Responsibilities and Duties:
Programme design and proposal development:
• Support and work with country managers/directors and country teams to make informed go/no go decisions on calls for proposals and invitations to submit funding applications.

• In coordination with country managers/directors, lead on programme design and development of programme concept notes and proposals for institutional donors that link to our organisational theory of change and enable Saferworld to realise our strategic plan at the country levels. This includes coordinating between various teams, facilitating development of country team ideas, and taking the overall lead in drafting funding applications (including concept note/proposal narrative, budgets, theories of change, MEL frameworks, and risk matrixes as required based on various teams’ inputs).
• Ensure proposal development processes follow Saferworld’s organisational values and principles in terms of partners’ involvement and leadership (including in participatory proposal and budget development), budget sharing with partners, preparing teaming agreements, and informing partners about donor requirements and their/our obligations towards these.
• Ensure a strong gender and conflict analysis is included in programme design and concept note/proposal writing.
• Maintain a bank of programme concept notes and proposals for allocated countries/themes.
• Provide country teams with guidance on institutional donor policies and strategies, and ensure funding applications align with these, as well as with previous donor feedback and learning. • Strengthen the capacity of country teams and partners to identify funding opportunities and to develop strong programmes and high-quality proposals.
• Work closely with programme support and country office teams to ensure smooth handover of projects from proposal to implementation stage once approved, including through organisation of handover meetings for large or complex grants.
• Diversify funding sources within country portfolios through scoping relevant trusts and foundations, commercial contracts and other non-traditional donors.
• Where relevant, support with due diligence processes when entering into partnerships with INGOs and new funding relationships with donors.

Strategic Development:
• Support and work with country managers/directors and programme teams to develop, plan and implement resource mobilisation plans to fund country strategies, including supporting and coordinating teams to cultivate and maintain good relations with donors.
• Oversee a portfolio of donors, keep a track of their strategic and funding priorities and opportunities for engagement, and feed these into country resource mobilisation plans.
• Act as a focal point for engagement with an institutional donor, in consultation with colleagues in the Funding Working Group, and maintain a strategy for engagement with this donor.
• Work closely with country managers/directors and programme colleagues to engage with and cultivate donor relationships in allocated countries.
• In collaboration with country leadership, monitor country resource mobilisation plans, and contribute to monitoring and analysing country fundraising performance, including proposal success rate.
• Ensure cross-organisational collaborative working, including working closely with the Funding Working Group to ensure country resource mobilisation plans are connected to global outreach and cultivation with key donors.
• Keep up to date with donor policy developments, and provide analysis of the implications for Saferworld.
• Keep the funding/grants management database updated with key information about funding opportunities relevant to allocated country programmes.
• Participate in/support negotiations with donors related to new and/or existing grants in allocated country programmes. Cross-organisational Representation:
• Participate in external networking and represent Saferworld at relevant donor conferences, seminars and/or other fundraising events in relation to our work.
• Engage with the wider NGO and fundraising community, particularly in relation to institutional and statutory funding.

Person specification:
Knowledge, qualifications and experience:
• Demonstrable experience of designing, developing and implementing international development programmes – preferably in conflict-affected contexts – that bring about community-led programme change, and policy and practice change. Experience of designing peacebuilding, security and justice, conflict prevention, climate, and/or gender programmes is an asset.
• Demonstrable experience of writing successful institutional funding proposals – including developing theories of change, MEL frameworks, risk matrixes and complex budgets.
• Proven experience of financial design, including programme budgeting and development of budget narratives.
• Demonstrable experience of leading programme design sessions/workshops including developing and remotely managing processes to write successful concept notes and proposals while building and managing relationships, including remotely, with country offices and/or local partners.
• Demonstrable experience in building and maintaining relationships with institutional donors, and understanding of donor requirements, particularly for donors relevant to Saferworld such as the FCDO, USG/USAID, EU, UN agencies and Sida (among others).
• Demonstrable experience of working with teams and partners in ways that reflect the principles of powersharing, solidarity and accompaniment.
• Experience in mainstreaming gender-sensitivity/responsiveness/transformation in programme design and proposal development.