Account Manager Institutional Funds SRHR

Simavi is looking for an experienced, creative and effective Account Manager Institutional Funds SRHR

Simavi is an ambitious and growing development organisation. Together with local partners we improve the health of people in the poorest regions in developing countries. We take care of safe drinking water, sustainable sanitation, hygiene, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. With more than one hundred  partners we offer support to communities in nine countries in Africa and Asia.

In the Netherlands, and internationally, we influence the policies of governments to take into account the health of the poorest people. We campaign to engage the general public and involve them in what we do. We are the lead agent of the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Alliance, member of the SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) Alliance and are cooperating closely with the private sector.

For our Partnership Development Department we are currently looking for an:

 Account Manager Institutional Funds SRHR

As an Account Manager Institutional Funds your main responsibility is to create access to a variety of institutional donors and mobilise funding for our activities and those of our partners in Africa and Asia. You will maintain networks and partnerships and facilitate appropriate communications with (potential) donors. To write and submit proposals, meet donor requirements and follow up effectively will be part of your job.

You will work in a vibrant team of Public Affairs Officers, an Account Manager Institutional Funds WASH,  a Business Development Manager and in close collaboration with our Programmes Department and our local representation in Indonesia and Tanzania.

Personal skills and competences

• Provable experience and track record with institutional fundraising and good knowledge of programmatic planning models, monitoring systems, proposal writing and programme reporting
• Academic degree, for example in development studies or other relevant social science
• Provable knowledge and/or work experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights development programmes
• Innovative and strategic thinker, capable of finding pragmatic solutions to complex problems
• Good networker, excellent communicator and interpersonal skills
• Eye for detail, application of strong financial rigor, discretion and integrity
• Excellent communication skills in English and good understanding of Dutch language
• Dutch citizen or in possession of legal entitlement to live and work in the Netherlands
• Preparedness to travel occasionally to other countries.

Simavi offers

We offer an interesting position in a dynamic and international working environment, with substantial personal freedom in the context of an ambitious and professional team. The gross montly salary is between € 2,426.79 and € 4,211.47 on a fulltime basis of 36 hours and we offer a flexible package of secondary labour conditions. The Simavi office is located in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

More information

If you have any questions, please contact Kitty Schoenmaker, Secretary of the Partnership Development Department: 023 5101577 or kitty.schoenmaker@simavi.nl. A detailed profile is available.

To apply

Candidates can send in their application until December 13, 2013. Please send your letter and resume (in English) to application@simavi.nl using reference Account Manager Institutional Funds SRHR. Interviews will take place on January 9 and 10, 2014 . A second round will be held on January 16. 2014.

For more information: simavi.nl