Country Funding Coordinator Oxfam Monrovia, Liberia

GBP25,094 - GBP33,938 net per annum + GBP4,000 (Hard To Work Allowance) net pa

(Oxfam will meet the tax and social security liabilities of the post holder, in relation to Oxfam's employment)

Benefits: Globally competitive benefits

 

It takes time and energy to win the fight against poverty. It also takes a huge amount of financial support. We depend on a wide range of donors to help fund our emergency relief, development and campaigning work. And we need you to help us build relationships with them all.

 

The role

At the simplest level it’s about raising funds for Oxfam’s programmes in Liberia. These include life-saving WASH activities, livelihoods programmes and gender and protection work, with particular emphasis on women’s rights. To do that effectively you will need to help develop and implement a funding strategy that generates new funds and new sources of funding, whilst developing and maintaining good quality and consistent relationships with current donors. With your knowledge and expertise you will also support the programme teams in putting together proposals and concept papers. Plus there’s a role for you to support the teams on contract management. You will also work closely with an impressive Regional Funding Team and Country Teams to build skills and capacity, as well as representing Oxfam to the wider donor community.

 

The Person

To be successful in this role you will be someone with a strong background in planning, securing and managing funds and significant experience in managing donor contracts across a range of institutional donors, UN agencies and the World Bank. That also means having the analytical and critical thinking skills to research, analyse and evaluate donor priorities and funding opportunities in relation to Oxfam’s objectives in Liberia.

 

Clearly you’ll be someone with sound numeracy and financial skills, matched by the ability to develop and present excellent proposals, and highly developed interpersonal and communication and relationship skills. But you’ll also need to be highly motivated with the drive to meet challenging targets and an entrepreneurial approach to fundraising.

 

Fluency in written and spoken English is essential for this position.

 

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs

quoting ref INT5729.

 

Closing date: 5^th October 2012