Resource Mobilization & Partnerships Lead - Pacific

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Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships Lead (Pacific)

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Plan International began working in the Pacific in 2012 and has offices and staff in Solomon Islands (SI) and PNG, in Bougainville and has an established regional office in Suva, Fiji.

Plan International Asia Pacific Office is seeking to hire a full time Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships Lead (Pacific). The role will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to secure funding and resources for programs and initiatives within the Pacific region. This role requires a proactive and strategic thinker with strong networking skills and the ability to foster relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including donors, partners, and government agencies. The position holder will also hold the responsibility to lead preparation and submission of high-quality funding proposals. The role reports to Head of Resource Mobilisation- APAC based in Thailand.

Do you have what it takes to be successful in this role?

Accountabilities

As a member of the Plan Pacific team, contributes to:

• Supports the development of an organisational culture that reflects Plan International’s values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for girls and excellent customer service for National Offices and donors.
• The role will be accountable for the key main tasks:
• Funding Pipeline and Opportunity Development
• Proposal Development and Bid Leadership
• Donor Networking and Strategic Positioning
• Partnerships and Consortium Development
• Organisational Capacity and Learning

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in international development, social sciences, public policy, communications or a related field. A postgraduate qualification is desirable.
• Minimum five years of relevant experience in international development, humanitarian action, resource mobilisation, proposal development or partnership development.
• Demonstrated success in developing competitive proposals for institutional donors, foundations and/or corporate funders.
• Experience coordinating complex, multi-country or consortium proposals involving programme, technical and finance contributors.
• Demonstrated understanding of donor priorities, funding mechanisms and compliance expectations in the international development sector.
• Established networks across the Pacific development sector, or a demonstrated ability to rapidly build credible relationships in the region.
• Experience working with local partners, government stakeholders, donors and international organisations in multicultural environments.
• Knowledge of the Pacific development and humanitarian context.

Core Skills

• Excellent proposal writing, editing and synthesis skills, with the ability to turn complex technical information into clear and persuasive funding submissions.
• Strong relationship-building, networking, facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to identify and shape opportunities well before formal calls for proposals are released.
• Strong project management skills, including managing multiple bids, contributors and deadlines simultaneously.
• Sound commercial awareness in relation to budgets, cost recovery, value for money and funding risk, without the role being a general business management position.
• High level of initiative, judgement, collaboration and accountability.
• Excellent written and spoken English and confidence presenting to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel within the Pacific as required.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applications will be assessed as they arrive and we reserve the right to close the recruitment at any time.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.