Description

NB: This is a National position open for Rwandan Nationals only.

Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 16 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where; people’s dignity is ensured, and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in power act for the common good.

As the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic Church, Trócaire has started to work in Rwanda since 1994.

For the period 2023-2027, Trócaire in Rwanda will work in 3 Districts with 11 national partners. In Trócaire Rwanda’s new strategic plan (2021-2025) the ambition has been set out to become a key player in capacity strengthening for local organizations in the country. This is in line with Trócaire’s global partnership and localization strategy (2021-2025).

In addition, Trócaire Rwanda’s work will focus on two core pillars of work; Resource Rights (referred to as Trócaire’s Global Goal 2 work), which embeds Climate Change, Agriculture, Access to Markets and Livelihoods work. This pillar of work also includes resilience building of communities in order to better withstand and recover from natural and/or climate change related disasters (such as flooding, droughts, etc).

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The second core pillar of work is Women’s Empowerment (referred to as Trócaire’s Global Goal 3 work), which embeds prevention of Sexual and Gender Based Violence, positive Social Norm change, women’s economic empowerment and increasing women’s voice and influence (power within).

The Resource Mobilization and Grant Manager will report to the Localization and Partnership Manager (LPM) and will lead on the development of high-quality donor proposals, as well as coaching, training and supporting partners in their institutional fundraising strategies and donor engagements. This role will therefore support both Trocaire Rwanda’s internal fundraising and business development initiatives as well as partner capacity strengthening in these domains.

Under the leadership of the LPM and together with two other key capacity strengthening positions (the Organizational Development and Accountability Advisor; and the Monitoring, Learning and Inclusion Advisor), the Resource Mobilization and Grant Manager will play a key role in the roll out of Trócaire Rwanda’s localization and partnership capacity strengthening vision and ambitions.

The Resource Mobilization and Grant Manager will furthermore be part of Trócaire’s Global Partnership and Funding Unit (GPFU) and will be responsible for managing Trócaire’s internal business development and grant management system in place (i.e. Salesforce).

Requirements

(E) Qualification

Masters in Development, Humanitarian, Business, Business Administration or related field of study

(E) Experience

Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in development and/or business (development);

Experience in proposal and report writing, as well as in managing funds/grants

Training/capacity building in a multi-cultural environment

(E) Skills

  • Keen interest and excitement in business development, entrepreneurial interests, willingness to learn;
  • A passion and sincere willingness and drive to support local and national civil society organizations in achieving their organizational ambitions and support their work aiming at resilience building, poverty reduction and contributing to the National Transformation Vision
  • A good understanding of the development partner landscape in Rwanda and being able to generate creative ideas in prepositioning organizations for resource mobilization and donor engagement.
  • Knowledge of managing grants and contractual requirements of institutional donors and ability and willingness to learn this for new donors.
  • Proven planning skills, including ability to set priorities, manage work plans and evaluate progress.
  • Detail-oriented, flexible, and able to handle multiple concurrent tasks
  • Able to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Highly developed relationship, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent facilitation & capacity building skills and experience of applying them when working with individual partners or groups of partners.
  • Excellent written, oral and presentational communications skills.
  • Computer literacy skills in word, excel and internet/email.
  • Fluency in English
  • Dynamic, willing to take initiative and able to manage multiple priorities.
  • A team player but also willing and able to work with minimal supervision.
  • Capacity to be flexible and adaptable to changing contexts and priorities.
  • Deep commitment to social justice.
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
  • Patient and pays high degree of attention to detail.
  • Understanding of, and empathy with, the role of the Catholic Church in development.

(E) Qualities

Dynamic, willing to take initiative and able to manage multiple priorities.

A team player but also willing and able to work with minimal supervision.

Capacity to be flexible and adaptable to changing contexts and priorities.

Deep commitment to social justice.

Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.

Patient and pays high degree of attention to detail.

Understanding of, and empathy with, the role of the Catholic Church in development.

Benefits

Reporting to the Localization and Partnership Manager, this is a 2 year Fixed Term Contract (with the possibility of extension) and is based in Kigali with frequent travel to programme locations.

Safeguarding Programme Participants Policy:

Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding Programme Participants from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Data Protection:

Please be aware that Trocaire Rwanda is compliant with Data Protection Laws (GDPR and Rwanda specific Data Protection Law). In this regard, please be advised that your data will only be used for the purpose of recruitment and will be removed from our systems within maximum 3 months after finalization of recruitment. Data might be shared with relevant authorities only, such as Rwanda Immigration and/or Rwanda Governance Board (in the case where this is explicitly required).

For the successful candidate, please note that (part) of your information will be shared with Rwanda Revenue Authority, Rwanda Social Security Board and for internal HR records.

Application Deadline:

Deadline for applications is on Wednesday 30 November 2022 – 17h00

 

Please note that written tests and interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place between 12 and 21 December 2022.

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