Institutional Partnership Advisor / Expert

ASSIGNMENT Institutional Partnership Advisor / Expert
AREA International Programmes / Institutional and transformational partnerships and funding
REFERENT Institutional Partnerships Lead
CONTRACT TYPE to be decided, based on experience
ANNUAL GROSS SALARY range 30.000 – 34.000 €

JOB PURPOSE
The Institutional Partnership Advisor/Expert contributes to deliver Save the Children Italy’s institutional partnership and fundraising strategy for International Programs, contributing to the following key areas:
• Development and management of relationship with key Institutional Donors assigned, including EU, AICS and the French Cooperation.
• Contributing to the increase of SC Italy’s Institutional Funding Portfolio in line with the Strategy of the Institutional and transformational partnerships and funding.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Resource Mobilization
• Explore and analyse funding opportunities disseminating relevant information as appropriate both internally and at Country Office level.
• Actively monitoring and screening funding opportunities in selected Country Offices/regions and as needed.
• Facilitate pre-positioning and coordination with other SC Members ahead of opportunity publication.
• Coordinate the process of evaluation and decision making on funding opportunities both internally and with the Country Office.
Donor engagement & capacity building
• Engaging with donors at Country, Regional and HQs level in coordination with Institutional Partnerships Lead and other functions as planned and needed.
• Developing, implementing and monitoring donor engagement plans, in coordination with relevant SC Italy areas, targeted Country offices and other relevant SC Members.
• Providing inductions/webinars to COs on the relevant donor in charge of.
• Sharing information, briefings and guidance to COs on donor trends and donor engagement strategies.
• Designing and delivering donor engagement workshops to priority COs and/or provide in-country support.
• Liaising with potential partners, as appropriate.
Internal coordination
• Act as Partnership management focal point for day-to day task, info sharing with and from the relevant Donor’s UNIT within SC Movement.
• Represent SC Italy in relevant partnership/donor groups collecting inputs and reporting back to relevant SC Italy organizational areas.
• Directly contribute to funding opportunity allocation processes and represent SC Italy in discussions and negotiations with other SC Members where relevant.
• Contribute to the development of donor specific materials and info pages.
Data collection, analysis, strategies & procedures
• Collecting, analysing and reporting data and information on donor trends and priorities.
• Liaising with relevant organizational areas within SC Italy and SC International in order to collect their inputs and report to relevant coordination and management structures.
• Contributing to the development of SC Italy partnership and fundraising strategies with key donors.
• Contributing to the development of the Business Development Department Strategy and participating to internal task forces according to the needs.
• Contribute to the regular update of SC Italy internal data collection systems/files/platforms.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• University degree in political science, international cooperation, law or related subject.
• At least 5 years of Experience in NGO/INGO sector with an in-depth knowledge of institutional partnership and fundraising.
• Good knowledge of major institutional donors (in particular: Italian MoFA/AICS, DG DEVCO/NEAR/ECHO; French cooperation).
• Good understanding of key financial mechanisms of major international donors of DAC group in humanitarian and development settings.
• Relevant experience in engaging with institutional donors/external relations & lobby.
• Excellent communication and public relations skills with strong English and French language capability (written and oral) and ability to clearly communicate complex ideas and principles required.
• Highly computer literate and confident with Outlook, Word, and Power point, Excel an interest in appropriate use of current information and communications technologies Experience with organization of multistakeholders events, webinars, e-conference and seminars.
• Availability for short term travel in Europe and worldwide.
SOFT SKILLS
• High level of cross-cultural interpersonal skill and proven ability to influence multiple stakeholders is required.
• Good networking capacity.
• Good capacity to interact with a different range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing context.
• Pragmatic/solutions oriented/problem solver yet having strong analytical skills.
• Strong team player.
• Able to work effectively with others towards the achievement of common objectives.
• Commitment to Save the Children values