Country: United States of America
Closing date: 17 Apr 2016
About VSO
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.
Role overview
Working within the Global Donor Partnership Team, provide lead donor specialism on U.S. foundations for VSO worldwide; providing donor intelligence, landscape mapping and engagement to position VSO for opportunities; provide high quality technical compliance support across the programme cycle (from pre-positioning to bid development to grant implementation and close out) and ongoing relationship management
Skills, qualifications and experience required
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, passionate about social justice and inclusive development, knows how to be creative and persistent to achieve results, demonstrates consistent leadership and can work independently in a variety of changing circumstances. The ideal candidate has experience of living and working in developing countries, understands the U.S. philanthropic sector, has strong networking and engagement skills, is a gifted writer and will bring a well-established track record of developing winning funding proposals to donors such as Ford Foundation, McKnight, Gates Foundation, MacArthur, etc. Candidates should enjoy extensive travel and working with diverse and geographic dispersed colleagues.
This post is part of VSO's first stages of building a presence in the U.S. funding environment. Candidates must have proof of right to work in the United States.
How to apply:
How to apply
If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD000000Aiv9T
Application closing date: 17 Apr 2016
Interview/Assessment date(s): TBC
Start date: May 1, 2016 or earliest avail