Programme Development Manager

TITLE: Programme Development Manager
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Development, Quality and Advocacy (PDQA), LOCATION: Kabul, Afghanistan, GRADE: 2 CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 Year with possibility of extension.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: The Programme Development Manager will report to the Head of Programme Development and Resource Mobilization and engage closely with local as well as regional and global key stakeholders to profile SCI programme development and resource mobilisation efforts for the Afghanistan Country Office. S/he will; contribute to portfolio analysis, donor landscape scanning, the development of donor engagement and funding strategies, and tracking of donor funding opportunities and lead pipeline tracking and proposal development processes. S/he will also provide technical support to the Partnerships Unit.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Head of Programme Development and Resource Mobilization
Staff reporting to this post: None.
Role Dimensions: complexity, relationships, communication with stakeholders

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Programme Development: 30%
• Analyse the current portfolio and identify trends and approaches that inform a better funding strategy.
• Identify and track relevant upcoming funding opportunities through desk-based research, advance intelligence gathering, donor websites, and strategy papers for INGOs, private sector, government institutional donors, trusts and foundations and major donors that have a national or regional presence.
• Participate in key donor meetings, when necessary, to gather intelligence and foster long-term collaboration and engagement.
• Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities, either as a prime or sub-recipient in joint ventures.
• Work with Member Offices to explore the potential for innovative ways to fundraise, with special focus on new humanitarian donors and the private sector.
• Implement the funding strategy and ensure coordination and synergy among country office teams in undertaking approaches and actions that deliver agreed restricted funding targets.
• Work with Head of PD and RM and the Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) team to help set ambitious targets for donor engagement and influencing donor strategies.
• Undertake regular donor landscape mapping and prepare an effective plan for donor engagement.
• Work with Technical Advisors (TAs) to disseminate thematic briefs, capacity statements and funding plans among Member Offices and donors to support fundraising efforts in line with the goals outlined in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP).

Local donor and funding partners engagement: 10%
• Prepares materials needed to facilitate donor engagement and bolster reputation and credibility of SCI Afghanistan with potential and current funders and consortia partners.
• Monitors news media and donor/government sources for potential changes in strategy, regulations, and legislation to ensure the country office reacts effectively and advises its members of the resulting impact on their operations.
• Provides technical support to Partnership Unit for sub-awarding, creating synergy among programs with other LNGOs/NNGOs and INGOs; and seeking opportunities beyond just sub-awarding.

Proposal Development: 40%
• Drive interdepartmental coordination for project design and proposal development and lead proposal development processes.
• Together with the Awards team and TAs, lead the development and monitoring of the proposal development calendar.
• Together with other teams, identify lessons learnt from ongoing programs which can inform planning and the design of new programs and ensure these are considered and/or input into new proposals.
• Serves as a steward of program development processes and provides training in program development protocols and processes.
• Lead teams in quarterly lessons learnt reviews based on proposals developed, in order to strengthen future proposals.
• Write sections of the proposals with TAs and review inputs for quality control before submission to the donor.
• With in-country TAs, seek out and facilitate input of technical advice from global team technical backstops or Member Office technical advisors to ensure that programmes benefit from Save the Children’s global expertise, while remaining relevant to the local context.
• Ensure that the BD and quality assurance tools, including, but not limited to, Funding Opportunity Tracker, Go No Go Decision Guide, Proposal Development Calendar, Gender Marker, PART, KPI 20, and SCI common approaches are used and processed effectively in the development of each opportunity to ensure all proposal meet SC’s quality standards.
• Assist the Head of PD and RM in managing additional team capacity in high demand times, including identifying and managing consultants and GESHP deployments.

Strategic Information Management: 10%
• Ensures accurate and timely overview of funding priorities and pipeline health and analysis are shared across the country office and with the Regional Office to ensure smooth and effective prioritization of funding opportunities.
• Contribute to institutional learning by thoroughly documenting and sharing practices and sharing fitting practices on bid management, including leading on learnings from bids won and/or lost.

Humanitarian Response – 10%
• Support effective and joined-up strategic resource mobilisation for Category 1&2 Emergencies within the country (involving partners).
• When possible, deploy immediately to support funding coordination in the first phase of major regional responses as required.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Communication & Collaboration:
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters by adapting effective communication strategies considering the context.
• Values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
• Invests time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realise their full potential, and to build the organisation’s capability for the future.
Creativity:
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS
Background in business development or grants, donor and relationship management, strategic portfolio analysis and planning in non-profit management or related discipline.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
• Recommended minimum of 4 years’ experience working in both emergency and development contexts, with solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors: education, child poverty, child protection, child rights governance, health and nutrition.
• 2.5+ years proven experience in leading the development of large-scale complex proposals, including project budgets greater than $1 million and leading proposal development with consortia.
• 2.5+ years proven experience of engaging and building relationships with donors and government entities.
• Knowledge of the requirements of major institutional donors including budgeting, eligibility issues, compliance management, and reporting;
• Skills in leading donor landscape mapping, development of donor engagement and funding strategies.
• Excellent planning, management, and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities.
• Strong communication/presentation skills (written and spoken) in English, with ability to summarise and present information effectively.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Excellent coordination and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels and pull together input from a diverse team.
• Computer literate (i.e. Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems)
• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Desirable
• Experience in donor mapping and knowledgeable on the Afghanistan context of donor landscape.
• Experience in strategic portfolio analysis.

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Organization context

The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.