Ensure proper grants' management from inception phase to final reporting. Ensure compliance towards donors' regulations. Foster donors' network and support representation towards donors. Enhance donors' mapping and develop opportunities' development plans. Build on the partnerships' strategy of the Mission and support the reinforcement of SI's partnerships in Yemen both with national and INGOs

The Yemen Mission has been working on an increased diversified resource mobilisation stratgey and is expected to potentailly have 5-6 new grants (CDCS Taiz, SDRPY Taiz, DG MENA Marib, DG MENA Taiz, FCDO, FRDL, SDC - Taiz) as well increasing new local partnerships (5-6), and two new consortia set ups, with SI being the lead.. Donors are not present in-Country and representation takes place remotely or through visits in Amman or other locations. Humanitarian funding is expected to decrease, while development donors have increasingly expressed interest to continue to support (e.g. EU, SDC). The push for cost-effectiveness pushes all INGOs towards consortia while the kicking in of the localization agenda imposes the development of local partnerships.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor / Diploma in relevant field

• Experience in the humanitarian sector : 3-4 years

• Experience in a similar position : 0-2 years

• Experience in business development and lobbying towards donors (in particular development ones)
• Experience in grant management and compliance, particularly with institutional donors
• Experience in partnership mapping and development

• Advanced communication skills with capacity to juggle conflicting priorities
• Good representation skills
• Capacity to work to tight deadlines in a challenging humanitarian environment

• Fluency in written and oral English mandatory
• Arabic an asset
• French is an asset