Fixed term | 12 months | mid-november 2024

Acted

For the past 30 years, international NGO Acted has been going the last mile to save lives. Currently, Acted supports 20 million people across 43 countries to meet their needs in hard-to-reach areas – and pursues a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental and development aid actor. Acted relies on an in-depth knowledge of local territories and contexts to develop and implement relevant long-term actions, with a wide range of local and international partners, building together a “3ZERO” world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty

Acted Somalia

Acted is supporting man-made and natural disasters-affected populations in Somalia by delivering emergency aid and strengthening their resilience. Somalia has been experiencing recurrent humanitarian crisis for more than 20 years; Acted teams have been deployed for over 10 years with ongoing relief programming being carried out in the North as well as in the South (Lower Juba, Bay, Sanaag and Gedo Regions). Projects are designed according to the populations’ needs and include activities related to water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihoods, lifesaving cash transfer programmes, camp coordination and camp management, as well as shelter and non-food items activities.

You will be in charge of

The Project Development Manager (PDM) positions Acted with donors and leads the development of project proposals in line with Acted’s global and in-country programme strategy, and ensures proper grant management. The PDM ensures smooth internal communication and coordination with relevant departments, and contributes to Acted external communication strategy.

Main duties

1. Positioning and Fundraising

• Context Analysis

• Strategy development

• External relations

• Fundraising and proposal development

• Contracting

2. Grant Management

• Contract follow-up

• Reporting

• Partner Follow-up

3. Management and Internal Coordination

• Staff Management

• Internal Coordination and Communication

• Filing

4. External Communication

Expected skills and qualifications

• Master Level education in a relevant field such as International Relations, Development or Political Science

• Previous experience in the humanitarian field, proposals development, grants management and donor relations are required

• Knowledge of the humanitarian aid system and ability to understand the donors systems

• External representation skills

• Ability to coordinate and manage a team

• Teamwork and team building skills, capacity building skills

• Ability to work independently and creatively in a multicultural context

• Strong oral and written communication skills, analytical skills

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure

• Previous field experience is required

Conditions

• Salary between 4000 and 4200 € monthly (before income tax), depending on the level of education, security level, etc as well as a monthly living allowance of $300

• Accommodation and food provided in Acted guesthouse

• Pension, health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance (& unemployment insurance for EU citizens)

• Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered

• Contribution to the luggage transportation: up to 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract

• Rest & Recuperation (R&R) every 2 months, flight tickets covered up to $500 and allowance of $200

• Annual leave of 25 to 43 days per year

• One week pre-departure training in Acted HQ, including a 4-days in situ security training

• Tax advice (free 30-minute call with a tax consultant)

• Psychological assistance

How to apply

Please send your application (CV and letter of motivation) by email (jobs@acted.org) , including the reference: PDM/SOM

Please note that Acted will never charge a fee for the recruitment process.