Regional Fundraising and Grant Writing Advisor

Start date June 2022

Duration 1-year, renewable employment contract with Tdh Hungary

Place of work Budapest, Hungary with occasional travel in the region

Salary Depending on experience a net of ≈ 1650 – 1850 EUR based on the salary scale of Tdh Hungary

WHAT WE DO IN EUROPE AND HUNGARY

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency, founded in 1960. The Headquarters (HQ) are in Lausanne, Switzerland. We are committed to improving the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable children. We are currently active in 30 countries (in Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America). In 2021, we directly supported 2 million children and members of their families and communities, and 3.1 million were indirectly supported. Our projects focus on child protection, mother and child health, migration, access to justice for children, and emergency relief. More information on: https://www.tdh.ch/en

Terre des hommes opened its Regional Office/ Hub in Budapest in 2006. The Regional Hub develops and implements regional projects with partners across Europe. Our regional advisors provide support to colleagues in other countries in Europe – Albania, Kosovo, Greece, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. One of our key projects for children in Hungary is the FabLab in Gyor. Child Protection Hub is an important regional project, led by the team in Budapest. ChildHub is the leading/ largest child protection community in Europe – https://childhub.org/en We also support people who fled the war in Ukraine and are transiting or taking refuge in Hungary.

Currently Tdh Hungary has 30 staff members, 24 active projects and has close collaboration with nearly 20 partner organizations.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Tdh in Europe has been reorganized in line with its new regionalization strategy which led to the development of a regional hub operated from Budapest and the establishment of an innovative programmatic approach.

The Regional Fundraising and Grant Writing Advisor will exercise a key fundraising role within the regional hub. This position is the lead in fundraising activities within the region and across the wider organization. S/he will lead and support the development of a culture of fundraising, while using their expertise to develop proposals and secure funding for Tdh.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and actively promote a fundraising culture in the region: develop and deliver internal communications in support of resource mobilization of Tdh programmes and operations in Europe.
• Develop processes and systems to ensure that all relevant Tdh team members function coherently and contribute effectively to resource mobilization goals
• Develop fundraising proposals either through grant-writing directly, management of grant-writers (consultants) and/or team mobilization, including support in project design, negotiations with partner and budget construction.
• Act as a technical advisor for collaborative proposal development;
• Work with country and regional programme staff and regional managers to support and leverage their donor representation, donor cultivation, relationship building, and donor intelligence gathering;
• Provide guidance, coaching and training to country programme staff on donor cultivation (building relationships), gathering donor intelligence, building visibility, and pre-positioning for funding opportunities;
• Facilitate information management, collecting, disseminating, and centralizing fundraising information;
• Act as a repository for donor intelligence, proposals, analytics, supporting documentation, and experiences from the region;
• Collect and disseminate information, making representations and proposals more consistent;
• Take an advisory and coordinating role in exploring additional avenues of fundraising such as corporate fundraising and private fundraising. Coordinate and liaise with the Director of Institutional Partnerships based in the HQ as well as Philanthropy Department
• Undertake special tasks in support of the resource mobilization strategy.
• Play a coordinating role in grant management: follow up on reporting, update and manage the grants on the AidCoverage platform
• Provide support and advice on compliance with Donor requirements

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree (Master’s or equivalent) from an accredited educational institution in political science, international relations, business or public administration, marketing, law, economics, development or humanitarian studies or a related discipline; a first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible and relevant experience, if possible in a context of resource mobilization, including in a supervisory capacity. Experience in planning and monitoring progress towards set goals and exposure to budget preparation.
• A successful track record with institutional funding instruments such as EU, US and UN agencies (EC DGs, Europe Aid, USAID, BPRM, DFID, UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM and other UN agencies
• Experience with corporate fundraising is considered an asset.
• Extensive experience in proposal writing and donor relationship management;
• Experience of working in a highly collaborative environment with minimal direct supervision in a complex regional setting;
• Ability to travel regionally
• Well-honed leadership skills, along with facilitation, networking and advocacy skills;
• Strong planning and organizational skills;
• A commitment to excellence, respect for donor rules & attention to detail;
• Ability to uphold high standards and punctuality under pressure.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English. Fully proficient in writing and editing.
• Competency in an eastern European language is a desirable asset but not a requirement.