Switzerland: A DONOR RELATIONS OFFICER - SWITZERLAND

Organization: Action Contre la Faim
Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 14 Dec 2014

We are looking for:

A DONOR RELATIONS OFFICER

Teleworking - Based in Switzerland

Objectives of the position:Under the supervision of the Director of Donors Relations based in Paris, the donor relations officer will be in charge of developing institutional fund raising with a given portfolio of donors. He will be also in charge of developing market intelligence and providing assistance and training to relevant ACF staff in head of office and country office. You will be responsible for :

Develop Donors intelligence

• Investigate donor(s) in charge, track dynamics and generate insight
• Advise ACF positioning (at global, regional and mission levels) by assessing Donor attractiveness for ACF and by advising ACF relevant staff for developing effective tailored positioning
• Track results, recognize success, do benchmarks, loop back to market intelligence step to improve ACF approach and positioning
• Contribute to ACF improvement of funding mechanism & regulations in collaboration with support departments

Provide Grant development assistance and follow up (helpdesk function)

• Monitor donor’s regulations and produce/update donors’ ID, briefing paper and compliance checklist in coordination with other concerned support department (finance, legal, Logistic, HR)
• Monitor ACF proposals compliance to donors requirements, produce alerts and guidance for necessary corrective actions when needed
• Track and disseminate funding trends and opportunities
• Provide extensive technical assistance to ACF head office and country office for grant development and management
• Contribute to any audit exercise related to the donors in charge and to the resolution of disputes or claims in cooperation with concerned support departments (finance, legal, Logistic, HR)

Provide Capacity building

• Develop training materials on donors funding mechanism, policies and regulations for relevant ACF staff or ACF partners
• Organize and conduct online or in-situ (country or head office) training sessions on regular basis or on request

Represent, liaise with and influence Donors representatives and relevant stakeholders

• Participating in official and informal meeting with Donors’ representatives and relevant stakeholders
• Pro-actively taking part in for or meeting with partners or other relevant stakeholders

Qualification and previous experience: Diploma equivalent to Master II in Business, Management humanitarian project or general , you justify a professional experience of 5 years in a similar position , including 3 years in donor relations.

You have the capacity to write donors documents in French and in English (proposal and reporting) and have knowledge of fund raising institutional donors. You also have the ability to skillfully establish trusting relationships with your contacts with the aim to negotiate favorable conditions for an organization's program.

Fluent in english is required. A field experience is necessary.

Status: Fixed Term contract of 12 months (Possible extension of contract)

Annual Salary : Salary according to experience

Starting Date: As soon as possible

ACF has an employment policy for disabled people.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit our website :

http://www.actioncontrelafaim.org/en/content/donor-relations-officer

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