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Partnership Manager (DfID) - London

Employer
Comic Relief
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£36-39,000pa
Closing date
22 Oct 2018

Job Details

Partnership Manager (DfID)

Ref: BA73635

Since 2009, Comic Relief has worked with the government’s Department for International Development (DFID) by jointly funding projects that support health, inclusive education, urban slums, trade, enterprise and women and girls in Africa.  DFID is also co-funding Comic Relief’s Common Ground Initiative which aims to invest in small and African Diaspora organisations based in the UK to help some of the poorest and most disadvantaged communities across Africa create real and sustainable change.

We are looking for a Grant Manager, known as a Partnership Manager, to manage a range of Comic Relief’s grants co-funded by DfID. The grants to be managed include grants on Women and Girls’ Rights; Inclusive Education (including Early Childhood Development and Disability); and Trade, Enterprise and Employment (TEE); and potentially other themes depending on emerging new opportunities.

As an experienced grant maker or programme manager, you will have experience in at least one, but preferably two, of the following areas:

·       Trade, Enterprise and Employment

·       Women and girls’ rights

·       Inclusive Education (including early childhood development; disability)

You will manage a diverse portfolio of funded projects and proactively oversee risk, compliance, partnership management, and budget control.  You will work with colleagues to allocate resources, ensure compliance and provide regular stakeholder reporting.

Through international and local travel you will also meet with partners, supporting them to deliver social change as well as champion stories of success and share key learning.

It is important that you have an excellent understanding of international development and technical expertise in at least one, but preferably two, of the programme focus areas mentioned above. It is essential that you have significant experience in grant making and/or programme management and an in-depth understanding of best practice in these areas.  Comfortable building and nurturing relationships, you must excel at stakeholder management and relish working in a collaborative environment. Financially astute, you will also possess strong project management, communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.  Experience managing international development projects or programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa would be a significant advantage. 

How to Apply

Please apply via our website using the link. Note that we will be interviewing for this role on a rolling basis. The final deadline for applications will be Monday 22nd of October 2018, although we may close the application process in advance of that date, should we find someone appointable.

We positively welcome, and seek to ensure we achieve, diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people and we will guarantee a first stage interview to all disabled applicants who sufficiently demonstrate in their application how they meet the essential criteria for the job as outlined on the person specification of the job description.

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Our mission, thanks to our comedy heritage and the fantastic relationship we enjoy with the BBC, is 'positive change through the power of entertainment'.

And our biggest tool, in trying to achieve these two goals, is the ability to inspire people across the whole country especially those who don’t normally do charity - to do charity.

As the world has changed and become more complex over the last two decades, so Comic Relief has had to adapt and change too but the fundamentals remain the same - a just world free from poverty. In trying to achieve that vision we make this promise to the people who make those efforts possible - our supporters:

"In order to run itself in a professional and effective way Comic Relief incurs necessary costs. Raising funds, making grants and organisational overheads cost real money.

Despite these costs, Comic Relief is still able to promise that for every pound the charity gets directly from the public, a pound goes to help transform the lives of people living with poverty and social injustice. If Sport Relief raises £20 million, Comic Relief will spend at least £20 million doing just that.

It can make this promise because its operating budget is covered in cash or in kind from all types of supporters like corporate sponsors and donors, suppliers, generous individuals and government (including Gift Aid) as well as from investment income and interest"

AND IF YOU'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE HERE'S THE MORE DETAILED ANSWER:

Comic Relief is obviously a charity - but it's also a business too.

The money we raise is allocated to a wide range of grants and social investments aimed at delivering real and long-lasting change to the poorest, most vulnerable people at home and across the world; as well as informing the public and young people in particular about global citizenship and the underlying causes of extreme poverty.

That money comes in from a number of different sources. Traditional charitable fundraising obviously plays a vital role. The public contribute to Comic Relief's annual campaigns by raising money through sponsorship and by making donations online, by post, by telephone and through major banks and building societies. This support, from almost the very day Comic Relief was formed, has been both humbling and inspirational.

On the business side of things, Comic Relief works with key corporate partners to produce products and promotions that are profitable. The clearest example of this is the Red Nose that is the emblem of Red Nose Day.

Where possible these products tie-in with the charity's commitment to delivering benefits to poor farmers and producers. The Red Nose Day 2007 T-shirt for instance was made with fair trade cotton from Mali, Cameroon and Senegal and there will be a fair trade Maraba Bourbon coffee grown in Rwanda, a country to which Comic Relief has had a clear commitment since the appalling genocide of 1994.

Another way Comic Relief raises funds is via the creativity made available to the charity. Comedians from time to time offer access to key brands like Little Britain for commercial exploitation. The charity also develops and owns key sub-brands like Robbie the Reindeer and Monkey, both of which deliver a revenue too.

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