Programme Development Adviser

Act Church of Sweden is the Church of Sweden's aid and development actor.

Through effective disaster relief, long-term development work and global advocacy, we work together with partners around the world to save lives, change lives and change the world. Act Church of Sweden has about 100 employees in Uppsala, and there are thousands of members in congregations and dioceses involved around Sweden. Globally, in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, there are seconded employees and long-term partnerships with local churches, civil society organisations and grassroots movements. This gives us a unique opportunity to reach people in vulnerable situations, people that few others reach.

Come and join our exciting Donor Relations teams and support Act Church of Sweden in resource mobili-zation for our diverse programmes in long term development, humanitarian work and advocacy span-ning over 30 countries. We are looking for you who has demonstrated ability for handling multiple, com-plex fundraising relationships simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. 

Donor Relations team, International Department, Act Church of Sweden
The Organisational Development and Institutional Funding Section is a strategic support function for the International Department. The section is responsible for expert support in strategic management and planning, thematic support to programmes, development of methods and systems as well as in-creasing funding opportunities. 

The Programme Development Advisers sits within the Donor Relations team of this section. The pur-pose of the Donor Relations team is resource mobilisation, with a focus on securing funding for existing or expanding programmes that can be scaled up through new partners and/ or increased geographical outreach. Act Church of Sweden is currently recruiting a staff member for one temporary position. This position focuses on finding new funding opportunities for our long-term development and nexus pro-gramming as well as our humanitarian programme. 

Responsibilities
The position includes coordinating, maintaining and developing partnerships with new and existing do-nors, such as EU, Swedish Embassies, and/or philanthropic organizations, etc. You will represent Act Church of Sweden in strategic meetings and discussions with donors on funding opportunities, and on-going contracts, including opportunities together with other ACT Alliance members.  In addition, you are responsible for coordinating the fund development process with relevant staff of the regional unit, managing funding proposals within Act Church of Sweden, and formulating and supporting effective grant reporting to donors. You will contribute to the objectives and goals of the Donor Relations team to maximise funding generated from donors for Act Church of Sweden and our partners. Together with the Donor Relations Financial Controller, you will ensure that all relevant staff are informed of the do-nors’ requirements, rules and procedures and ensure that Act Church of Sweden complies with donor requirements.

Qualifications
•    University education in relevant field, economics, international development and/or humani-tarian studies.
•    Experience in working with humanitarian and/or development programmes is a requirement.
•    Proven track record of working with institutional donors. This includes working with funding proposals, reporting management and donor compliance, and an understanding of program-matic budgeting. 
•    A good understanding of planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting (PMER) systems and intervention logic.
•    Effective networking and negotiating skills and an ability to work against and meet funding tar-gets.
•    Knowledge of the quality and accountability, gender justice, Human Rights based approach, and/or the community-based psychosocial approach is an asset.
•    Completed courses related to institutional funding, for example EU (DG ECHO, DG DEVCO) etc. is merited.
•    Excellent spoken and written English, Spanish language skills are highly merited and basic Swedish language skills an asset.

Additional skills and experiences
•    Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office package.
•    Understanding the roll of the Church in the development and the humanitarian sector and the ecumenical movement (Lutheran World Federation and the ACT Alliance).
•    A good understanding of the international development and/or humanitarian sector.
•    Experience of cultivating new partnerships with potential donors, including foundations
•    A strong network of relationships with large private foundations.
•    A proven track-record of successfully securing six and seven-figure multi-year grants. 
•    Demonstrated ability for handling multiple, complex fundraising relationships simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. 
•    Highly organised, independent, reliable and able to balance multiple priorities and meet dead-lines. 

We are looking for someone who is results and detail orientated and a team player. You are also inno-vative and can motivate others. You are experienced at problem solving, have a high level of integrity and take responsibility for your work. We assume you share the values of the Church of Sweden.

Access
This is a fulltime temporary 1 year position, starting 1 June 2022.
It is anticipated that you will be travelling approximately 10 - 15 days per year (depending on COVID-19 restrictions).

Further information about the position is provided by International Director of Strategic Planning mailto:coleen.heemskerk@svenskakyrkan.se, +46-(0)18-16 99 87.

Union representatives
mailto:nathalie.topperwien.blom@svenskakyrkan.se (Vision), mailto:malin.andren@svenskakyrkan.se (Akavia) and mailto:Andreas.Sandberg@svenskakyrkan.se (KyrkA). All can be reached easily via email.

You are welcome to submit your application via the button below. The application must be received no later than 19 April 2022.

 

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You will find more information on the Church of Sweden and its work at http://www.svenskakyrkan.se