Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist – East and Southern Africa

Organization:  Right To Play International\n\n

Department/Division:  Headquarters   \n\n

Reports to:  Vice President, Partnerships\n\n

Work Location:  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Kigali, Rwanda;\nor Kampala, Uganda\n\n

Authorized to work in: Ethiopia, Rwanda, or Uganda (eligible to\nwork legally without visa or work permit sponsorship)\n\n

Target Hiring Range: Local salary scale applies (Grade 9). Hiring\nrange and benefits will be shared with applicants as part of the recruitment\nprocess. Please note salary will be paid in the\nlocal currency.\n\n

Target Start Date: As soon as possible\n\n

Contract Duration: Full-time, one-year\nfixed term contract renewable based on performance and funding\n\n

Application Closing Date: January 5, 2025 23:59 EAT\n\n

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ABOUT US:                                                                            \n\n

We\nreach millions of children each year in some of the most difficult places on earth,\nhelping them to stay in school and learn, overcome prejudice, heal from trauma,\nand develop the skills they need to thrive. We do this by harnessing play, one\nof the most fundamental forces in a child's life, to teach children the\ncritical skills they need to dismantle barriers and embrace opportunities, in\nlearning and in life.\n\n

Established in 2000, Right To Play reaches children through experiential\nprogramming in 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North\nAmerica. These programs are supported by our global offices in Toronto, Canada;\nLondon, UK and seven national offices across Europe and North America. \n\n

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OUR CULTURE:\n\n

• Accept\nEveryone -Be intentional about inclusion
• Make\nThings Happen -Seek opportunities to lead\nand innovate
• Display\nCourage -Act with integrity
• Demonstrate\nCare -Look after yourself and one another
• Be\nPlayful -Have fun at work\n\n

  
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  Please visit our website to learn more\nabout who we are and what we do, and watch this\nvideo to find out about the five pillars of our Culture Code.\n\n

  📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

  ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

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  ROLE\nSUMMARY:\n\n

  The Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist\n- East and Southern Africa is a new position created at Right To Play (RTP) to realise\nour Strategic Plan 2024 - 2026. One of our key objectives is to develop new funding\npartnerships in Africa - with a focus on East and Southern Africa as a priority.\nYou will be the lead to develop and maintain various strategic donor\npartnerships to support programming in line with Right To Play's mission and\nvision. This will be a great opportunity for an experienced and well-connected\nadvisor focused on strategic partnerships, who can draw upon their outstanding\nnetworking skills, and excellent knowledge of the donor community and funding\narchitecture across 3 countries (Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda).\n\n

  This is a pivotal role to increase RTP's\npartnership portfolio in East and Southern Africa through strategic fundraising\nand engagement. Reporting to the Vice President, Partnerships (a member of RTP's Executive Team), you will work\nclosely with Country Directors, coordinate with relevant global support teams and\nhelp build stronger funding relationships in specific countries where RTP is\ndelivering programming.\n\n

  Regular travel is required to support donor\nengagement across Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, with some occasionally in the\nwider East and Southern Africa region, and to the Global Offices (Toronto,\nCanada; and London, UK).\n\n

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  WHAT YOU'LL DO:\n\n

  #1: Strategic Position\n& Planning (40% of Time):\n\n

  • Identify, build and maintain relationships with\npotential donors in East Africa in cooperation with country teams and global\nsupport teams.
  • Develop donor engagement plans and build knowledge on\nand relationships with key donors in the East Africa region, including but not\nlimited to Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda, and/or interested in funding RTP\nprogramming on the African continent.
  • Observe donor strategies and priorities at\ncountry/regional level and monitor opportunities to anticipate calls for\nproposals and identify bidding opportunities.
  • Undertake proactive intelligence gathering, by\nmonitoring relevant trends in donor and partner organisations and relevant\nplatforms and by tracking changes in donor policies that could impact current\nor future funding opportunities.
  • Provide business development expertise in positioning,\ncapture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with\ninstitutional donors (government and inter-governmental award issuing\norganizations), as well as foundations and non-governmental organizations.
  • Coordinate with RTP leadership\nthe strategic direction, business development strategy and efforts to meet\nannual growth targets and support the diversification of revenue from\ninstitutional donors and foundations to achieve RTP's strategic objectives.\n\n

    #2: Networking and Relationship Building (35% of\nTime):\n\n

    • Develop active and quality working relationships and\nmake requisite connections with country teams, donors and strategic partners in\nselect countries and identify potential funding partners.
    • Strategically support and prepare RTP country\nleadership for partner and prospect meetings, including preparation of agendas,\nmaterials, key messages, and follow-up.
    • In collaboration with Country Office teams, represent RTP\nin relevant external meetings and working groups in the region to increase\nRTP's visibility and allow for information gathering on funding\nopportunities.
    • Promote RTP's technical positioning, approaches,\nknow-how and skills within relevant networks with a view to developing suitable\npartnerships that can unlock funding opportunities in alignment with global and\ncountry strategic plans.
    • Support and mentor key Country Office senior\nmanagement teams to cultivate and strengthen institutional relationships with\ninstitutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders. \n\n

      #3: Resource\nmobilisation capacity building (20% of Time):\n\n

      • Work closely with teams across Country Offices,\nthe Global Program Partnership team and the Program Quality & Impact team\nto coordinate proposal and budget development processes to ensure timely\nsubmission of high-quality proposals.  
      • Identify capacity building needs related to resource\nmobilisation, project design, and partnership development within the region and\nhelp deliver initiatives to address these identified capacity building\nrequirements. 
      • Provide opportunities for sharing of resource\nmobilisation and fundraising knowledge, best practice, lessons-learned across\nother RTP countries and relevant global support teams 
      • In collaboration with Country Office teams, identify,\nbuild and maintain partnerships with partners that have the most potential for\ncollaboration on achieving shared goals and objectives and joint resource\nmobilisation.  \n\n

        #4: Performs Other Duties as Assigned (5% of Time)\n\n

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        WHAT YOU'LL BRING (ESSENTIAL):\n\n

        EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION:\n\n

        • Undergraduate degree in International\nDevelopment, Political Science, International Relations or related field\n\n

          EXPERIENCE:\n\n

          • 10 years' work experience in partnership\ndevelopment with institutional donors in the Africa region
          • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience on\npartnerships with: European Commission, US Government (including USAID), FCDO,\nSIDA, ECW, BMZ/GFFO, and UN agencies
          • Demonstrated experience and successes in\ndeveloping, building and maintain strategic partnerships with key actors in\nEast Africa - especially related to RTP's core program areas (education, MHPSS,\nand gender equality)
          • Experience working with local partners
          • Experience of resource mobilisation/fund-raising\ncompetency and capacity building including facilitating learning, coaching, and\nsupporting learning across multiple stakeholders\n\n

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            COMPETENCIES/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:\n\n

            • Outstanding networking and stakeholder\nengagement skills
            • Highly organized and able to manage timelines\ninvolving multiple s under tight deadlines
            • Exceptional critical thinking and\nproblem-solving skills
            • Strong communication and presentation skills and\nability to develop relationships with partner organizations in aid and\ndevelopment field as well as various government agencies
            • Self-starter, able to achieve results with\nlittle supervision and to work independently\n\n

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              TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

              • Understanding of fundraising and donor policy\ntrends, humanitarian principles and established international standards in\nhumanitarian settings for refugees and other marginalised populations,\nespecially children and youth
              • Knowledge, understanding and experience of\nnavigating complex funding structures and donor architecture
              • Knowledge of a variety of government and\nfoundation funding mechanisms\n\n

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                LANGUAGES:\n\n

                • Fluency in spoken and written English\n\n

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                  BONUS IF YOU'LL BRING (NOT ESSENTIAL):\n\n

                  • Additional experience with other donors such as\nAfrican based foundations and humanitarian donors such as ECHO is desirable
                  • Proven track record in design and writing of\nwinning grant proposals responding to grant solicitations in a limited amount\nof time
                  • Experience with technical programs in education and/or\nMHPSS
                  • Master's degree in a related field\n\n

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                    WHAT YOU'LL GET:\n\n

                    The opportunity to\ncollaborate with an innovative global team who are passionate about working\nwith children and youth. You will gain experience working for a globally\nrecognized organization with a healthy culture premised on our Culture Code(accept\neveryone, make things happen, display courage, demonstrate care and be playful).\nYou will be immersed in an environment where learning and development is\nencouraged and valued, and \"play\" is appreciated as a core avenue to building\ncommunity.\n\n

                    • Competitive salary and\nbenefits
                    • Flexible work arrangements\n(e.g. work from home and flex hours)
                    • 3 personal days per year
                    • 5 personal learning and\ndevelopment (L&D) days per year
                    • Maternity/paternity/parental\nleave top up and support
                    • Annual learning week
                    • Annual staff recognition\nawards
                    • Opportunity to connect\nwith employees across our offices
                    • Opportunity to engage in\nglobal projects and initiatives
                    • Wellness programs
                    • Playful\nactivities and events\n\n

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                      HOW TO APPLY:\n\n

                      If you are interested in applying for\nthis position, please apply with\nyour resume and cover letter in English via the application.\n\n