Institutional Partnership Development Specialist

About the role

SOS Children's Villages Rwanda, an independent member association of the SOS Federation, is looking for an Institutional Partnership Development Specialist to join its National Office in Kigali. The specialist mobilizes institutional funding and manages day-to-day relationships with bilateral donors, international donors, embassies, diplomatic missions and foundations, helping grow the funding portfolio for national programs. The position is fixed term, with one vacancy supervised by the Head of Fund Development and Partnerships.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement annual institutional partnership plans and identify monthly funding opportunities from in-country, bilateral, multilateral and international donors, embassies and foundations.
• Write program concepts, concept notes, expressions of interest, grant applications and technical proposals, including research, risk analysis, results frameworks and stakeholder analyses.
• Organize proposal development workshops and help select lead applicants, co-applicants and implementing partners.
• Update the partner landscape, grant compliance matrices, project one-pagers and the master list of grants; monitor donor requirements, spending and contractual issues.
• Support donor monitoring field visits, track donor meetings and train the project team on compliance, reporting and contract management.
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly IPD reports.
• Manage partner due diligence, partnership and consortium agreements, and keep funding files complete and up to date.
• Register project proposals in ProDIGI software and build networks with donors, foundations, embassies and NGOs, including partnership roundtables and sector meetings.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Development Studies, Economics or a related field; a Master's degree is an added advantage.
• 5-8 years of experience planning, securing and managing funds from institutional donors and writing project proposals.
• Evidence of medium to large proposals developed and won (0.5 - 2M USD).
• Excellent written English and strong project proposal writing skills, especially in child protection, alternative care, youth empowerment, livelihoods, education and health.
• Knowledge of project cycle management and results-based management is an asset.