Resources Development and Management (RDM) Director

World Vision International

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 34,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in 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.

Through our work, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Resources Development and Management (RDM) Director, you will provide leadership in the development and implementation of the WV Sierra Leone Resource Development Strategy and in the acquisition of new government, multilateral, foundation and private grants to enable WVISL to increase its contributions to child well-being and National Office (NO) strategic objectives through increased revenue in the key priority sectors of WVISL Strategy. You will ensure resource diversification, strengthened donor networking and improved resource acquisition capabilities for WVISL. Working closely with RDM team members and with technical specialists in each sector, you will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of grant acquisition processes, leading in pre-positioning, proposal development and donor liaison and will track grants acquisition performance metrics. You will build the capacity of other staff in resource acquisition and management, and provide backstopping support to projects as needed.

Requirements include:

• Relevant undergraduate degree (e.g. international or development studies; economics; social science disciplines; etc.); Desirable: Postgraduate qualifications or relevant technical/vocational studies.
• Minimum five to seven years’ experience with government and multilateral organisation’s procedures and regulations.
• Minimum five to seven years’ experience in successful proposal writing and management of proposal development teams, preferred European, US, UK, EU and multilateral donors including UN donors.
• Experienced networker with an ability to maintain a good up to date knowledge of the grant opportunities and trends in the development and humanitarian sector; demonstrable prior successes in grant submissions/tendering.
• Excellent English written and spoken communication skills are essential.
• Minimum of 10% International travel as required. Minimum of 20% local travel as required.