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• Steer the review and implementation of Trócaire’s country funding
  strategy, in line with country programme needs and external funding
  opportunities.
• Lead and advise on the development of good quality and well-designed
  funding proposals for submission to institutional and private donors. This
  will involve linking in with the Global Partnerships and Funding team in
  HQ in terms of quality assurance and ensuring value for money, cost
  recovery etc.
• Advise the Programme Director on donor funding streams which match
  with priorities, projects and programmes and take the lead in structuring
  the approach towards making a funding application.
• Pro-actively identify opportunities for securing institutional
  funding from in-country donors, embassies and trust funds. This will
  involve close liaison with Global Partnerships and Funding staff in
  Trócaire’s head office.
• Keep up-to-date with donor policy developments and trends, in the
  development and humanitarian sectors; in-country, regionally, and more
  generally, and represent Trócaire in funding review groups/networks, as
  appropriate
• Guide programme staff in the management of contracts for all
  institutional grants
• In coordination with Finance staff, take responsibility for
  monitoring and ensuring compliance with donor rules and requirements.
• Ensure all grant files are maintained and organized for planning and
  preparation of donor reports and project monitoring, and ensuring
  everything is accurately recorded on Salesforce in a timely manner.
• Together with programme staff, design and participate in grant
  inception meetings, grant review meetings, and grant close out meetings.
• Provide training for staff and partners entering into new
  institutional donor contracts, including compliance with regulations on
  financial management, procurement, audit, reporting, visibility and
  communications.
• Strengthen existing contacts with donors in country and in the
  region and support programme staff and management to establish and build
  new donor contacts.
• Communicate with other teams within Trócaire to ensure that the
  programme is well understood, and that information is available for
  communication needs.
• Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and
  potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities,
  either as a prime or sub-recipient in joint ventures.
• Provide regular updates to the CMT on the status of the funding
  portfolio and key trends to monitor.
• Participate in key donor meetings, when necessary, to foster
  long-term collaboration and engagement.
• Explore and test potential private sector partnerships
• Pro-actively seek donor intelligence on prospective new
  opportunities or partnerships.
• Ensure key contacts, required formats and donor strategies are kept
  up-to-date at the country office level.

• Keep up to date with donor regulations and communicate effectively
  with relevant team members, ensuring links with HQ in terms of global
  donor strategies and updates on regulations.
• Lead in the preparation of high quality reports for submission to
  donors in a timely manner. This will involve close liaison and joint
  working with the programme team, CMT and the Global Partnership and
  Funding staff in Trócaire head office.
• Lead in the preparation of contract amendment documentation for
  donors such as the EC, Irish Aid, and others, ensuring the programme team,
  CMT and HQ is aware of and has oversight of any contract amendments.
• Lead on all quality and administrative checks on narrative and
  financial reporting for institutionally funded programmes.
• In conjunction with programme and finance teams develop and manage
  an efficient financial tracking and reporting systems for all
  institutional grants.
• Keep CMT and all relevant head office staff informed about the
  progress of contracts through the programme cycle.

• Provide training to staff and partners around proposal development
  and report writing.
• Advise and support programme teams on building the capacities of
  partners to handle complex contractual compliance issues
• Advise and support programme teams on how to comply with evaluation,
  audit and expenditure verification requirements, and provide quality assurance
  on the maintenance of project files.

• Strengthen existing contacts with donors in country and in the
  region and support programme staff and management to establish and build
  new donor contacts.
• Represent Trócaire’s work both internally and externally in
  agreement with the Country Director
• Communicate with other teams within Trócaire to ensure that the
  programme is well understood, and that information is available for
  communication needs.
• Together with the programme team work with partners ensuring that
  effective communication channels are in place, and that funding-related
  issues are addressed in a timely manner,

• The applicant must hold a degree level education in development
  studies or a relevant subject
• Five years’ experience working in the development and humanitarian
  sector
• Three years’ experience of proposal and report writing for major
  international donors including the European Union (DevCo and ECHO), Irish
  Aid, UK DFID, other European Governments, UN, and other relevant
  trusts/foundations.
• 3 years’ experience of working with a partnership focused
  organisation.
• Proven track record of securing institutional funding from
  successful grant applications.
• Demonstrable experience of managing grants co financed by the donors
  such as: European Union (DevCo and ECHO), Irish Aid, UK DFID, other
  European Governments, UN, US Government funding (USAID, State Depts.), and
  other relevant trusts/foundations.
• Experience of leading consortia negotiations and proposals with
  other stakeholders
• Project cycle management using results based management
• Use of Management Information Systems (MIS) and / or Grants
  Management System (GMS)
• Demonstrable experience of humanitarian programming with a knowledge
  of the local context in particular
• Training/capacity building in a multi-cultural environment

• In-depth knowledge of contractual requirements of donors and grant
  management
• Excellent budget analysis and budget development skills.
• Experience of working with partners and good understanding of
  partnership approach
• Excellent facilitation & capacity building skills and experience
  of applying them when working with individual partners or groups of
  partners
• Excellent written, oral and presentational communications skills
• Dynamic and willing to take initiative
• A team player but also willing and able to work with minimal
  supervision
• Capacity to be flexible and adaptable to changing contexts and
  priorities
• Deep commitment to social justice.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Patient and pays high degree of attention to detail.
• Commitment to Trócaire’s Vision, Mission and Values and an
  understanding of a partnership approach to development.
• Sympathetic understanding of the Catholic Church’s role in relief
  and development.
• Demonstrated and active commitment to gender equality and Women’s
  Empowerment.
• Strong team player who is able to establish solid working
  relationships with colleagues in country as well as in Head Office

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