DONOR ENGAGEMENT MANAGER ECHO and UN
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Job description
The position operates together with internal and external stakeholders and is considered a specialist on ECHO and UN funding mechanisms. The position reports to the Manager of the Partnerships & Program development (P&P) Unit. The Unit is part of the Programs Department.
P&P is a team of dedicated institutional funding, project development, capacity strengthening, and partnership experts.
The P&P Unit supports the organization in maintaining and enhancing its work and impact, including in achieving Oxfam Novib’s ambitious targets on institutional income. They support the organization in reaching its ambitions through effective engagement and relationship building with its institutional donors and partners.
The Donor Engagement Manager (DEM) for the ECHO and UN Accounts, is part of the Donor Engagement workstream of the P&P unit. The Donor Engagement workstream consists of dedicated Donor Engagement Managers, each responsible for a key institutional donor account. The role combines aspects of two donor accounts (the ECHO account - EU humanitarian funding - and UN account and works hand in hand with the DEM EU and the DEM EU and ECHO.
Donor Engagement Managers deliver professional services to optimize institutional donor funding. We do this by developing and strengthening partnerships with and positioning towards key donors, actively collecting and sharing donor intelligence with program units and country offices, and by providing support during proposal development to ensure high-quality proposals are submitted to donors.
Key responsibilities
- (Pro)actively identifies funding opportunities with ECHO and UN for our programmes. You will do so by showcasing and sharing expert knowledge of the donors’ funding modalities, concrete funding opportunities, ways of working, policies, strategies and planning cycles with the teams in The Hague and in countries where we operate. Beyond ECHO and UN, you will also be exploring strategically interesting funding opportunities from other donors operating in the humanitarian sector. As such you will guide the programme teams in The Hague office and Oxfam offices at country level to maximise and prioritise the upcoming opportunities for the donors you are responsible for.
- Builds up and maintains a network of contacts and partnership relations with the donor and other related partners including other Oxfam affiliates. As such you (pro)actively identify and influence new and innovative cooperative opportunities with the donor. You should ensure that full use is made of Oxfam’s project and advocacy portfolio, as well as other related material available for external sharing. You are also expected to keep Oxfam Novib programme teams and Oxfam offices at country level up to date with trends and other related information gathered through your partnership engagement, and you represent Oxfam Novib with this donor.
- Income growth. You will lead, advise and support Oxfam Novib and the Oxfam Confederation in meeting and exceeding institutional donor funding targets.
- You will contribute with donor intelligence on ECHO and UN to funding strategies of Oxfam Novib programme teams and Oxfam country offices as part of their business plan. You also will lead on and contribute to the Oxfam Novib institutional funding strategy and donor account plan for the donor you are responsible for.
- In your role as Donor specialist, you will also contribute to the ECHO and UN account teams and ECHO and UN donor account plans of the Oxfam Confederation. You will occasionally lead and coordinate institutional funding initiatives within Oxfam Novib, wider Oxfam and, when applicable, with other NGOs. You are flexible and able to provide support on other donor accounts when required.
- In your specialist role you will lead on and participate in relevant discussions and negotiations within Oxfam Novib and the wider Oxfam Confederation on Institutional Funding related issues (policy, framework, service, ways of working, strategies).
- Quality and compliance. You will provide expert advice to country teams and Oxfam Novib programme units on adherence to donor expectations and requirements as part of donor funding applications (and project management, where applicable). In collaboration with Oxfam Novib’s compliance unit, you will also provide quality and risk assessment advice for specific donor submissions and report to senior management/Directors.
Who are we looking for?
You have a Bachelor’s degree (HBO) or higher in a relevant field, along with at least five years of experience in a comparable role within an international organization.
Good knowledge of and experience in institutional fundraising for NGOs from institutional donors; and an extensive knowledge of EC landscape, programming and funding trends, and proven experience in ECHO and UN fundraising and contract management.
You also have good knowledge of project and programme management (preferably gained through experience in project locations or through regular missions), as well as experience and knowledge of Project Cycle Management, including monitoring, technical and financial reporting. You should demonstrate ability to work under pressure, prioritise, meet deadlines, and hold self and others to account.
Additionally, you have strong networking, representational and negotiation skills; you are proactive and have proven ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. You have excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken. A reasonable command of French is a strong asset. You are willing to occasionally travel abroad (Brussels and other locations, as needed). You have a valid permit to reside and work in the Netherlands.
Working at Oxfam Novib
- All our work is guided by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.
- At Oxfam Novib, we work according to the Feminist Principles - Oxfam Policy & Practice.
- Oxfam Novib is committed to offer you a motivating work environment at our offices in The Hague. We offer a one-year contract from start (including a 1-month trial period), with the possibility to extend.
- Oxfam Novib offers an attractive and honest benefits package, including a year-end allowance and yearly pay increase from the Collective Labor Agreement. Moreover, we offer complementary options to choose from. The salary range for this position is set in scale 10 with a salary range between €3.625,- and € 5.579,- gross depending on experience, based on 36 hours a week.
- We are currently working hybrid (50% in the office in The Hague and 50% at home).
- Oxfam Novib is based on the power of difference. That is why we aim to attract a diverse mix of talented people who share our standards, values and principles, and who are committed to prevent and eliminate any type of misconduct.
- We have an active policy against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any form of abuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This subject will be covered in our application and selection process.
Additional information
- Do you believe that this is the job you are looking for? Then we would love to meet you! Please send your resume and cover letter via our application portal.
- If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Marieke van Dijk, P&P unit manager marieke.vandijk@oxfamnovib.nl
- Only applications received before the closing date 13th of October and submitted via our application portal will be considered.
- This job opening is posted internally and externally, simultaneously. Internal candidates are given preference if they possess sufficient qualifications or these can be obtained in short term. We believe it’s important in our organization that our employees are offered maximum opportunities for growth in new themes and competencies. Priority for internal candidates supports this.
- At the time of a contract offer, it is necessary for Oxfam Novib to request valid references. Our candidates will be subject to appropriate screening checks, including criminal records and terrorism, financial checks or integrity screenings/references.
- Oxfam Novib reserves the right, to its sole discretion, not to make agreements regarding this job opening, make an agreement in a lower level, or make an agreement with an amended job description.
- Qualified candidates residing in the Netherlands, or other EU/EEA countries and who are willing to relocate to the Netherlands at their own expense and responsibility, are encouraged to apply.
- Oxfam Novib is unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.