Vacancy title:
Programme Funding Manager

Jobs at:
Sense International

Deadline of this Job:
23rd July 2017 by 5:00pm

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Reports to: Country Representative

About US:
Sense International is a global charity founded in the UK that supports people with deaf blindness and complex sensory impairments by working in partnership with local organisations and governments to develop education, health and livelihoods programmes and through awareness raising and campaigning. They currently support programs in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Peru, Romania and Uganda.

Job Summary: The Programme Funding Manager will build up Sense International’s in-country funding income in Uganda through identifying funding opportunities, developing strategic partnerships, making applications to locally available statutory donors and foundations and managing the grants obtained. The jobholder will build up the in-country funding income for Sense International Uganda (SI Uganda) primarily through developing strategic funding partnerships with, and making in-country applications to, statutory donors, foundations and global funds and through supporting fundraising applications made in the UK. The incumbent will support the management of all in-country funded grants, including managing the relationships with all donors directly funding SI Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Planning and Scoping:

• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the current funding and fundraising developments, trends and culture within Uganda.
• Take lead in the development of an SI Uganda in-country fundraising strategy (drawing on the SI East Africa in-country fundraising strategy) and review and update the strategy on an annual basis
•  Lead on the development of a 3 year fundraising plan to support the SI Uganda fundraising strategy and update the plan on a quarterly basis. This will identify key areas of opportunity for generating income and activity plans for maximising income from these opportunities and will include a resource plan and budget.
• Continually conduct scoping of new funding opportunities from statutory funders and foundations and input new opportunities into a live funding sources database.
  Delivering against income targets:
•  Deliver on targets for fundraising from statutory donors and foundations at country working within agreed expenditure budgets.
• Seek, anticipate, plan and respond to funding opportunities from institutional donors and foundations.
• Oversee and coordinate the development of concept notes, expressions of interest and proposals including written applications, project Logframes, budgets and supporting documents (in close collaboration with Country Teams, East Africa Senior Programme Manager and relevant UK based staff, ensuring that proposals are compliant with donor requirements and are highly competitive).
• Strong focus on medium to large-scale funding opportunities (over £300k), including the identification and realization of consortium funding opportunities.
• Ensure that the fundraising activities undertaken are effective and efficient and that their financial contribution is maximized, aiming to obtain full cost recovery in all proposals.
  Grant Management and Reporting:
• Build and manage relationships with grant account managers for all in-country funded grants under your remit.
• Maintain an overview of the progress of all grants you have and donor management responsibility so that you are always in a position to manage donors’ expectations.
• Coordinate the development and submission of funding reports to donors ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements and deadlines, with the most accurate information.
• This includes both narrative and financial reports.
• Check financial reports prepared by the Finance and Admin Officer before submitting to the donor.
• Keep track of donor portfolios (e.g. management systems for communications, reporting etc.)
  Raising Sense International’s profile and build funding partnerships:
• Ensure that Sense International’s programmes in the Country have a high profile among donor communities and development networks.
•  Develop relationships with potential consortia, corporate and major donor partners, in support of joint-programming opportunities at the national, regional and international levels.
• Establish, maintain and develop relationships with key personnel within existing donor organisations.
•  Research, collect donor intelligence and develop relationships with prospective funders with the view of achieving fruitful long-term relationships.
• Assist the Country Representative with developing relationships with High-Net-Worth individuals.
  Networking internally and externally:
•  Have monthly calls with the Programme Funding Manager in the UK for mentoring and to ensure coordination of all fundraising efforts.
•  Ensure that an accurate and timely overview of SI Uganda’s fundraising efforts and achievement is shared with the Sense International UK office, Kenya office and Tanzania office through regular (quarterly) reporting and analysis of fundraising activity and results including income and expenditure updates and forecasts.
• Update the Fundraising Against Targets (FATs) spreadsheet on a monthly basis and share with the SI UK team.
• Work with the Sense International UK based fundraising department to strengthen and sustain partnerships with restricted income donors that are based outside of Uganda but which have an interest in directly supporting SI Uganda’s work
• Facilitate sharing of information among country teams to ensure maximum appropriate involvement around specific donor opportunities and proposal development processes.
•  Plan and prepare annual budgets in conjunction with the country teams, East Africa Senior Programme Manager and SI UK team, monitor performance and take remedial action where necessary ensuring the achievement of net income targets.
•  Support fundraising activities in the UK by liaising with local donor offices and contributing to the writing of drafts for statutory fundraising applications.
•  Contribute to the development of a comprehensive portfolio of project information, for SI Uganda, in consultation with the relevant colleagues which can be used to develop funding proposals.
• Build confidence and excitement in SI Uganda’s work and vision both internally and externally.
  Other:
• To be self-administrating.
• Any other tasks relevant to the duties of the post, including support to colleagues in the team
•  To ensure fundraising activities comply with current law, Sense International’s ethical policy and Sense International’s In-country Fundraising Protocol.
•  To undertake such other tasks as may be required by and agreed with the Country Representative – Uganda.
• Some travel within Uganda and East Africa as required.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Income against targets
• Year on year growth in income.
• Year on year growth in the percentage of overheads covered by in-country income.
  Diversification of donor base: The number of institutional donors, corporate, trusts and foundations (directly or via NGO partners) supporting Sense International’s work in the region increases.
  Grant Management:
• Level of compliance with grant terms and conditions.
•  Level of adherence to donor reporting schedules with high-quality reports.
•  Level of adherence to internal reporting schedules.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The candidate should have experience in leading proposal development and securing major funding from statutory donors such as EU, USAID, DFID, UN or other institutional funders, including developing multi-country, regional and/or consortia programmes as well as managing grants and ensuring compliance to grant terms and conditions
• Programme management experience including leading on complex budget reallocations
• Demonstrated ability to develop multi-year fundraising strategies incorporating and prioritising multiple types of fundraising
• The successful candidate must have experience of institutional fundraising and grant management within East Africa and must possess excellent interpersonal and proposal writing skills.
• Proven ability to network and develop opportunities for long term funding partnerships
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills used in international settings (with appropriate technological support as required)
• Extensive knowledge of how statutory funding operates in Uganda
•  Proven ability to develop project Logframes and complex multi-year/multi-country project budgets
• Experience of financial planning and control, setting and exceeding targets with a proven ability to undertake systematic forecasting.
• Ability to research new funding opportunities and making appropriate bid/no-bid decisions
• Previous experience of preparing compelling, high quality proposals tailored to different audiences (statutory, major donors, corporate, foundations)
•  Understanding of the key elements of collating and recording a national portfolio of project information in an efficient and accessible format
• Educated to degree level
• An understanding of the current issues in the disability sector
• Sensitivity to, and willingness to develop an understanding of, deafblind issues
• Experience of working with colleagues from different cultures and with teams based overseas
• Computer literacy with a good knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel
• Strong administrative and organizational skills
• Close attention to detail at all times, including when under pressure.
•  Applicants must already have the right to live and work in Uganda.

Job application procedure
All qualified candidates should send their updated CVs and cover letters to info-ug@senseint-ea.org . Only applicants who already have the right to live and work in Uganda, and applications that include the following information in the cover letter, will be considered:

•  A list of your experience in institutional fundraising and grant management within East Africa; detailing the source and size of the grants obtained/managed.
• A statement explaining how your experience matches each aspect of the job description.
•  Your current gross salary and benefits
• The notice period in your current job (if any)