Institutional Funding Advisor at Sightsavers

About the role

• Sightsavers Institutional Funding team are looking to recruit an Institutional Funding Advisor to join their team to support and maintain institutional donor relationships.
• If you have previous experience of institutional funding as the main function of your current or a previous role, i.e. leading proposal development, strategic donor relationships and managing contracts and grants for institutional donors, this could be a great new opportunity for you.
• We have an organisational income of approximately £120 million per year, with half of that coming from Institutional Funding sources. We receive support from a diverse range of donors.
• The team are looking for an Institutional Funding Advisor to support and maintain institutional donor relationships; both directly and in collaboration with members of the Institutional Funding team.
• You will be line managed by a Senior IFA in directly managing existing funding agreements and leading in the development of new funding relationships for the team.

To succeed in this role you will need:

• Demonstrable experience of working with institutional donors, including bi-laterals, multi-laterals or large-scale foundations
• Strong knowledge of current international development issues
• Experience of producing funding applications, reports and management information
• Experience working with budgets and financial data
• Strong IT skills including digital media
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to travel internationally for up to 4 weeks each year
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Current and ongoing right to work in Nigeria
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities