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  • Project Officer Eriks

    Project Officer Eriks

    Job Summary
    The purpose of the post is to provide leadership and management in the implementation of Access to Quality Education and Transition for C&AWDs; project and contribute in realization of IE programme’s team objectives;

    Salary:   KES 1,660,000 Gross per annum
    Contract type:   Fixed Term
    Full Time:            35 hours per week
    Start date:           Earliest possible.
    Role overview
    The purpose of the post is to provide leadership and management in the implementation of Access to Quality Education and Transition for C&AWDs project and contribute in realization of IE programme’s team objectives; Providing staff and volunteers’ duty of care, strengthening partnerships and programme networks, effective delivery of IE signature programme strategy and improved documentation of proven practices and knowledge sharing
    Responsibilities

    Coordinate all project activities, monitoring and evaluation, project reporting, and dissemination of reports as appropriate.
    Lead in documentation and dissemination of change stories and knowledge products deduced from project implementation and learning
    Lead in identifying, assessing and building capacity of local implementing partners in target areas
    Engage in lobbying and advocacy with relevant Civil Society Organisations at micro, meso and macro level in influencing development and implementation of government policies necessary in enhancing access to quality and inclusive basic education
    Support administrative work of the project by providing logistical support to planning, training and review of workshops, conferences; and ensure invitations, follow-up, liaisons with relevant partners, volunteers, VSO Kenya staff and resource personnel are done.
    Support regular updates to partners and volunteers enquiries relating to the administrative matters of the Project.
    Ensure proper budgeting, timely budget tracking and check compliance to financial management policies and donor requirements through out project period
    Work cooperatively as a member of the Inclusive Education programme and support in signature programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
    Provide duty of care for all staff and volunteers in the project in collaboration with IE programme manager
    Manage the projects safeguarding caseloads with support from the Head of People and Operations
    Establish and strengthen partnerships relevant to realization of project/programme objectives
    Any other duties as may be required from time to time by the Programme Manager.

    Skills, qualifications and experience

    Bachelor of Education degree with specialisation in Special Needs or inclusive education; further qualification in development, project management or related area would be an advantage.
    At least 3 years relevant experience including the formulation, implementation and review of development strategies and effective project management
    Experience in developing and implementing advocacy and campaign strategies
    Experience working with children and youth with disabilities, and their families in education or livelihood initiatives or successful work with persons with disabilities.
    Evidence of having managed Child protection and Safeguarding caseload DESIRED
    Knowledge on disability rights and inclusion practices
    Ability to work effectively as a team member and with minimal supervision
    Excellent written and oral communication
    Evidence of effective problem solving and organisational skills
    Evidence of professionalism and high integrity
    Evidence of openness to learning to improve own performance

    Competencies and Behaviour
    At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

    Ability to be open minded and respectful
    Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
    Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
    Ability to seek and share knowledge

    Equal Opportunities
    VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
    VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
    To submit your application, click on ‘Make an application’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

  • Project Administrator ICS-Nandi (Maternity Cover)

    Project Administrator ICS-Nandi (Maternity Cover)

    Responsibilities:

    Project development in the host community

    Develop new/review existing project plans based on evidence generated and in Line with VSO thematic areas of focus
    Assess and identify partners with co-shared objectives and as guided by ICS and VSO standards
    Support partners to develop appropriate and relevant project descriptions and activities

    Partners Capacity Building

    Identifying support and capacity gaps amongst partners including host homes.
    Capacity building partners including Volunteer Management System (VMS) Training, Host-Homes orientation, Social Inclusion etc.

    Volunteer and Team Leaders Management and Support

    Provide adequate support and supervision of volunteers and TLs throughout the programme.
    Promote and encourage appropriate behaviour and ensure safety and security standards procedures are met and understood.
    Support TLs and volunteers to build effective and enabling relationships with host country counterparts and adapt effectively to a different culture and working environment.
    Prepare references for alumni and volunteers based on their performance and supporting early returns and medical cases

    Facilitation and Training

    Promote learning amongst volunteers on global, cross-cultural and intercultural issues through the delivery of training and learning tools and support youth led and on-placement training throughout the programme.
    Deliver training using participatory approaches and skills to volunteers, which adequately equip them for their placements.
    Oversee Team Leaders and volunteers’ induction training including In Country Orientations, In Community Orientations and support to deliver youth-led training and learning activities throughout the programme

    Relationship management and partnership working

    Work effectively with ICS PO and act as a representative of VSO Kenya and partners at all times.
    Support Host Homes and Placements organizations in promoting learning, cross-cultural engagement and relationship building.
    Ensure that all programme partners and stakeholders are kept regularly informed about the progress of the in-country programmes

    Monitoring and Evaluation and ReportingCapture learnings from all volunteers, stakeholders and outcomes in accordance with the overall purpose and objectives of the programme.Develop quality team plans, debrief reports, cumulative monitoring tools and project updates.Support volunteers is documenting their learning journeys and case studies. Reporting on any medical, safety and security incidents.
    Budget Management

    Source and use cost effective means and measures in the community to ensure value for donor money and quality project.
    Develop monthly work plans with budget projections for the community. Manage the community budget and submit weekly reports to the country office

    Promote active citizenship amongst the youth

    Provide post placement support through regular follow-ups, linkages to opportunities as well as engagement in ICS activities, advocacy and leadership elements.
    Provide Post placement support for the Return Volunteers (Action at and Home).
    Support youth in developing and refining social action project proposals.
    Support alumni in implementing social action projects

    Security and safety of volunteers and primary actors and disciplinary management

    Conduct community, partners, host homes and activity risk assessments.
    Review the risk assessments on quarterly basis and share updated reports with the County People Manager.
    Medical facilities assessed and approved prior use of services. Incidences documented and reported to the country people manager as stipulated in VSO and ICS incident reporting protocol
    Ensure volunteers sign the ICS volunteer agreement and are aware of expected code of conduct, safeguarding policy and child protection policy.
    Manage disciplinary issues and ensure they are documented, and disciplinary process followed as guided by ICS disciplinary procedures. Volunteers, TLs and partners grievances are managed in a professional manner and documented

    Project Administration and Logistics

    Organize project logistics within the community, prepare requisitions for materials, equipment, training venues, accommodation etc. as required.
    Liaison with programme Assistant and Officer for support required outside the community. Develop service Terms or reference and contracts as needed e.g. for Consultants
    Other duties as requested by the line manager.

  • Finance Officer

    Finance Officer

    Responsibilities:

    Matching requisitions to LPOs and invoices and ensuring they are approved by relevant staff subject to approval limits.
    Timely and prompt processing and review of payments to suppliers, volunteers ICFA & HCFAs, temp staff payroll preparation and staff advances processing.
    Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance; (NHIF, NSSF, Sacco loans, PAYE, W/tax, HELB, NITA) and accurate remittances are paid on time and annual filing of returns.
    In charge of preparation and coding of bank payment vouchers, payment processing and posting after review.
    Manage all correspondence with banks and creditors to ensure sufficient liquidity at all times.
    Providing monthly cash/bank forecasts to the Head of Finance & Operations/CD for approval and onward forwarding to treasury.
    Ensure that all finance and accounts IT processes such as data entry and backups are carried out on weekly basis.
    Responsible for carrying out Month end process filing and save reviewed monthly reports to T drive and share points effectively and on time.
    Support the audit process including preparation of audit schedules for audit purposes for review by HoFO and support documentation extraction.
    Invoicing of Donors, partners, Incomes accruals, hosted partners etc. invoicing, receipting and acknowledge incomes appropriately.
    Carrying out Accounts codes reviews, allocations and reconciliation of all balance sheet items.
    Sharing monthly, periodic staff, suppliers and partner’s advances statements.
    Carry out Supplier statement reconciliations including medical insurance claims and reconciliations.
    Raising reversal journals, preparation of recodes, their support and approvals.
    Keep safe custody of cash, cheque books and financial records.
    New staff/volunteer (joiners) orientation on finance policies, other VSO policies, and manuals and ensure finance clearance of leavers.
    In charge of data/ file archiving and updates – soft and hard files and maintain soft & hard files for all transactions.
    Exercise appropriate controls over and authorisation of all liquidations to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation. Reviewing of accountabilities submitted by volunteers and staff.
    Ensuring regular financial monitoring in the field are undertaken and any findings and recommendations are implemented in good time.
    Work with other colleagues to provide support to finance team in country in financial accounting and management.
    Maintain good relations with external donors by providing narrative and financial reports on a timely basis and in line with donor criteria when necessary.
    Upon assignment by HoFO, support projects proposal writing, PTC development and Donor budget mapping.
    Preparation of audit schedules, annual and quarterly financial reports/statement. Act as a focal point for coordination of organizational audits. Work with the HoFO and FA in ensuring that all activities, preparations and follow-up with respect to audits are done on time.
    Full-fill other appropriate level responsibilities as defined by the Head of Finance

  • Sourcing Manager, Resilient Livelihoods Finance Officer

    Sourcing Manager, Resilient Livelihoods Finance Officer

    Job Description

    Salary:            Competitive- local benchmark
    Contract type:           Permanent
    Full Time:      35 hours per week
    Application Closing Date:    13 Oct 2019
    Interview date:          W/C 21 October 2019
    Start date:      January 2020
    Job Purpose: Responsible and accountable for sourcing of diverse global talent pools of adequate quality and size to meet current and emerging plans. The post holder will also be responsible for designing an inclusive and varied people plan to enable the successful delivery of an impactful and responsible programme.
    Responsibilities:

    Develop sustainable sourcing plans and strategies to deliver a fit for purpose talent pool to meet the people demand for Resilient Livelihoods
    Utilise both innovative and traditional sourcing techniques in order to build a talent pool of active prospects who engage with VSO through a variety of channels
    Accountable for designing plans to meet project objectives that includes how partnerships, events and networking, social and professional networks, digital mediums, direct sourcing and the retention and mobility of talented people have been considered and will be mobilised
    Identify the critical and hard to fill roles required globally and locally and work with colleagues to prioritise recruitment. Head hunt for candidates as required.
    Carry out sourcing labour market analysis, collaborate with others to design people teams and roles to deliver impactful and sustainable volunteering for development programmes; ensure full cost recovery within plans
    Work in partnership with hiring managers across global VSO to understand, influence and help fulfil employee and volunteer recruitment needs at all levels and ensure recruitment of the right people, with the right skills at the right time
    Responsible for effective collation, analysis and presentation of management information on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
    Design and deliver training to those involved in the sourcing process as required
    Build and maintain strong working relationship with all key stakeholders
    Global lead on sourcing across VSO, credible reference point in advising and influencing on professional specialism

    Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
    Essential criteria:

    5+ years recruitment experience, including an understanding of global mobility and talent management in an international context
    Excellent understanding and experience of using multi-channel attraction methods.
    Demonstrable experience of direct sourcing strategies and end to end recruitment processes
    Experience with HRIS, sourcing and recruitment marketing tools
    Proven experience of designing recruitment activities and the candidate experience to positively impact employer brand.
    Experience in developing new partnerships with a proactive and creative approach in seeking out and pursuing opportunities.
    A strong team player with a positive attitude, sensitivity to the needs of others and cultural awareness
    Adept at navigating a changing environment and the ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting recruitment problems
    Excellent analytical, verbal and written communications skills in English
    Exceptional time management skills and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
    VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
    Must be eligible to work on local contract in one of VSO office locations.
    VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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  • Project Business Advisor Project Administrator- Monitoring and Evaluation -DESIP

    Project Business Advisor Project Administrator- Monitoring and Evaluation -DESIP

    Job Details

    Budget Grants/ management;

    Work closely with programme teams to effectively track grant expenditure and budgets; carrying out BVA, producing regular and special budget reports, budget re-profiling, revised projections and sharing BVA advisory to Programme managers.
    Carry out accurate projects budget/ project cash forecasts to ensure sufficient liquidity at all times; accurately phasing/reforecasting projects budget, help in establishing monthly cash requirements for the field officers/partners and make a timely requests based on the project work plan.
    Coordinating the preparation of projects budgets for both internal and external users, on monthly, quarterly or annual basis.
    Ensuring that the VSO financial policies and procedures are complied with by all parties, helping in identification of gaps and working with the Head of Operations on how to address the gaps.
    Ensure accurate and timely input of financial data (liquidations) resulting to sound financial reporting and management.
    Manage the donor reporting timetable for the project/program teams and ensure reports are produced in a timely manner.
    Understand the donor rules and regulations and ensure all staff and volunteers are following and complying with donor and VSOK rules for the grants.
    Ensure all institutional funding compliance requirements meet the contractual requirements e.g. donor deadlines are met.
    Support the HoFO in producing high quality monthly management reports for the Country and the Region on needs basis as well as provide advisory on any variances.

    Financial Support and control: –

    Exercise appropriate controls over and authorisation of all liquidations to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation. Reviewing of accountabilities submitted by volunteers and staff.
    Ensure regular financial monitoring in the field are undertaken and any findings and recommendations are implemented in good time.
    Accountability for financial resources through sound reporting and reconciliation of project reports with sun listing/accounts. Conduct monthly projects budget reconciliation, fund balances reconciliations and project expenditure verification.
    Work with other colleagues to provide support to finance teams in country in financial accounting and management.
    Maintain an organized and effective financial filing system for all Finance documents including; vouchers, soft/hard files for all project reports, grant files and donor correspondences.
    Support staff in developing databases for various purposes such as donor reporting and grants tracking.
    Maintain good relations with external donors by providing narrative and financial reports on a timely basis and in line with donor criteria when necessary.
    Conduct new staff orientation on grant policies, and manuals, run training sessions to ensure that project staff and partners are aware and understand the VSO and donor requirements on grants.
    Upon assignment by HoFO, support projects proposal writing, PTC development and Donor budget mapping.
    Co-ordinate project audits. Work with the HoFO and Financial Accountant in ensuring that all activities, preparations and follow-up with respect to donor audits are done on time.

    Carry our monthly Bank reconciliations.

    Projects accountants supervision and capacity building and matrix review for financial accountant’s work inputs.
    Full-fill other appropriate level responsibilities as defined by the Head of Finance

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  • Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – EFL Project

    Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – EFL Project

    Salary: KES 1,660,000 Gross per annum
    Contract type: Fixed Term
    Role overview
    The M&E officer will support the successful implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework in line with the project design such as tracking of every out of school girl using an MIS system and monitoring field activity implementation by staff and partners. The M&E officer will be required to support the project officers to embed M&E systems and processes in their work and to support the project team to gather evidence of change and use learning to adapt, improve and to advocate for change. The M&E officer will also support data collection and knowledge generation within the Education Programme.
    Skills, qualifications and experience
    ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

    Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, development studies/economics, or monitoring and evaluation.
    A minimum of 3 years’ experience and progressive responsibility working in Programme management, Reporting and M&E for donor funded development programmes e.g. DFID, USAID, EU, Ford Foundation; Open Society etc
    Knowledge
    Proactively demonstrates the value of M&E data by generating insightful analytical reports that add value to VSO’s interpretation of that data and results
    Promotes learning agendas, collaboration, adaptive programming, and knowledge management activities
    Interpret outcomes of implementation through data or other evidenced-based sources and provide program recommendations as needed.
    Strong proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) with ability to analyze and interpret data using Excel, MIS online reporting tools, or statistical packages such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, EPINFO, ENA for SMART, SQL
    Knowledge on gender and social inclusion practices

    EXPERIENCE:

    Experience of developing performance indicators; conducting routine monitoring of data for donor-funded projects; and conducting participatory or impact evaluations.
    Experience writing reports, findings and recommendations in assessment or evaluations, especially under institutional donor contracts, and
    Experience of development of knowledge management strategies
    Proven experience in coaching and mentoring of team members
    Experience working in education, disability or youth programmes

    SKILLS/ABILITIES:

    Strong conceptual and analytical skills
    Competence in program cycle management and strong drafting ability
    Excellent communication, report writing and facilitation skills
    Ability to work in a diverse team environment
    Good written and spoken English and Kiswahili skills,
    Ability to coordinate well with personnel within and outside the project, meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.
    Excellent relationship management skills and experience working with people in different contexts;
    Self-starter with initiative and confidence to lead in their designated field – can work independently and prioritize own work load
    Evidence of effective problem solving and organisational skills.
    Evidence of professionalism and high integrity.
    Evidence of openness to learning to improve own performance

    COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOUR
    At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core
    DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

    Certification in Special Needs Education or inclusive Education
    Knowledge of Kenyan Sign Language
    Previous experience in implementing Disability project
    Being up-to-date on Communications; current debates around development effectiveness; research and evaluation methodologies

    COMPETENCIES:

    Ability to be open minded and respectful
    Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
    Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
    Ability to seek and share knowledge

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
    VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
    VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

  • Livelihoods ICT4D Advisor

    Livelihoods ICT4D Advisor

    Job Purpose: Coordinate the implementation of ICT4D solutions in VSO’s livelihoods programmes
    Responsibilities:

    Act as a focal point for programme teams on the use of technology to drive or monitor impact within VSO’s livelihoods core programme area
    Provide oversight and mentoring to volunteers working on IT delivery within VSO’s livelihoods programmes.
    Enable programme teams to follow VSO’s standard software implementation processes, supporting needs analysis, design, system selection, testing, training, implementation and adoption.
    Foster institutional knowledge, by curating resources for VSO to better understand how technology is being used across different programme teams within livelihoods.
    Make connections across programme teams, to ensure that teams working on similar projects can collaborate and benefit from best practice and lessons learned in other locations.
    Act as a business analyst, to support programme teams in effective scoping, good requirements documentation, workflow mapping, robust solutions design and thorough implementation planning.
    Work closely with the rest of the IT team to ensure that system solutions implemented align with VSO’s existing enterprise architecture where required.
    Ensure that solutions implemented at VSO, or within partner organisations, are sustainable and that clear arrangements are in place for ongoing support and maintenance.
    Ensure programme teams are following VSO’s standard procurement processes when making decisions about technology investment
    Ensure programme teams are aware of the need for “privacy by design” and completion of a Data Privacy Impact Assessment when implementing new products or processes.
    Ensure that program implementation is responsive to communities’ and partners’ needs.
    Manage reporting process for completed and in-progress pilot projects in the field.
    Support programme teams to design, develop and implement ICT4D for development projects and programmes.

    Essential selection criteria
    Knowledge/qualifications:

    Technical expertise and in-depth understanding of contemporary ICT4D topics with special emphasis on one or more of the following areas: mobile tools and mobile development; data science and data visualization; technology and innovation in livelihoods, education or health.
    Experience working closely with suppliers to support the technical and/or functional design, build, testing, and launch of technology applications

    Experience:

    Exposure to working in international development programmes
    Experience working with local partner organizations, as well as private sector partners
    Experience with and enthusiasm for coaching, mentoring and on the job training, capacity strengthening and partnership building.
    Ability to maintain performance expectations and strong working and inter-personal relationships in diverse cultural contexts

    Skills/Abilities:

    Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills, including substantial hands-on experience in complex process analysis and system design.
    Excellent oral and written communication skills (in English) required
    Able to present complex technical information clearly to a non-technical audience, with the ability to provide the appropriate level of detail.
    Able to create a highly collaborative work environment consisting of both technical and subject matter experts.
    Interested and able to work in a multicultural, distributed, and international team setting
    Strong Project management skills
    Proven business analysis skills
    Effective meeting facilitation skills
    Ability to influence a broad variety of stakeholders
    Willing to travel

    Desired selection criteria

    Experience of Monitoring and Evaluation methodologies and tools
    Knowledge of user experience design methodologies
    Experience of reviewing and negotiating software contracts and licenses

  • Project Officer- SRH,Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor (DESIP Project and M&E Assistant -Eriks 2 Project Officer Eriks 1 Monitoring, Evaluation and Communications Officer

    Project Officer- SRH,Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor (DESIP Project and M&E Assistant -Eriks 2 Project Officer Eriks 1 Monitoring, Evaluation and Communications Officer

    Role overview
    VSO Kenya is recruiting two Project Officers to manage and implement the Deliver Equitable and Sustainable Inclusive Family Planning program (DESIP) programme in Kenya. The objective of the DESIP project is to increase more equitable and sustainable access to modern contraceptives in Kenya, specifically for up to 322,000 additional users, with a particular focus on adolescents, people with disabilities and poor rural women in Kenya. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to promote universal sexual and reproductive health and rights, the programme also seeks to contribute to a world in which every mother can enjoy a wanted and healthy pregnancy and childbirth, every child can survive beyond their fifth birthday, and every woman, child and adolescent can thrive to realize their full potential, resulting in enormous social, demographic and economic benefits. The programme is expected to ensure that women are able to safely plan their pregnancies and improve their sexual and reproductive health, particularly the young and marginalized.The purpose of this role will be to provide technical support to consortium members implementing inclusive strategies inclusion to increase access to Family Planning (FP) and sexual reproductive health (SRH) services for youth women and person with disabilities and other socially excluded groups.
    Skills, qualifications and experience

    Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree in Public Health or Social Sciences
    At least 5 years experience in Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health, specifically for women and persons with disabilities.
    Knowledge and experience on good practices on inclusion of people with disabilities in sexual and reproductive health and family planning programmes.
    Extensive knowledge on policies and national guidelines that govern family planning and reproductive health
    Experience advocating for inclusive services for family planning and sexual reproductive health.
    Experience and knowledge on social inclusion and social accountability.
    Possession of strong written and communication skills needed for writing reports, publicity materials and corresponding with a wide-range of community members.
    Good facilitation skills
    Sufficient experience in working with and managing volunteers
    Able to develop clear and realistic plans to deliver agreed objectives within deadlines.
    Experience and skills in managing budgets and undertaking accounting procedures.

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  • Participatory Research And Design ConsultantParticipatory Research And Design Consultant

    Participatory Research And Design ConsultantParticipatory Research And Design Consultant

    Job Summary
    To provide support to Youth Engagement team and Knowledge for Impact team by supporting the compiling of the finding of the research, analysis of the research, report writing for youth engagement research for country report and synthesis report, and accompanying youth engagement team and knowledge for impact team to support country offices during the research.
    Knowledge/qualifications: 

    Understanding of participatory methodologies and a commitment to people led development 
    Experience in participatory research, appraisals and assessment 
    Understanding of gender and social inclusion 
    Understanding of youth engagement work 
    Relevant Master’s degree / Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent 

    Experience: 

    Extensive experience in community development programming 
    Extensive experience in youth development and youth engagement in one of the following thematic or cross cutting areas:Health, Education, Livelihoods, Gender and Governance. 
    Programme support: experience of providing technical support to programme staff 
    Policy and advocacy: design and implementation of advocacy strategies 
    Experience of living and working in the Global South;

  • Proposal Development Manager

    Proposal Development Manager

    Purpose of role:
    Support VSO to seek and respond to restricted funding opportunities – developing competitive funding proposals by coordinating VSO bid teams and acting as lead writer.
    Responsibilities:
    Funding strategy & positioning is aligned to programme priorities:Contribute to a global, coordinated fundraising strategy, centered around VSO’s Core Programme Areas and Signature Programmes – when required participating in the CPA and SP development processes (either as a process coordinator or a member of the core development team)Work collaboratively with wider funding team to help identify and plan strategies to position VSO with potential partners and donors
    Bid development:

    Rapidly pull together bid materials (proposal, presentation, concept outline) that bring a project or programme idea into a concrete, fundable proposition (including bringing out the VfM arguments, responding to donor/partner key interests, & being technically compliant, to ensure sound concept in line with good development practice and feasible delivery –
    Provide bid development for single and multi-country bids, regional and global calls and where VSO is a member of a consortia (as lead or sub)
    Manage and lead diverse proposal bid teams (made up of country office staff, partners, volunteers, VSO technical experts from finance, M&E & fundraising, programme teams and external consultants as needed) to deliver highly competitive concept notes and full proposals for all funding sources (institutional donors, trusts, foundations, major donors, and the corporate sector) -emphasis on large scale funding opportunities over £1M, complex and / or consortia applications
    Design and lead on proposal development workshops to bring together and validate consortia/bid team inputs
    Ensure legally binding teaming agreements are in place with consortia partners, and facilitate internal proposal risk assessment sign offs by senior leadership
    Ensure Value for Money arguments and Theories of Change and Cost Recovery are clearly articulated in all proposals
    As part of the wider business development team, provide high quality proposal review to other proposals (where not the lead)
    Identify, collate and share good practice and learning around donor requirements and agreed programme portfolio
    Contribute to the development of signature packages for country offices as part of the prepositioning and bid development core functions