وظيفة شاغرة/ Monitoring, Evaluation and Fundraising Officer - رام الله

Job ID/Title :Monitoring, Evaluation and Fundraising Officer
Program :Socio-Economic Program-Leaders Organization
Post Level :Officer
Application Deadline :25 March 2014
Duty Station :Ramallah
Languages:English Required, Arabic Preferred
Starting Date :1 April 2014
Duration of Initial Contract :One year
Expected Duration of Assignment :One year, renewable upon the availability of funds
Background:

The Socioeconomic Program at Leaders Organization aims at supporting youth engagement in leading positive social and political change in Palestine as well as in becoming the drivers of a growing local economy. With this goal in mind, LEADERS Organization strives to achieve four key outcomes:

- Enhanced leadership capacity of young people in the social and economic arena.

- Establishment of a community of young people active in the use of media, with a specific focus on modern media.

- Engagement of young people in promoting a culture of human rights, democracy, good governance, and social justice.

- Enhanced engagement of young potential leaders in their political and social organizations.

The Socioeconomic Program is seeking a qualified candidate for the vacancy of Monitoring, Evaluation and Fundraising Officer (MEFO). The MEFO will support the monitoring and evaluation process and fundraising activities relating to The Socioeconomic Program. The MEFO will assist Leaders Organization management team to ensure the successful delivery of the program as a whole against the performance measures set out and to support the program in securing financial support from regional and local foundation, corporate and individual funding sources.

Description of Responsibilities:

The MEFO works under the direct supervision of the Socioeconomic Program Manager. The MEFO works in close collaboration with the Operations, Program and projects staff at Leaders Organization to ensure consistent service delivery.

Summary of Key Functions:

-Monitoring and Evaluation: design, management and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities over the program cycle;

-Fundraising: Expand, intensify, and lead our fundraising efforts focusing on securing financial support from local regional and international foundation, corporate and individual funding sources.

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Evaluation:

- Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures

- Monitor all program activities and progress towards achieving the program outputs;

 - Recommend further improvement of the logical frame work of different projects under the socioeconomic program;

- Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the program success;

- Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results;

- Monitor the sustainability of the program's results;

- Provide feedback to the Program Manager on program strategies and activities;

- Suggest strategies to the management team for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the program by identifying bottlenecks in completing projects activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks;

- Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all projects activities to the Program Manager;

- Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system;

- Develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the program;

- Provide inputs, information and statistics for quarterly, annual and other reports to Program Management Team and Leaders;

- Participate in annual program reviews and planning workshops and assist the Projects Managers/Program Manger in preparing relevant reports;

- Assist the program personnel with M&E tools and in supporting them in their use.

Fundraising

- Produce a 2 year development plan 2014-2015 reflecting quantifiable fundraising goals aimed at generating approximately 1 Million USD from sponsorships, corporate and individual donor solicitations and grant funding awards. The plan will include specific revenue goals, timetables and any related PR and communication plans for each fundraising category;

- Prepare and submit pre-approved Letters of Intent and/or proposals which support the plan and follow the donor instructions for solicitation.

- Develop a prospective donor list that effectively supports the fundraising plan; the donor list must clearly support the work of Leaders Organization and its socioeconomic program;

- Prepare donor correspondence and communication;

- Contribute to the development of a master organizational case for support from potential donors and supporter;

- Research and identify potential funders;

- Prepare and submit sponsorship agreements, concept notes and proposals;

- Design customized presentations for in-person meetings with potential donors.

- Submit monthly written progress reports or other progress reports as requested from the Program Manager.

- Set a meeting schedule to regularly meet with the Program Manager/team to ensure development goals and objectives are clearly understood and implemented.

Competencies:

Corporate Competencies:

-Demonstrates commitment to Leaders’ mission, vision and values

-Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Functional Competencies

Knowledge Management and Learning

-Shares knowledge and experience

-Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills

Development and Operational Effectiveness

-Ability to review data, identify and adjust discrepancies

-Ability to produce accurate and well documented records conforming to the required standard

-Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints

-Strong IT skills

Leadership and Self-Management

-Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback

-Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

-Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure

Qualifications :

Education:

At least a Bachelor's degree, MBA or relevant Master’s degree preferred

Experience:

Demonstrated success in significant non-profit fundraising for organizations that work with women and/or youth

Superb oral and written communication and editing skills to support grant writing

Capacity for meeting quick turn-around proposals for imposed donor deadlines, and working collaboratively to design and execute successful development plans.

Ability to synthesize market research data.

Experience that includes successful solicitation of private, corporate, individual and government funding sources for the last 3 years.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in spoken and written English, Arabic is highly preferred

Others:

Excellent working knowledge of MS Office-Word, Excel, Power Point.

Sound judgment, excellent analytical skills, strong networking and interpersonal skills, ability to plan, organize and coordinate work and to cope with a demanding workload is expected;

How to Apply :
Your written response to this application must include the following items, and it must be submitted no later than 5PM Tuesday, March25, ,2014 to applications@leaders.ps
-Description of how the required work will be carried out and why you think you are the best for this position