Programme Development and Funding Officer (South Sudan)

CAFOD works with partner organisations to combat poverty and injustice and to build a strong and dynamic civil society. 

We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Development and Funding Officer to work in partnership with local organisations to bring about real change in the lives of poor people and translate our plans for development and justice into reality.
 

Your role
 

Working as part of both the Programme Development and Funding and South Sudan teams you will support the South Sudan programme staff and partners in developing high quality programmes and projects, ensuring that we and our partners obtain significant institutional donor funding for its development and humanitarian work, and maintaining and strengthening our relationship with key donors. 

You will specialise in securing funding, leading relationships with donors including ECHO and the UN, and providing high level contract management of our grants.

Your profile
 

You will be fluent in English with excellent spoken and written communication and interpersonal skills, inter-cultural sensitivity and confidence in dealing with a wide range of Church and NGO partners. 

You should have experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors as well as participatory project design with the use of analytical tools. 

We also expect you to be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes and an ability to
build cooperative, professional relationships with donors.
 

To read more and to apply please visit cafod.org.uk/jobs by the closing date – 30 September 2012.
 

The post is based in Juba, South Sudan and will involve frequent travel within South Sudan.
 

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer.
 

Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.
 

CAFOD is the official development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and part of the Caritas Internationalis Confederation.