Institutional Donor Manager – USAID
Institutional Donor Manager – USAID
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries by delivering innovative development programmes in over 30 countries around the world.
VSO's high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all. Through our volunteers, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change.
It is an exciting time to join VSO. We have recently launched a new global strategy, People First, to enable us to reach more poor communities and fundraising has a crucial role in helping us to deliver it. We’re committed to developing strong corporate partnerships to help us continue our work, extend our reach and impact, whilst also providing business benefits to the companies we work with.
It is an exciting time to join VSO. We have recently launched a new global strategy, People First, to enable us to reach more poor communities and fundraising has a crucial role in helping us to deliver it. We’re committed to developing strong corporate partnerships to help us continue our work, extend our reach and impact, whilst also providing business benefits to the companies we work with.
The role
We are looking to recruit a skilled donor manager with extensive USAID experience at funding/project management level to help us significantly grow our global income from this donor and develop/nurture partnership-making funding opportunities.
The successful candidate will be providing USAID intelligence, donor specific capacity building and related support to VSO’s global and in-country programme and funding teams to ensure increased access to USAID sourced funding, improved contract management capacity and donor representation. S/he will have experience of working with USAID implementing partners in consortia in response to USAID solicitations. S/he will duly represent VSO in USAID-related fora and ensure contact and knowledge management across the organisation. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team of expert donor managers and will be working with colleagues across the organisation to promote engagement with donor in portfolio. In particular, s/he will be working closely with the relevant colleagues to develop and deliver a USAID engagement strategy for VSO globally.
The applicant
The ideal applicant has extensive programme development and donor engagement experience and an excellent knowledge of the USAID funding priorities, rules and regulations. S/he also has extensive experience working with different teams remotely, developing proposals and facilitating trainings/workshops.
Please review the job description for further details on roles, responsibilities and experience and competencies required.
Please review the job description for further details on roles, responsibilities and experience and competencies required.
How to apply
To apply, please ensure you currently have the right to work in the UK. Please send your CV along supporting statementrecruitment@vso.org.uk please see attached the job description for details of the role.
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