Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 09 Oct 2017
Plan International UK strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Our Policy and Programmes Department contributes to the delivery of these aims through its large portfolio of projects, and by promoting awareness of Plan’s wider work. We work with Country Offices to design high quality project proposals (either for development, or in response to humanitarian emergencies), and by raising the funds needed to implement them. We then manage the grants, ensuring that project monitoring and evaluation is carried out effectively, and that reports are submitted in accordance with the increasingly exacting standards set by donors.
As a Programme Development Specialist in the department, you will identify and proactively generate opportunities from new and existing institutional donors, and lead on the development of high-quality grant and commercial tender submissions. You will also support project initiation and handover to implementation teams once funding is secured. Your area of focus will be East and Southern Africa, but there will be the need for flexibility to work with other areas as requested, particularly when there are surges of work with certain countries.
We are looking for candidates with strong programme development experience, but are interested in applications from candidates with a strong technical background in one of Plan International UK’s priority themes. You will have experience of developing high quality proposals and/or tenders for institutional donors (particularly DFID, multilaterals or the EC) and of working remotely with multiple countries and partners to develop proposals and tenders within tight time frames. Experience of living and working in developing countries would be advantageous, as would the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in French.
The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Monday 9 October 2017
Interviews will take place during week commencing 16 October 2017
Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.
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