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• Identify institutional partnership
  opportunities at the national/ local level (from bilateral, multilateral,
  international organizations and embassies and foundations)
• Develop
  fundable concepts and propels in line with SOS Uganda Institutional Policy
  guidelines.
• Write concept notes and full proposals for both
  grants and contracts under the strategic guidance of the PD or Programme
  Coordinator. This includes background research, stakeholder analysis, data collection & analysis,
  consultation processes, development of narrative, development of budget
  and production all associated documents to a high standard in accordance
  with donor requirements
• Maintain and regularly update information on potential funding
  opportunities for SOS CV Uganda based on thorough research and
  intelligence gathering
• Coordinate and facilitate consortium formation
  and proposal development processes externally, with consortium and / or
  local implementing partners
• Coordinate capacity assessments of potential
  local partners to be included in proposals
• Develop MOUs, pre-teaming agreements or other
  required documentation in relation to consortium formation and partnership
  development.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with donors by ensuring regular
  communication, knowledge exchange and effective reporting.
• Work with the National Director, be the link
  between SOS CV Uganda and donors especially in management of institutional
  funding contracts.
• Ensure regular communication with the SOS CV
  international and regional offices

• Prepare and submit IPD monthly updates and
  quarterly reports to the National Program Dvelopment Advisor and IOR
• Coordinate, monitor and assess the quality of donor reporting
  making sure that donor requirements are met during the project implementation
  and phase
• Be responsible for Donor Contract Management
  (DCM) of institutional (restricted) grants, including contract
  preparation, development of
  consortium agreements, teaming agreements compliance with donor
  requirements, submission of reports.
• Develop and maintain workspaces in the Grant
  management Trackit! system for management of institutional contracts.
• Ensure all funding files, (electronic, system and paper) are
  complete and kept up to date.
• Undertake routine donor contract administration
  for country programmes including maintenance of records on donor
  contracts.
• Establish a close working relationship with the
  Finance and Program
  Department and provide advice to ensure synergy in donor budgeting,
  contract management and reporting.
• Responding to needs from IOR on reporting in
  relation to grant and contract information management.

• Develop and implement an institutional
  fundraising and partnership strategy in line with the needs of SOS
  Children’s Villages Uganda and ensure this is infused within the global
  IPD Strategy 2.0 and national plans
• Ensure Senior Management are appraised of all strategic opportunities,
  challenges and risks in relation to potential funding opportunities,
  including grants and contracts.
• Analyse the funding environment vis á vis SOS
  CV Uganda plans and priorities, mapping key donors and identifying trends in funding and implications for SOS CV
  EthiopiaReview and implement the recommendations of the donor market
  survey
• Train and support relevant staff in Project
  Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach among other models and
  approaches
• Build fundraising capacity within the programme team, by training staff on
  funding policies donor relations, reporting, contract management, etc.
• Document learning on the implementation of
  donor-funded grants and contracts, in order to improve understanding of
  donor requirements and to
  improve SOS CV Uganda performance

• Establish and maintain regular contact with
  donors by organizing donor roundtables, face to face meetings, attending
  donor forums etc
• Supporting the National Director, PD Advisor to develop new
  and existing relationships with key donors and potential consortium
  partners
• Negotiate collaboration with partner
  institutions and government departments in support of  SOS CV Uganda subject to approval from
  the National Director
• Assess and where possible develop partnerships
  and consortiums with other like-minded organizations for purposes of
  bidding for large donor projects.
• Represent SOS CV Uganda in sector level
  meetings (development and humanitarian/emergency) and other networking forums and use
  this to aggressively develop funding partnerships
• Participate in regional IPD networking and
  training forums and contribute to development of new IPD strategies to
  improve practice
• Developing material to help promote SOS CV Uganda amongst potential
  donors, partners and key Government representatives, including briefings,
  capacity statements and presentations
• Work closely with the GSC in ESAF and IO in
  order to ensure coordinated contact with donors.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree and
  Masters Degree, in the social sciences (social work, psychology,
  social-pedagogy, community development or economics).
• Post graduate project management qualification.
• At least seven years of working experience in
  the field of Project
  Management
• Four to seven years of extensive experience in
  planning, securing and managing funds from institutional donors as well as
  a thorough understanding of development programming.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of program
  design and development
  especially in the sectors of Education, Health, Livelihoods, Gender and
  GBV, Child Protection, etc.
• Experience in social science research; the
  candidate should have extensive experience conducting assessments,
  evaluations etc.
• A thorough understanding of DCM, PCM, and training approaches is required.

• Demonstrable experience in planning,
  resourcing, implementing, controlling, monitoring & evaluation of and
  reporting on projects, preferably in the social sciences arena, including donor-funded programs.
• Ability to turn a vision into actionable goals
  and deliverables, including coordinating the activities of several program
  locations (and their networks of service providers) around these common goals.
• Ability to challenge conventional thinking, and
  to influence others to develop new, innovative solutions to promote
  quality child care and development, including using broad cross-sector
  coordination to create large-scale social change.
• Understanding of the national legislation,
  policies, strategies and funding mechanisms of SOS Children’s Villages
  Uganda in relation to child care and development.
• Experience in partnership-building, including
  assessing the suitability of partners, and negotiating and formalizing Memorandums of Understanding.
• Experience of working with consultants for
  carrying out baseline studies and evaluations of projects, maintaining
  strong ownership of the process while bringing about an informed and
  objective result.
• Ability to represent SOS Uganda at the highest
  level, including with national bodies and agencies, NGO networks and
  international donors.
• Ability to link budgets for implementing
  planned activities and programs, as well as understanding of financial reports for tracking budget
  execution.
• Proven experience in leading a team.
• Strong MS office skills, preferably with
  proficiency in using project management software.
• Strong and highly effective communication
  skills in English including excellent report writing skills.
• Willingness to travel within different the
  regions, as well as travel within the Sub-Saharan Africa region for
  experience-sharing and workshops.
• The Candidate should have leadership, and
  innovation, flexible, self-drive and have the ability to work very fast and under strict deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and
  communication skills with the ability to represent SOS CV Uganda in donor
  forums, develop partnerships with other NGOs
• Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of
  funding and contract compliance.

• Good planning, organizing and coordination
  skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to
  work well in a team and to communicate
  effectively with colleagues, partners, stakeholders and others who are not
  in the line of command.
• Strong analytic and thinking skills, ability to
  overcome challenges.
• Ability to manage own time and to work under
  high pressure.
• Trustworthiness and confidentiality, modelling principled behaviour.
• Commitment to address the situation the
  children of our target group and their families

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