Country: Kenya
Closing date: 22 Mar 2016
CARE is seeking a talented Regional Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Manager who is primarily responsible for leading and implementing a strategic, results-oriented and coordinated approach to the mobilization of significant additional engagements, collaboration and resources from non-traditional sources as private-sector organizations, foundations or high net-worth individuals in order to enable CARE to enhance its capacity to multiply impact in East, Central and Southern Africa. This includes establishing and strengthening relationships with the private sector and foundations both for programming and for donor potential. The Regional Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Manager will report to the ECSA Regional Director and collaborate closely with the Regional Leadership Team (RLT), Regional Management Unit (RMU), CARE Member Partners’ technical teams, Fundraising teams, policy and advocacy and communications colleagues in mapping, developing, coordinating, and maintaining CARE’s relationships and partnerships with Key Donor representatives at regional and sub-regional levels. The incumbent will play a key leadership function to support the implementation of the CARE ECSA Regional Roadmap, particularly with respect to growing and diversifying its donor resource base. The incumbent will also be expected to support active application for consideration of upcoming funding and partnership opportunities for multi-country programming in the sub-regions along related themes (GBV in Great Lakes, Food and Nutrition Security in Southern Africa and Resilience in the Horn of Africa with an overall theme of women’s empowerment in these various areas).
The incumbent will be responsible for leading the development, finalization and implementation of an ECSA Resource Mobilization Strategy and action plan, which will feed into the Regional Roadmap as well as sub-regional business plans for the Great Lakes, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa. This includes leading the process of enhancing collaboration between a community of existing resource mobilizers at and across the country and regional level and establishing a common resource mobilization process to leverage the power of our collective contributions for the greater global good and impact, which represents a new way of thinking for CARE in the geographies in which we work. This position will also actively engage with the ECSA Partnering Initiative, a mature technical support mechanism composed of partnership coaches and technical experts within CARE who are engaged in providing flexible and sustained support to partnerships efforts within and across country programs in the region.
The incumbent needs a combination of excellent innovation, creative thinking, problem solving, representation, communication and presentation skills, a strong and varied program background and an ability to quickly grasp and communicate CARE's program work (both humanitarian as well as development). This position builds lasting networks and strategic alliances (both internally within CARE HQs, regions and country offices and externally with the regional development community and donors; both traditional and non-traditional). The incumbent needs to be a “self-starter” who thinks strategically; acts diplomatically, can achieve valuable results with a high degree of autonomy, and has the capacity to provide leadership and vision. The incumbent is a member of the ECSA Regional Management Team and will likely be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Primary Responsibilities:
Business intelligence gathering and planning
Strategic relationship management
Networking, communication and outreach
Capacity building
Perform other duties as assigned
Primary Skills:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, International Development or equivalent combination of education and at least 8-10 years work experience in this area
No less than 8-10 years senior management experience in either/or both the non-profit and for-profit context
Experience working with and through key traditional donor context and entities – with a strong and demonstrable working knowledge, connections and networks with humanitarian and development donors, (e.g. USAID, OFDA, BPRM, DFID, EU, ECHO, DFATD, AFD, DANIDA, NORAD etc.), as well as non-traditional donors such as private sector and trusts
Experience in international development; strong commitment to gender equality with solid practical experience addressing gender inequality as a barrier to food and nutrition security and ending violence
Proven experience in results orientated relationship management, networking, marketing and intelligence gathering
Knowledge of donor rules and regulations
Must be English-speaking with high French speaking and communication ability; Portuguese speaking desirable
Excellent Interpersonal Skills
Solid understanding of the competitive bids process and recruitment function
Ability to think strategically
Ability to work in a fast-paced and extremely time-sensitive environment , and to handle pressure well
Strong oral and written skills
Excellent organization skills
Satisfactory level of computer literacy
Proactive
Team player
Ability to make decisions even under tight deadlines
Intellectually curious
Thorough knowledge and understanding of international development issues and significant knowledge of key bureaus and offices in Donors regional representations
Excellent representational skills and ability to develop and provide well informed presentations about CARE for high-level audiences
Familiarity and ease with political environment of key donor
Adaptability to a variety of contexts and situations
Skills using social media
Negotiation skills
Strategic thinker
Understand the importance of and experience with managing diversity
Ability to adapt and operate in range of contexts
Experience working in East, Central and Southern Africa
Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.
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How to apply:
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