Institutional Funding Advisor at Sightsavers

Job Description

Sightsavers is an international organisation that changes lives for the long term. We work in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. We do what we do because 80 per cent of blindness in the world is avoidable, and we think that’s astoundingly unfair

Responsibilities

We are looking for an Institutional Funding Advisor to support and maintain institutional donor relationships in the UK, both directly and in support of other members of the Institutional Funding team. This includes working with the Institutional Funding Senior Advisor in directly managing existing funding agreements and in leading on the development of new funding relationships for the team. The role will involve contract management, bid development, learning and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing institutional funding experience. To succeed in this role you will need:

Demonstrable experience of working with institutional donors, preferably including bilaterals, multilaterals or large scale foundations Strong knowledge of current international development issues Experience of producing applications and reports Experience of producing management information Good research skills Good proposal development and writing skills Good understanding of budgets and financial data Good IT skills including digital media Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to travel up to 4 weeks internationally per year An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people

Benefits 

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive package includes generous annual leave allowance and other benefits.