United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Development Manager

Job Title: Development Manager

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (UK) & Global VP for Development

Location: London, UK

Start Date: March 2016 onwards

Grade: D: £42,000 – £51,000

Internews is an international development organisation whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard.

We envision a future where everyone, everywhere, enjoys equal access to trusted, quality information that empowers them to live healthy, secure, rewarding lives.

We currently have active programmes in 40+ countries with HQs and key regional hubs in London, Washington DC, Nairobi and Bangkok.

A very exciting opportunity has arisen to head-up our institutional fundraising efforts with European donors as our Development Manager in London.

We are looking for a dynamic manager and international fundraising specialist to build upon recent successes and take a lead role in delivering the resources needed for our new 5-year strategic plan.

GENERAL FUNCTION:

The Development Manager has overall responsibility for managing the London institutional fundraising team with direct supervision of a Development Associate, fundraising consultants and freelance proposal writers as required. The role is part of a wider Global Development unit with key counterparts in Washington DC and other regional offices. In particular, the Development Manager maintains a close working relationship with our various Regional Directors in order to play a central role coordinating and supporting their fundraising work with public donors in Europe. S/he is the primary day-to-day Internews representative to the various public donor headquarters in Europe.

The Development Manager continually works with programme staff around the world to jointly identify new fundraising opportunities, manage proposal development processes and to originate new strategic programme concepts for future fundraising.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Overall responsibility for managing the programme fundraising pipeline in Europe and delivering on strategic financial targets

· Timely monitoring of calls for proposals from all European bilateral and multilateral donors

· Builds proactive relationships with all key donors in order to solicit new fundraising opportunities

· Directly supervises development unit staff in London

· Represents the organisation to donors/potential donors as required

· Proposal writing, research, editing and translation

· Management of proposal writing consultants; support, as required, to programme staff with delegated responsibility to write proposals

· Leads contract negotiation procedures for new programme grants

· Help identify and build consortia to best respond to specific priority bids and ensure partners’ active contribution to the writing process

· Ensures consistent and smooth handover of new grants to contracting and programme teams

· Produces detailed annual action plans on specific areas of responsibility outlined, identifying areas for growth and development and outlining measurable objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential

· At least 3 years’ experience working for an international development organisation and/or in a non-profit fundraising position

· Demonstrable track record in identifying and securing significant, multi-year, multi-million, public funds from development donors in Europe

· Detailed working knowledge of ODA funders in Europe, especially the European Commission, DFID and SIDA

· Experience of developing fundraising targets and priorities to meet the needs of a wider, international strategic plan

· Outstanding, persuasive writing skills

· Experience managing diverse and talented teams

· Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills

· Excellent networking and stakeholder development skills

· Proficient written and spoken French language skills are desired, however exceptional candidates without this attribute will still be considered

· Computer literate with advanced abilities in Word, PowerPoint and Excel

· Applicants must have the legal right to work and reside in the United Kingdom

· Commitment to and understanding of Internews’ mission and values

Desirable

· Relevant University Degree; candidates without higher education credentials will be expected to demonstrate additional/equivalent professional experience

· A keen interest in international affairs and development; especially media, journalism, press freedom

· An established international network with Internews’ target donors

· Experience with CRM databases

· External communications experience

· Experience in managing fundraising/stakeholder events

· Additional international language skills

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE:

• The closing date for applications in Midnight on Sunday 17 January


• First round interviews and practical assessments will take place in the week commencing 25 January with second round interviews as soon as possible thereafter