Institutional Funding Senior Advisor

7 months ago


Haywards Heath, United Kingdom Sightsavers Full time

Overview:
Sightsavers is looking for an Institutional Funding Senior Advisor
- a 12-month fixed term maternity cover contract role.

**Salary: £52,000 - £55,000 per annum**

**Location**:UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required**

**Contract**:12-month maternity cover contract**

**Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working**

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**

We are looking for an individual with substantial experience of working in government or statutory funding to be responsible for developing institutional donor relationships, both directly and in support of other members of the Institutional Funding team. Working with the Director and Heads of Institutional Funding, the Senior Advisor will lead on contract management and maintain key institutional donor relationships for some of our largest funding agreements. The post holder will engage with senior internal stakeholders at head office, consortium working groups and country offices to support project implementation.

You will join at an exciting time for Sightsavers and the Institutional Funding team as we engage in new partnerships, supporting new contracts and bids. Key accountabilities will include:

- building strategic relationships
- contract management
- bid development
- learning and continuous improvement
- line management of Institutional Funding Advisor

Skills and Experience:
This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing experience gained within an international development organisation. To succeed in this role, you will need:

- Substantial experience of working in government or statutory funding for an international development organisation
- Research experience (preferably including development of engagement plans or donor strategies)
- Experience and knowledge of the general international development environment
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with exceptional networking skills
- Intermediate communication skills in French. Business English
- Exceptional internal and external stakeholder management skills
- Exceptional reporting writing and proposal development skills
- Strong research skills with the ability to translate concepts into effective action plans
- Numerate with the ability to analyse complex financial and programme data
- Line Management Experience (preferable)
- Computer literacy using the Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to travel for up to eight weeks per year travel to meet donors, accompany donors and support programme staff in the development of relationships at a country office / regional level
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people

**Benefits**

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Next Steps:
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.



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