Regional Program Development Officer, Africa and Asia

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Title: Regional Program Development Officer, Africa and Asia

Department: Regional Support Office (RSO), Africa and Asia

Location: Remote (Bangladesh-Nairobi time-zone preferred)

Reporting to: Regional Program Development Manager (Africa & Asia)

Direct reports: Not Applicable

Budget responsibility: Not Applicable

* This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks

About Relief International

  Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 16 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty.

RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact and resilience. We focus on health/nutrition, education, economic opportunity, and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) programming while integrating protection, environment/climate change, and conflict mitigation in partnership with the communities we serve.  We empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

RI includes the three corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, and MRCA/RI-France. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.

About our Programs

RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.  Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.

RI employs about 5,000 staff and auxiliary workers

97% of staff are local nationals and there are about 90 international (expat) staff.

RI receives funding from a broad range of institutional donors for humanitarian assistance supported by the US, UK, Europe, and the UN, to delivery life-saving and resilience building programming with communities and local and international partners.  RI supports solutions that reinforce and improve upon existing in-country systems. Where such systems do not exist or are chronically underperforming, RI’s crisis response lays the foundation for long-term, sustainable change.

Position Summary

Relief International seeks a Regional Programme Development Officer (Africa and Asia) to support its programme development efforts across two regions – Africa and Asia. This position will be responsible for providing a wide range of support to the Regional Programmes Team including coordination across a number of country offices across Africa and Asia, opportunity tracking and pipeline management, proposal proofreading, various databases’ management, desk research, programme development logistics, and other tasks.

The position will report to the Regional Programme Development Manager (Africa and Asia), and work closely with the Regional Programmes Unit, Regional Finance Unit, Awards Management unit, and the Africa and Asia country offices.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

  ·      Coordinate with country offices across all stages of programme development

·      Contribute in preparation of proposals, including, but not limited to editing and review of proposal narratives, work-plan development and annexes management

·      Track new opportunities and create summaries of the new opportunities for management to support decision making on application process (including application process, eligibility, and competency required for RI to apply)

·      Track monthly progress of programme development (financial & submissions by country), success rates, trends, and present them to regional programmes team

·      Support due diligence processes for new donors/new funding opportunities for country offices

·      Manage final proposal submissions through external donor platforms

·      Organize and fully document periodic and ad hoc departmental meetings and teleconferences with country offices and global support office

·      Conduct research related to specific program sectors, RI’s work on the ground, donor priorities, regional funding trends, and prepare/update knowledge pieces such as capacity statements, reports, one pagers, etc.

·      Support effective go/no-go decisions (including the preparation of go/no-go memos for decision-making) and cost share analysis

·      Liaise with Regional Awards Management and Regional Finance Unit officers to jointly update approved project trackers

·      Support ad hoc tasks assigned by the supervisor or the Regional Programme Director, as required.

·      Provide administrative support including recordkeeping and data management

Other related tasks that may arise from time to time.

·      Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.

·      Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, contribute to ensuring that all those who come into contact with Relief International staff and the communities we serve can be trusted to work safely with them

·      Support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and promotes the implementation of the Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies.

·      Work collaboratively with the Global Safeguarding Manager to advocate for the inclusion of safeguarding activities and resources within program

·      Ability to demonstrate knowledge of donor requirements of safeguarding standards and protection from exploitation and abuse

Role requirements

Experience and skills required for the role.

·      Master’s degree – International development or related field preferred but not required

·      At least two years experience of working with programme/proposal development

·      Familiarity and demonstrated experience working with UN Agencies would be an asset

·      Comfort with multi-tasking, and willingness to work a flexible schedule to accommodate competing deadlines.

·      Excellent coordination and communication skills: oral, written and editing

·      Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines

·      Strong computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel and Outlook, Box

·      Demonstrated ability to follow instructions and carefully review work for accuracy

·      Ability to travel up to 15%, as needed

RI Values

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:

We value

• Integrity
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Inclusivity
• Sustainability

How to apply.

• To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page
• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.  The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date.

Please apply immediately as we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date.

Please apply by uploading your cover letter and up-to-date CV on our website .

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted

Relief International has a zero-tolerance policy for unlawful harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.