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Organisation : Handicap International Belgium
Site web : https://www.handicapinternational.be
Lieu de l'emploi : Bruxelles /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée indéterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Autre
Date de publication : 11/07/2023
Date limite : 13/08/2023
Profil
- At least 5years’ experience of managing funding and/or development/emergency aid projects abroad or at NGO headquarters
• Experienced team leader and experience of work in matrix organization
• Knowledge of funding instruments and mechanisms of Belgium required. Knowledge of EU, The Netherlands, Scandinavian countries funding mechanisms is a strong asset.
• Proven experience in external representation: capacity for networking and lobbying
• Ability to prioritize and manage complex files
• Languages: mandatory fluent French, , Dutch, English, other languages are an asset.
Interpersonal skills:
• Strong ethical standards
• Autonomous, adaptable, and flexible
• Ability to measure and take risks
• Entrepreneurial spirit, business developer
• Teamwork, coordination and excellent interpersonal skills, both internally and externally, knowing how to adapt to different levels of intervention and multicultural environment
Description
In order to implement its development and humanitarian activities in its countries of interventions, Humanity & Inclusion / Handicap International mobilizes funding from a large range of institutional partners. The Institutional Funding Division (DFI) is responsible to identify and share funding opportunities for the operations and to strengthen the relations with the institutional donors in order to influence the donors’ strategies and anticipate the way their policies and calls for proposals are likely to develop. It sets the framework for compliance and respect for the donors’ rules, informs the programs about donors’ conditions and requirements and controls that HI actions and management methods conform to these conditions and requirements.
DFI is composed of staffs based at the HI Federation headquarters (Lyon, Brussels) as well as in National Associations (NAs). It includes a dedicated Institutional Funding North Europe (FINE) team of 8 staffs based in Brussels and Luxemburg, specifically in charge of relations with institutional donors from Benelux, Nordic countries and European Union, under the management of the Head of Institutional Partnerships North Europe (FINE).
This position, based in Brussels, is to act as Institutional Partnerships Senior Officer (IPSO) for Belgium, starting from September, 2023. This scope may however evolve and include other countries and responsibilities, whether linked to FINE or extended to DFI files and prioritiesDESCRIPTION :
As Institutional Partnerships Senior Officer (IPSO) for Belgium, and with the support of the Institutional Partnership Officer (IPO) in charge of Belgian donors, he/she leads the mobilization of fundings from Belgian donors, i.e.donor relationship, compliance framework and support to contract implementation. He/she will also the lead the coordination when other portfolio’s donors are involved (in particular donors from Netherlands and Scandinavian countries).
He/she will also actively support the promotion of HI, advocacy and networking and will contribute to HI’s overall strategy.
The Institutional Partnership Advisor for Belgium operates under the direct responsibility and management of the Head of Institutional Partnerships North Europe (FINE) based in Brussels and reports on achievements to internal stakeholders, in particular the Belgian National Association Director based in Brussels.
Main responsibilities
A. Donor relationship and external representation
The Institutional Partnerships Senior Officer for Belgium will fully lead the development of an institutional partnership strategy & multi-year action plan for his/her donors’ portfolio (Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Enabel, King Baudouin Foundation (FRB), Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Brussels Region (RBC)) and monitor its implementation. He/she is responsible for the management of relations and/or to support those relations with the donors of his/her portfolio internally in order to develop business. For this, he/she:
• Develops adequate understanding & anticipation of donors’ expectations & strategies, and ensures proper dissemination of knowledge on donors and analyses.
• Negotiates with institutional partners & defend HI interests. For this, he/she :
•Participates and represents HI at NGOs platforms and/or in bilateral contacts with national NGOs on matters concerning funding and procedures of its donors portfolio
•Participates and represents HI at meetings & events related to institutional funding and partnership Belgian donors.
•Contributes to advocacy and influencing efforts toward donors
•Ensures proper contracting and contract amendments with donors and partners.
• Supports business development. For this, he/she:
•Ensures correct identification, qualification and dissemination of funding opportunities in his/her portfolio and supports the efforts made by the team towards other NE donors ;
•Provides proper support in arbitration, project framing, proposal writing & submission of projects proposals
•Coordinates with and support operations staff (HQ / Field) in their business development efforts, including meetings with donors.
• Ensures successful support to teams internally on reporting, audits towards Belgian donors through advice and clarification of the rules, according to the agreed standard. For this, he/she:
•Defines the expected standards and carries out quality controls on the reports submitted to the donor
•Applies problem-solving with HQ / field project staff if necessary (temporary need for substitution, modification of standard, training, …)
•Ensures the role of “helpdesk” for internal stakeholders.
• Manages information on Belgian donors. For this she/he :
•Contributes to proper updates of contracts database (Navision and CRM)
•Updates internal communication platform (HInside).
B. Compliance framework
The Institutional Partnerships Senior Officer for Belgium defines, disseminates and controls the application of standards as per donors’ requirements. For this, he/she:
• adequately disseminates the donors’ rules and regulations to the programs (using on-line tools and training sessions)
• applies problem-solving if standard not applied (adapting standard, training, …)
C. Support the contract implementation
He/she supports operations staffs (and advises the IPO for Belgium in this respect) in their funding strategy (Stratop / Stratech) & in the implementation of their contracts, ie interpreting & applying Belgian donors’ regulation and liaising with them.
The Institutional Partnerships Senior for Belgium supports operations staffs (and advises the IPO Belgium in this respect)(in their funding strategy (Stratop / Stratech) & in the implementation of their contracts. For this she/he:
• Supports project staffs in interpreting & applying Belgian donors’ regulations, and for this provides advises and organizes training
• Supports project staffs liaising with the donors or acts as in-between when required.
• contributes to guaranteeing the respect of the terms of the contracts, the conformity of the reports and the degree of achievement of the actions in line with the expected results.
• contributes, with the support of the financial managers, to the financial monitoring of contracts (monitoring of fund payments by the donor, budgetary monitoring of projects)EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:
• Type of contract: permanent contract
• Remuneration package: includes a gross monthly salary, holiday allowance, end of year bonus and fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, group insurance and hospital insurance.
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