliance by developing/submitting quality projects proposals and bids and developing relationships and advising the departments of HAD.
The successful candidate must have or be:
- Significant experience in working within the sector for an international NGO in a similar role
- Experience of successfully fundraising and dealing with institutional donors and international donors
- Proven experience and knowledge of effective budgetary control and grant management.
- Experience in networking with multiple institutional donors, developing consortium and partnerships and ability to represent HAD within the development sector
- Experience in developing successful and quality project proposals, bids and reports
Islamic Relief promotes equality and meritocracy, and seeks individuals who are sympathetic to the IR values of; Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship together with our policy standards on Anti-Bribery, Child Protection and Code of Conduct. If you would like to be a part of an organisation striving to make a difference in the world and are looking for a meaningful career, we will be glad to hear from you.
Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place mid-late December 2019. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Pre-employment Checks:
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:
- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- receipt of satisfactory references
For UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer
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