United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Institutional Funding Officer UK (12 month fixed term contract)

Sightsavers has an exciting opportunity for an Institutional Funding Officer to maintain and support institutional donor relationships in the UK directly and in support of other members of the Institutional Funding team.

The post holder will work with the Institutional Funding Manager in directly managing existing funding agreements and in leading on the development of new funding relationships for the team. Working alongside other members of the team, you will be supporting the implementation of the overall global institutional funding strategy through direct involvement in proposal writing and reporting. You will contribute to wider organisational and departmental systems development and organisational initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level preferably in an international development related subject or relevant working experience. You will have a demonstrable experience of working with institutional donors preferably including bilaterals, multilaterals or large scale foundations. Candidates with experience of producing applications and reports as well management information would be of particular interest. The successful candidate will have good research skills with a good understanding of budgets and financial data. This role will involve traveling across the UK including some evenings for meetings and briefings and up to 4 weeks of international travel per year.