Welthungerhilfe recruits 01 Head of Programmes

Your responsibilities

• Coordination and implementation of projects and programmes according to Welthungerhilfe quality standards
• Managing the integration of all project ideas, project documents and concept papers into the respective information and management systems (ProMis and FundsPro)
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with local partners and principal donors, always with regard to their emerging priorities
• Ensuring partner relations are well maintained and executing donor mapping to identify future partners/donors
• Managing and coordinating concept and proposal development process with key internal stakeholders and relevant partners
• Assisting in updating capacity statements for key sectors (in collaboration with technical and communications team)
• Assisting in creating a clear and structured communication strategy to engage with corporate partners aligned with WHH Congo business development plan
• Working closely together with the logistics and finance Departments to ensure compliance of donor requirements
• Contributing to the development of the annual donor engagement plan

Your profile

• University degree in Management, Marketing, Mass Communications, Development or a related field
• Qualification in the field of development and emergency aid or other relevant qualification
• A minimum of 3 years relevant work experience
• Experience in project design and writing proposals at a high level
• Experience with major donors (USAID, DfID, EU, ECHO, BMZ, …)
• Sound experience in grant acquisition and institutional donor relations
• Good knowledge of planning and survey methods (incl. M&E)
• Very good analytical skills for evaluating the humanitarian and security-related situation
• A high level of mental and physical resilience and readiness to travel to areas with volatile local conditions
• Fluency in English and a very good level of written and spoken German and French

Our offer

We offer you co-operation in a highly dedicated team and a responsible scope of tasks. Our performance oriented remuneration is based on an in-house salary scheme. Of course, a comprehensive training is also part of our offer.