Could you use your strategic and operational fundraising skills and expertise to scale
up Christian Aid’s exciting work in Africa, fuelled by our vision of a world free poverty
and injustice? Can you provide leadership to our programme-funding work in Africa?
We are recruiting two key programme funding positions to strengthen and scale up our
exciting work in Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya.
PROGRAMME FUNDING MANAGER
JOB REFERENCE: EAPF/010/LG
You will be key to the development of a growing programme-funding portfolio in East,
Horn and southern Africa; supporting strategic fundraising for countries in these regions;
representing Christian Aid’s work externally and building relationships with institutional
donors in the region; managing staff in Nairobi and over a distance. You will bring strong
management skills, energy, innovation, and excellent technical and donor experience
and be comfortable in delivering on your targets. We are looking for proven donor
experience and success with USAID, other US government agencies, and the UN
(especially UNDP) as well as our other target donors in DFID, EuropeAid and ECHO.
We are seeking someone with a broad experience of collaboration and networking;
proven track record in mobilising funds and supporting delivery of programmes.
PROGRAMME FUNDING OFFICER
JOB REFERENCE: EAPF/020/LG
You will focus on Christian Aid’s work in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) and
Ethiopia and play a key role in supporting the development of strategic funding plans
for these countries; developing programme-funding proposals and supporting contract
management; contributing to the development of Christian Aid and partner programme-
funding capacities. You must have considerable proven experience and success in bid
development and negotiation and management of contracts including report writing
for institutional donors such as DFID, EuropeAid/ECHO, USAID, and Foundations,
planning, monitoring and reporting on development or emergency programmes,
significant experience of field-based development or emergency work in a developing
country.
Both roles require someone who is an excellent communicator in writing, in
presentations and in relationship building skills, who is very organised, shows good
attention to detail and is an excellent team worker. You will be representing Christian
Aid’s work both internally and externally and contributing to learning and sharing in
Programme Funding and Africa divisions.
To apply for either of these posts, please visit our website on www.christianaid.org.uk
to download an application pack or email: recruitment@christianaid-nbi.org (quoting
the reference number). If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing
date you should presume that you have not been short listed. Please note CVs will not
be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Friday 31 July 2009
Interview date: week beginning 10 August 2009
Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce. We
welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective
of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
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