Institutional Funding Advisor at Sightsavers Nigeria

Sightsavers is an international organisation that changes lives for the long term. We work in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Institutional Funding Advisor
Locations: Abuja and Kaduna
Employment Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

We are looking for an Institutional Funding Advisor to support and maintain institutional donor relationships in the UK, both directly and in support of other members of the Institutional Funding team.
This includes working with the Institutional Funding Senior Advisor in directly managing existing funding agreements and in leading on the development of new funding relationships for the team.
The role will involve contract management, bid development, learning and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience
This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing institutional funding experience. To succeed in this role you will need:

Demonstrable experience of working with institutional donors, preferably including bilaterals, multilaterals or large scale foundations
Strong knowledge of current international development issues
Good understanding of budgets and financial data
Good IT skills including digital media
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to travel up to 4 weeks internationally per year
An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
Experience of producing applications and reports
Experience of producing management information
Good research skills
Good proposal development and writing skills