Project and Funding Manager

£39,100 – £46,000 pa
Fixed term contract for 3 years

Save the Children UK is looking for a Project and Funding Manager to join our Humanitarian Leadership Academy to help establish and project manage all the operational functions of a new platform/institute for research and social strategy.

• Do you have substantial experience in project management and experience of preparing budgets and donor reporting?
• Do you have experience of fundraising from a variety of donors and the ability to write business cases, briefing papers and funding propositions
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

Please Note: The role is initially a 3 year contract with extension likely due to funding.

About Us

We foster a working culture of collaboration and agility. Individuals will come together to work in a multi-disciplinary fashion with internal and external partners to generate innovative projects that deliver impact for children.

The Humanitarian Affairs Team within Save the Children UK has promoted critical reflection on humanitarian politics and practice for the last decade through research and policy engagement, as well as cultivating a network of intellectuals and practitioners focussed on humanitarian affairs. In 2023, a new platform for research and strategy called Alameda is being set up. It will explore the social and political transformations conditioning humanitarian action, and will promote the renewal of internationalism through rethinking and reshaping the politics of humanitarianism in the twenty-first century.

Job Purpose

The Project & Funding manager role is a critical role within our new institute/centre Alameda, that will contribute to the establishment of the institute and effective implementation of the strategy by project managing all the operational functions – finance, grants/awards management, HR, and business development in line with Save the Children UK’s policies and procedures. The person will liaise with various support service teams within SCUK for the effective functioning of the institute.

Key Accountabilities:

The Project & Funding Manager’s key duties will include:

Project management of funds/award management

• Lead on all transactional processes e.g. due diligence, raising POs in line with procurement policies, raising invoices etc.
• Co-ordinate with the different heads of team in developing budgets.
• Manage administration of grants and core funding in line with the budgets ensuring donor compliance and compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
• Responsibility for narrative and financial reporting to the donors in line with contractual obligations.
• Provide management information for internal and external stakeholders as required.
• Ensure that all staff within the Institute adhere to SCUK’s processes and systems in delivering their accountabilities.

Operational

• Prepare, manage and monitor the institute’s operational plan and monitor risks.
• Oversee and implement systems and processes to enable collaborative working within the team.
• Act as the primary operational point between Alameda and SCUK’s support services teams and other teams with the humanitarian department.
• Ensure coordination among members of the institute in implementation of the strategy.
• Direct contribution to the intellectual and political life of the institute, participating in editorial decision-making, events, and research.
• Participate in all strategic decision-making of the institute, through membership of the council.

Partnerships and Fundraising

• Manage the business development function by working with heads of team in identifying partnership opportunities, maintaining income pipeline and providing coordination support towards proposal development.
• Ensure that the institute’s fundraising function adheres to the fundraising protocols of Save the Children movement.
• Ensure regular reporting on pipeline and funding status.

Person Profile

Experience/Knowledge/Skills

• Substantial experience in project management
• Significant experience in preparing budgets and donor reporting
• Experience in fundraising from a diverse group of donors
• Demonstrated engagement with intellectual and political concerns of the institute, through education, employment, and/or activism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to present arguments clearly and convincingly to a variety of audiences.
• Experience in organising and facilitating meetings and workshops.
• Sectorial experience of working in humanitarian organizations
• Strong networking skills, ability to build and maintain relationships with influential persons and organisations.
• Experience of working in different national contexts.

Abilities

• Ability to write business cases, briefing papers and funding propositions
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team, supporting and advising colleagues.
• Ability to engage with the content of research in addition to the core competencies of the job
• Ability to inspire and motivate colleagues.
• Ability to transform strategic vision into practical activities and identify strategic risks

Aptitude

• A sharp and critical intellect, and an ability to discern strategic opportunities to build the profile of the institute’s work, as well as opportunities for new areas of research.
• Fluency in Portuguese and/or Spanish is desirable.

Please note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly working from home, we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working – We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview**.**

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be “Free to Be Me”. We are not looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences – of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability – help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.

How to apply

To apply please visit our website HERE.