Development and Donor Relations Officer

Title	Development and Donor Relations Officer
Location	Kyrgyz Republic
Programme	Social Development - Education
Agency	University of Central Asia
Deadline	6 Nov 2012

The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan, and is the world's first internationally chartered institution of higher education. UCA was created to offer an internationally recognized standard of higher education in Central Asia and create knowledgeable, skilled and creative graduates who will contribute leadership, ideas and innovations to the transitioning economies and communities of the region. The mission of UCA is to promote the socio-economic development of Central Asia's mountain societies, while at the same time helping the diverse peoples of the region to preserve and draw upon their rich cultural traditions and heritages as assets for the future. UCA operates within a framework of values that espouses academic excellence, individual rights and security, responsibility to community and public service, and is committed to ethical and transparent practices. More information...

The Position
Guided by the Head of Unit, the Development and Donor Relations Officer will be responsible for facilitating UCA development and ensuring effective donor relations. This includes building and maintaining donor relations, identifying and pursuing new funding opportunities, proposal development and providing grant management support (with a particular emphasis on quality assurance) to UCA's programmes. The Development and Donor Relations Officer will be based in Bishkek with frequent travel.



MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

▪ Develop partnerships with donors identify donor priorities and analyses match with UCA objectives;

▪ Provide support to programme staff to develop proposals and to implement the resource mobilization strategy for his / her respective programme area;

▪ Facilitate reporting to donors and ensure that high-quality progress reports, implementation plans and budgets are submitted on time, in coordination with Programme and Finance staff;

▪ Support outreach and media coverage, in coordination with Communications;

▪ Identify gaps in policies and operational procedures as well as bottlenecks that hinder field implementation and achievement of programme goals and donor commitments, and recommend solutions to these issues;

▪ Facilitate donor and other stakeholder visits and events;

▪ Identify reports and research relevant to UCA and disseminate to relevant staff;

▪ Provide briefings on UCA resource mobilization, donor relations, grants management and related activities;

▪ Generate concept notes and proposals to be submitted to donors; liaise with sister AKDN agencies to develop areas for partnership and collaboration;

▪ Support internal and external knowledge and information management and networking on issues relevant to UCA;

▪ Represent UCA at meetings, workshops and conferences as necessary;

▪ Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Head of unit.

The Requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

▪ Advanced university degree in relevant field;

▪ Excellent language skills (written and oral) in English; Russian is desirable

▪ Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, preferably in Central Asia;

▪ Strong analytic and organizational skills; ability to multi-task and manage multiple deadlines

▪ Grant writing and management experience, including financial and programmatic reporting, budgeting, implementation planning, and monitoring and evaluation

▪ Excellent communications and networking skills;

▪ Excellent computer skills, proficiency Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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