RESOURCE MOBILISATION MANAGER Plan International

About this Job:	Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations. The organisation is an equal opportunity employer currently seeking to recruit a competent person to fill the following vacant position: RESOURCE MOBILISATION MANAGER This position reports to the Country Director and is a member of the Country Management Team (CMT). The position has overall responsibility to manage the Grants and Sponsorship departments in the country. Job Purpose: One of Plan’s global strategic priorities is to grow and diversify its sources of income, the successful candidate will therefore act as a resource to Plan Uganda and National Offices in resource mobilisation, including: resource mobilisation strategy development and planning, take a lead role in the strategic sourcing of funds from various donors like the EC, USAID, AusAID, NORAD, SIDA as well as private donors, facilitating the effective management of acquired resources, ensuring strict compliance to various donor requirements and reporting on respective grants, develop and achieve local fund raising targets, and manage the sponsorship department and its operations in the country, leading to the achievement of the overall sponsorship objectives of Plan Uganda. Principle accountabilities include: Ensure that Plan Uganda has capacity to attract and manage adequate resources from multiple streams to facilitate the achievement of programmatic goals as stipulated in Country Strategic plan. Proactively work with respective National Organisation (NO) counterparts to identify and win appropriate grant opportunities Oversee and coordinate the development, writing and packaging of successful grant proposals from concept through to award in line with donor requirements Monitor grants from the perspective of donor requirements and develop a knowledge bank of donor requirements and systems by donor Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with local actors, including bilateral, multilateral, and corporate donors and external networks. Develop and strengthen areas of local and community based resource mobilisation including strengthening community based structures with youth to feed into the sponsorship programme Strengthen program /sponsorship alignment and ensure the establishment of an effective working linkage with National Organisations
Requirement:	Educational Requirements. University degree in any development profession; a masters degree will be an added advantage. Preferred Experience; At least 3-6 years of professional experience of which at least 4 should have been spent in a managerial position in the development/NGO sector. Demonstrated track record of writing project/program proposals and obtaining grant funding from institutional and other donors. Demonstrated success in directly managing the implementation and reporting requirements of grant-funded projects and programs. Experience in identifying and developing resource mobilisation strategies. Experience of working with children and communities and managing child-related projects. Experience in sponsorship management is an advantage.
Salary:	- USD/month
Experience:	3
How to apply:	Suitably qualified candidates should submit letters of application, together with a CV. Contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to the undersigned not later than 2nd March, 2012. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by 10th April, 2012. The People & Culture Manager, Plan Uganda Email: uganda,recmitmenf@plan-internatlonal.org. As a child centered development organization, Plan strives to ensure that children are kept safe in ail the areas we operate. The organization further has a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be required to provide information confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse crimes.