Donor Relations Manager Ukraine - Can’t Wait to Learn

Overview

Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL) introduces new (cost-) effective solutions to the serious challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilising innovative technological solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWTL builds on concepts, which have been implemented in Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Uganda and Ukraine. CWTL seeks to increase the number of children with access to quality education in mathematics and reading in areas affected by conflict globally. Developing fresh, interactive materials based on the national curricula, and creating effective partnership structures to distribute these, CWTL creates new opportunities for making education accessible to those children who have been excluded from education, increasing their resilience and preparing them for a positive future.

Can’t Wait to Learn is a digital, curriculum-based, context-specific learning application for education in emergency offering maths and reading curricula for primary grades 1, 2 and 3. Accessed on dedicated, preloaded, low-cost tablets and by application on personal iOS and Android devices played both on and offline, CWTL offers children a digital, self-guided education game adapted to context to support motivation and active self-paced learning. Children can access it at home, in the community or in school settings. It has been providing children in conflict-affected areas a high standard of education since 2012. Maths and reading curricula are in line with national standards and endorsed by the Ministries of Education around the world to ensure that the learning objectives are in line with their national curricula, most recently for children in and outside of Ukraine.

The role

We are looking for a strong Donor Relations Manager for our Ukraine Response Can’t Wait to Learn team that contributes to the success of the War Child Alliance (WCA) by securing funding from foundations and grant-making organizations, supporting the financial sustainability of the organization and enabling it to fulfill its mission to have a direct positive impact on the well-being of children affected by conflict.  This role will maximize the potential of our fundraising through superb relationship management. You will inspire your team of fundraisers to deliver extraordinary results, increasing our income from major donors, trusts and foundations. The role requires a high level of initiative, innovation, leadership and problem-solving skills, and has both internal and external impact on the WCA's operations and reputation.

The Donor Relations Manager reports to the Senior Project Lead and works closely with colleagues in the Can’t Wait to Learn Team.

The role can be based in any location where War Child Alliance has an office, preferably Amsterdam, NL.

Your Challenge

• Driving the sustainable long-term growth of major donors, trusts & foundations and deliver on annual income targets
• Positioning WCA as a specialist networked organization within donor portfolio
• Developing and strengthen a network of contacts with (possible) partners and stakeholders associated with the donor portfolio, thereby enabling consortia and partnerships to develop and grow
• Fostering partnerships that contribute to the roll-out of WCA’s strategy
• Advising and supporting the WCA in meeting and exceeding its fundraising target and advise on the development and implementation of fundraising strategies for the donor portfolio
• Developing and implementing the funding strategy and engagement plans for the donor portfolio
• Identifying funding needs within the WCA and match them with funding opportunities
• Implement fundraising activities, monitor and report on their progress and results
• Providing expert advice and support internal capacity-strengthening regarding partnerships, networking, proposal development and submission, contract management, and reporting within donor portfolio
• Sharing donor guidelines as appropriate within the organization and other relevant parties to ensure all compliance requirements are met

Your Profile

• Demonstrated donor account management expertise, especially with foundations
• Demonstrated expertise in funding strategy development and its operationalisation
• Proven experience in a similar position in an international organisation
• Good knowledge of and experience in fundraising for NGOs from foundations
• Demonstrated experience of strengthening the capacity of others in working with foundations, using a range of formal and informal methods
• Good knowledge regarding current development and trends in the (international) aid sector
• Good knowledge of the foundations market globally
• Knowledge and understanding of donor networks
• The ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization, and to spot and create opportunities with foundations effectively and facilitate increasing access to funding for the WCA's work
• Ability to analyse the donor environment and identify trends, anticipate changes, be comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways
• Ready to be held to account, and ability to hold others to account in a consistent and respectful manner (leadership skills)
• Good relation building skills, diplomatic skills and strong in building and maintaining networks
• Excellent facilitation and organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English and preferably one of the following languages: Ukrainian, French, Arabic and/or Spanish
• Academic working level with relevant academic background in development/ international cooperation and/or humanitarian aid

Our Offer

• The following offer is based on a Dutch employment contract, actually conditions depend on the local office
• Salary range from € 3, 898 – € 4, 847 gross per month, based on 40 hours per week (the exact step determined by the years of relevant working experience).
• An employment contact with War Child for 40 hours per week to start with a one-year contract
• 28 vacation days on full time basis (consisting of 26 vacation days plus 2 additional fixed free days, based on 40 hours work week).
• A pension scheme fully paid by War Child.
• Compensation for travel and work from home costs.
• Laptop to work from any location and monthly mobile phone contribution of € 25.
• Possibility to follow training and/or courses where relevant.
• Pleasant working conditions, good atmosphere, great colleagues and of course the meaningful purpose of our work!

Our Organization

War Child is a young and dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. War Child offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace in Amsterdam.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply by forwarding their CV and a short cover letter, in English, before 10 May 2024, here:

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Safeguarding

War Child is committed to humanitarian values, standards and norms and we expect the same from job applicants. War Child is especially committed to safeguarding the children and youth we support and doesn’t tolerate any form of abuse. Because we want to prevent and deter any actions that place children and youth at risk, conduct references are an important part of our recruitment procedure. As part of the selection process, War Child will request standardized references in accordance with the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and a recent Criminal Records statement.

Equal opportunity

War Child has a dream that every child lives in peace - no matter who or where they are. That’s why we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We promote diversity and belonging in everything we do and select our potential new colleagues without regard to gender, race, colour, religion, nationality, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Application process

To ensure that we spend as much of our resources on the support of children and youth, War Child needs to operate as efficiently as possible. This means we can only process job applications received through our websites.

If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, the vacancy will be removed from our websites. In this case, any responses received after removal will not be processed. Sometimes the closing date of a vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.