With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Business Development & Grants Acquisition Director, you will lead, coordinate and facilitate proposal development and grants acquisition by building the profile, pre-positioning the Malawi National Office including strengthening National Office (NO) proposal grants acquisition capacity. You will lead the Malawi National Office in developing and rolling out a Grants Acquisition and Management (GAM) strategy. You will drive growth in non-sponsorship income in alignment with regional and NO strategy. You will engage and retain government, multi-lateral and private sector donors through successful grants implementation and strong donor relations with the aim of maximising and diversifying the funding base.

Requirements include:

• Master Degree in Development Studies, Social Science, International Development, Finance, MBA or its equivalent
• 5-8 years of senior leadership experience in grant acquisition (with a strong track record of winning grants)
• Demonstrated experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant funded projects
• Demonstrated team management experience that includes coaching staff to high levels of performance
• Advanced knowledge/practice of design, monitoring, and evaluation approaches
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English with strong competency in proposal writing