Program Development and Resourcing Coordinator Full-Time

The Save the Children Internacional (SCI), a non-profit humanitarian organization with focus on child well-being, is recruiting candidates for the position mentioned below: (1) Program Development and Resourcing Coordinator – MP – SC 11/23 (Maputo).

Purpose

The Program Development and Resourcing (PDR) Coordinator supports the process of project and proposal development, ensuring that the final proposals are aligned with needs of children, Save the Children work and donor priorities, and are submitted on time. S/he identifies and tracks funding opportunities, support with communication with donors and assists in developing fundraising strategies.

The role holder is responsible for preparation of proposal documents, ensuring their coherence, including log frames, narrative proposals and budgets and for providing direct writing support during proposal development processes. S/he coordinates the input of internal and external stakeholders including technical advisors, Program Operations, Finance, HR/Safeguarding and Security into proposals and budgets. This includes coordination among partners in consortia arrangements, as well as with SC headquarters (SC Members).

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in an area of social development or equivalent.

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Minimum of 2-3 years experience in coordinating and facilitating the development of proposals to institutional donors, multilateral agencies, corporate donors, and/or foundations;
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written – with excellent writing and editing skills;
• Demonstrated experience in proposal development and coordination;
• Familiarity with project design methods and tools (including assessments, logical frameworks, and work planning) and budgeting; strong appreciation for innovation and partnership as part of project development;
• Good interpersonal skills, effective communicator, with proven ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector working (eg. programme, technical, awards, compliance, finance, program operations);
• A high degree of attention to detail and the ability to lead key tasks (eg. proposal development) to on-time completion under pressure;
• Good personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure;
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs. Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in the event of major emergencies including travelling at short notice and for extended periods of time;
• Commitment to Save the Children International values and policies including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Desirable

• Fluency in Portuguese or another Romance language would be an added advantage;
• Solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children International priority sectors: education, child protection, child rights governance, youth employment and economic empowerment, health and nutrition, climate resilience and emergencies, in development or emergency contexts;
• Interest to learn about key Save the Children programmatic areas and approaches serving children and families;
• Experience in developing project or proposal budgets;
• Familiarity with local context of Mozambique and funding landscape;
• Proven ability to write persuasive, competitive, and compliant narrative proposals for institutional donors;
• A detailed understanding on funding mechanisms for development work such as Save the Children’s.

Interested candidates must submit the Academic Certificates, ID, CV, and motivation letter in Portuguese and English.

“As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. Save the Children is committed to ensure that all of the employees and programs are absolutely safe for children. We apply strict procedures to ensure that only candidates, suitable for working with children are allowed to join our organization and all candidates will therefore be subject to this scrutiny.”

Legal Notice

Save the Children Internacional does not charge any kind of payment in any of the stages of the recruitment process and does not proceed through recruitment agents.

NB: Only selected candidates will be contacted