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Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Vacancy: Business Development and Grants Manager – Rwanda
NB: This position is for a local contract on national salary scale
Office: Trócaire Rwanda
Reporting to: Country Director
What are we looking for? A highly motivated business development and grants manager that will work closely with the team to obtain new institutional funding for Trócaire Rwanda’s work. In addition, the perfect candidate will be able to provide high quality grant management support and leadership in current and newly funded projects.
Due date of receiving applications: 31 January 2021
Contract duration: 12 months with a possibility of extension
Start date: Immediate
NB: Applications to be submitted on the platform following this link:
  https://apply.workable.com/trocaire/j/B6A02DB20B/ 
Trócaire is the official overseas development and humanitarian agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland and one of Ireland’s largest development organisations. Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 27 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where; people’s dignity is ensured and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; where people have control over their own lives; those in power act for the common good.
Trócaire in Rwanda works in 7 out of 30 Districts with 16 national partners and focuses on 3 main areas – Resource Rights which builds on our previous Livelihoods work, Women’s Empowerment and preparing and responding to emergencies. The integrated programme is funded by a variety of donors including IrishAid, the European Union, USAID, Jersey Overseas Aid, among others. .

Scope and responsibilities of the role
• Increase and broaden the institutional funding base of Trócaire’s country programmes in Rwanda in line with the organisational and country specific institutional funding strategy.
• Coordinate and manage all components of the proposal development process, ensuring high quality and timely submission to institutional donors, consistent with Trócaire’s Organisational and Country Strategic Plans.
• Support the programme teams in the development of well-designed projects and programmes for submission to institutional donors, consistent with Trócaire’s Organisational and Country Strategic Plan.
• Provide over-sight and support to programme staff in the management and compliance of all institutional funding grants and potential commercial contracts in Rwanda.
• Position Trócaire as a potential partner (sub and lead) for commercial contracting.
• Build the capacity of Trócaire’s programme staff and partners to manage existing and future institutional funding grants/contracts. In particular, this role will involve the following components:

Job Skills: Not Specified

Expected skills, competencies and qualifications:
• A Masters degree in Development, Humanitarian, Business Administration or related field of study
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in overseas development and/or the humanitarian sector;
• Experience working and/or having studied in an international setting
• Experience in proposal and report writing for major international donors such as Irish Aid, European Union, UK Government, USAID, UN agencies and other relevant institutional donors and trusts/foundations.
• Proven record of accomplishment of securing institutional funding from successful grant applications and commercial contracts, incl. in consortia.
• Experience in managing grants financed by the donors such as: Irish Aid, EU, SIDA, the UK Government, other European Governments, UN agencies, US Government funding (USAID, State Depts.), and other relevant institutional donors and trusts/foundations.
• Project cycle management using results frameworks and/ or logical frameworks.
• Working with civil society partner organisations.
• Training/capacity building in a multi-cultural environment

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vitae with a cover letter explaining why they are interested in the post highlighting the particular personal attributes which make them ideally suited for the role.
Please note that only applications submitted on the online platform will be considered
Salary will be provided in accordance with Trócaire’s national salary scale.
Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding Programme Participants from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Applications should be submitted on the platform following this link: https://apply.workable.com/trocaire/j/B6A02DB20B/ 
We encourage experienced and interested female candidates, as well as people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply.
Responses will only be provided to shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from Trócaire by end of February 2021, consider your application unsuccessful.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 31 January 2021 at 12 midnight

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