Grants and communication officer (F/M)
Description du poste
For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations here and abroad. It has continued to bear witness to obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.
Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.
MdM France currently works in 30 countries across all continents to facilitate access to healthcare through 6 political battles:
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
- Migration, Exile, Human Rights and Health
- Harm Reduction
- Environment and Health
- Humanitarian Space
- Healthcare systems and rights
Context
MdM’s strategy in Yemen is holistic, addressing immediate health needs while also working towards long-term improvements and resilience in the healthcare system. This is achieved through primary health care integrated with protection, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), capacity building, and advocacy. MdM aims to alleviate suffering and promote resilience among the Yemeni population.
Reproductive Health and Rights (RHR) and MHPSS are crosscutting themes across all activities, supported by a transversal advocacy component.
Job description
Under the supervision of the deputy general coordinator in charge of programs, you are part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and you play a key role in supporting MdM Yemen by ensuring high-quality programming in compliance with donors’ requirements and MdM’s national and global strategies. In addition, you are responsible for the mission’s communications and represents the mission in relevant forums.
More specifically, your main responsibilities are the following:
Donor’s proposal management
- Assess suitability and compliance for proposal development
- Provide timelines and action plans and ensure timely submission of project proposals and reports
- Contribute to the search for funding at the field level
- Take the lead in the writing of certain parts of the proposals
- Make sure that all indicators are SMART and targets realistic
Donors and internal reporting
- Ensure good follow-up and compliance with the reporting deadlines and share with relevant departments
- Work in close collaboration with the different departments to prepare kick-off presentations
- Take the lead in the writing of certain parts of the reports and help in the compilation of the different contributions
- Work in close collaboration with the relevant departments, to ensure consistency among the different components of the reports
Donors engagement
- Maintain overview of all donor strategies, requirements, rules and regulations
- Carry out regular donor mapping exercises and identify new funding opportunities
- Maintain a database of current and expected call for proposals
- On request of the deputy general coordinator, approach relevant donors for potential funding
- Support the mission in the organization of external audit or evaluation
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) / Partnership agreements
- Guide the program managers in the writing of needed operational MoU, partnership agreements or amendments
- Ensure smooth communication and collaboration with partners
- Along with the deputy geneneral coordinator, ensure the coordination with the programs officer in HQ in the writing / reviewing / compiling / piloting and signature of such agreements
Team management and capacity building
Communication
- Collaborate with the programs officer to develop new internal communications products for the mission
- Advise implementing partners on donors’ communication and visibility requirements and guidelines
- Support program staff draft or review factsheets, presentations, articles, lessons learned documents, and any other media materials and resources as needed
- Ensure that program communications activities are in line with donors’ communications and visibility guidelines/contractual requirements as well as MdM brand guidelines
Vos conditions d'emploi
- Starting date: As soon as possible
- 12-month contract
- Gross monthly salary: €3,039
- Position based in Sanaa, Yemen
- Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments – minimum of 6 months seniority required
- Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
- Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered
- Accomodation in guesthouse
- 22.5 recovery days per year
- 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
- Health insurance (50% covered by MdM and 50% by the employee)
- Insurance (repatriation…)
Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
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Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.
Votre profil
- Master degree in the following or related field: Development, International Relations, Humanitarian Management;
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar role; including at least 2 years in an international mission
- Experience in multi-donors’ budgets in humanitarian and development context
- Training and capacity-building experience
- Track record in drafting narrative proposals, reports and amendment notes for institutional donors
- Good knowledge of institutional donors’ cycles and procedures (especially for GFFO, ECHO, CDCs, GAC…)
- Solid skills in assessing the quality of documents submitted to donors according to their guidelines and the constraints of the teams
- Capacity to read and understand a donor budget
- Ability to understand the basic/program aspects of a contract
- Excellent organizational skills including time management and ability to meet deadlines
- Flexibility, reactivity and anticipation
- Team spirit
- Able to work and live in a challenging context
- Excellent knowledge of Windows environment (word, excel…)
- Experience with SharePoint
- Languages: English is mandatory (at least C1 level), French and/or Arabic is an asset
- You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde
