Christian Aid (CA) Job in Nigeria for a Business Development and Programme Fundraising Manager
Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with
others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the
transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering
them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30
countries and has
been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria
Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable
Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.
Christian Aid (CA) is recruiting to fill the job position in Abuja below:
Job Title: Business Development and Programme Fundraising Manager
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Role Purpose
- This is a regional role responsible for growing Christian Aid’s
institutional funding portfolio in Nigeria; supporting the country
programme to deliver on their contracts with institutional donors.
- The post holder will work closely with the Country Manager to
initiate new donor engagements and sustain relationships with current
donors; to lead on new acquisitions; and, to advise and provide
pragmatic support on delivery of on-going contracts ensuring compliance
with donors’ and Christian Aid’s regulations.
- This is a senior role that is expected to engage at strategic
levels both at the country and corporate levels to influence Christian
Aid’s business models and the way we deliver our programmes.
- The role will be critical to supporting Country Managers in
representing the organization to donors and other external stakeholders,
and to improving Christian Aid’s in-country visibility.
Role Context
- The role works within the International Department and is
positioned in the Programme Funding Division. The role will be based in
Abuja, Nigeria.
- The role will Nigeria primarily but we are seeking agility in
the post holder in order to provide support across the Africa division -
particularly in Anglophone West Africa countries of Ghana and Sierra
Leone - from time to time.
Key Outcome
- Acquire and retain new donors
- Identify and acquire grants and contracts from government departments, large foundations and the corporate sector
- Deliver on existing contracts working closely with Country
Programmes staff. This will entail compliance with donors and Christian
Aid policies; capturing and sharing best practices across the division;
and, ensuring timely and quality reporting to donors against the agreed
milestones
- Gather intelligence about upcoming opportunities; develop and
share opportunity-specific competitive intelligence analysis and support
Country Managers in deciding on consortia formulation
- Provide strong leadership on new proposals; assembling and
managing proposal development teams; taking responsibility for high
quality proposals that respond to donors’ criteria
- Carry-out post-bidding debrief and lead post-award negotiations
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- A diverse, multi-donor portfolios with approx. UK£2.5M annual
income comprising of both humanitarian and developmental programmes
- Improved Christian Aid brand within West Africa as evidenced by
engagement in INGOs forums; invitations to bid on unpublished funding
opportunities; articulated value addition of Christian Aid in consortia,
and, the strength of Christian Aid Nigeria (CAN)’s relationships with
donors, government agencies and other external stakeholders
- End-to-end quality proposal delivery responding to both
published and unsolicited opportunities that results from aggressive
donor engagement and relationship building
- Effective delivery of existing contracts as demonstrated in
timely reporting, compliance with donors’ / CA policies and achievement
of project goals
Role Requirements
Relationship
External:
- Donors, INGOs, NNGOs, Private Sector Actors, government agencies
Internal:
- Works closely with a team of programme funding colleagues across a region or continent.
- Working with other Christian Aid staff across the organisation in line as required by the role.
Decision Making:
- This role is required to make strategic decisions on new
opportunities and donors. The position holder is expected to develop and
implement fundraising strategies in coordination with the Country
Managers and the Head of Programme Funding - Africa.
- The position will be held responsible for performance of
existing and new contracts; particularly compliance with donor
regulations.
Analytical Skills:
- On-going analysis and interpretation of donor funding
strategies, opportunities and alignment with Christian Aid country
strategies and corporate strategy. Analysis of risk and programme logic.
- The post holder will bring together other stakeholders that
might complement or add to those analyses in order to facilitate
judgment and decision taken.
- Detailed risk assessment on new funding opportunities or large initiatives will be required
Developing self and others:
- Has direct responsibility for developing, coaching and motivating a group of staff, where the
- skill/location mix is likely to be diverse; undertakes
performance reviews and development of action plans to improve the
performance of others, whether staff or volunteers.
Person Specification
Applied Skills/Knowledge and Expertise
Essential:
- Proven track record of raising and managing funds from major
institutional donors particularly DFID, USAID, Global Fund, EC / ECHO
and large foundations. Kindly note that you will be required to
demonstrate this competency.
- An in-depth understanding of the international development sector in general and West Africa in particular
- A university Degree or equivalent in Development Studies or other relevant subject
- High level of numeracy and understanding of financial controls and procedures
- Fluency in English. Additional languages - particularly French - will be an added advantage
- Excellent representational and communication skills. Both writing and verbal communication skills will be tested.
Desirable:
- Prior project management experience particularly in West Africa
- Experience of private sector and social enterprise partnership and programmes
- IT competency required
- Intermediate
- Knowledge of country/region of work
- Understanding of accountability and value for money
Competency Profile
Level 3: You are expected to be able to:
- Build partnerships
- Manage teams or lead projects supportively, involving others in
discussing how to take work forward, helping people feel part of the
team and treating everyone equally.
- Develop and maintain new relationships with individuals and organisations to further Christian Aid’s aims.
- Recognise and value differences in people; be ready to challenge assumptions, beliefs or attitudes in self or others.
- Manage expectations and adhere to what’s agreed, by doing what you say you’re going to do.
- Influence others to develop shared understanding and work
cooperatively and collaboratively towards common goals where there are
different personal or organisational agendas.
Communicate effectively:
- Reflect the needs of different audiences, adapting style, media, timing and pace to communicate effectively.
- Clarify expectations and anticipate others’ interests and potential issues, to help them get involved in debate and dialogue.
- Show understanding of how personal and external factors affect
others’ communication style and needs and seek to manage these
differences to ensure that all voices are heard.
Steward resources:
- Accept accountability internally and externally for the effective use of Christian Aid resources.
- Before using or commissioning new resources, look for ways to
achieve more effective outcomes by using existing resources in a new or
different way.
- Manage resources and workloads to ensure your own and others’ goals are achieved.
Deliver results:
- Create plans with key milestones and measurable outcomes: track
progress and adjust to meet the objectives, ensuring others are aware of
changes and reasons for them.
- Be willing to take action or make recommendations or decisions in difficult or ambiguous situations.
- Commit to your decisions and be accountable for them.
- Show willingness to adapt if your initial decision did not produce the expected result.
- Ensure individuals and teams understand and agree to work to the overall goals, specific objectives and quality standards.
- Make recommendations or decisions in the best interest of
Christian Aid, involving others as needed both within and beyond your
work area.
Realise potential:
- Demonstrate continuing commitment to your own professional and personal development.
- Provide an appropriate level of supervision according to need; know when to provide help and when to give others space to learn.
- Give constructive and timely feedback to others on difficult or contentious issues.
- Deal with poor performance directly and sensitively, seeking appropriate and timely advice and support if needed.
- Use coaching and mentoring skills to support others to develop.
- Encourage others to give their best by discussing goals and aspirations and recognising achievement.
Strive for improvement:
- Be open to radical suggestions.
- Evaluate the benefits and risks of new ideas and ways of working and identify ways to reduce risk.
- Coach others on dealing with resistance to change.
- Seek and evaluate a range of viewpoints, internal and external, about how Christian Aid could do things better.
- Find and implement ways to better support internal knowledge- and information-sharing.
Remuneration
N7,887,850 - N9,752,863
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Note
- Further details of specific tasks and duties will be agreed with
the line manager as part of the performance agreement. Any reasonable
duty may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and
its level of responsibility.
- This role profile is not prescriptive; it merely outlines the
key behaviours the role-holder requires to be successful in the role;
the key behaviours and responsibilities are subject to change. Any
changes will be made in consultation with the role-holder.
- You will be expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, policies
and procedures within Christian Aid which may be updated from time to
time.
- You must be in sympathy with the aims, beliefs and values of
Christian Aid as it seeks to work on relief, development and advocacy
for poverty eradication
Interview Date 9th November, 2016.
Application Deadline 26th October, 2016.