World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Business Development & Grant Management (BD&GM) Associate Director, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating business development and grants acquisition. You will build the profile of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) National Office via pre-positioning, donor engagement and strengthening National Office business development capacity with the aim of maximizing and diversifying the funding base. You will lead the development and implementation of the Grants Acquisition and Management (GAM) strategy. You will oversee an annual funding target of $35M, and ensure strong grants management capacity and compliance to engage and retain government, multi-lateral and private sector donors through successful grants implementation and strong donor relations in conjunction with Quality Assurance/Monitoring and Evaluation (MEAL) and Integrated Programs Directors and others as required.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, development studies, International Relations or its equivalent.
• 3-5 years of senior leadership experience in grant acquisition (with a strong track record of winning grants).
• Demonstrated experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant-funded projects.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English with strong competency in proposal writing.
• Minimum intermediate French skills (spoken and written) required.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 40% of the time.