Program Development Specialist
BACKGROUND
Plan International Indonesia is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Working together with children, young people, our supporters, and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. We enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national, and global levels using our reach, experience, and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and are now active in more than 77 countries.
Plan International Indonesia as a national entity has been implementing its local fundraising to support the organization’s income in delivering our mission. To date, corporate and local institutional fundraising has been contributing 50% of the local income and is expected to have 10-20% annual growth to be able to fulfill the target in the business plan. To reach this target, the Corporate Fundraising team needs to grow and strengthen its strategy and team in acquiring and securing more corporate and local institutional partnerships.
In the competitive market where other NGOs have started doing fundraising 10-15 years prior, Plan Indonesia must enter the market with the most innovative ways and bring about the fundraising programs and products that are distinctive, valuable, and impactful.
The Program Development Specialist will be responsible for developing various fundraising programs and products to create and increase income and partnerships with corporate and local institutions. She/He will work closely with Program Team, Influencing Team, Marketing and Communication Team, Operation Team, and, the Youth Advisory Panel to develop the programs and products so that it applies to the established organization’s priorities and standards.
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
Reporting to Corporate Partnership Manager, this position will be responsible for developing fundraising programs and products for corporate and local institution potential donors. The key roles of this position are as follows:
- Strategy Planning, Design, and Development: Provide support for the development/adjustment of corporate fundraising strategy, together with Corporate Partnership Manager, Senior Manager for Corporate and HNWI, and Resource Mobilization Director.
- Donor Acquisition: Provide support for mapping and analysis of potential partnerships with corporate and local institutions donors that strategically fit with Plan Indonesia’s Corporate Strategy and Partnership Strategy. This includes providing essential information and technical analysis to support the identification of grant opportunities.
- Program and Product Development: Primary responsible and leading the development of programs and products for corporate and local institution donors (proposal writing) in a participatory approach, together/in consultation with relevant program teams, operation team, Corporate Partnership Manager, and other relevant units to ensure that each program contributes to Country Strategy and meet the funding target.
- Donor Relationship: In collaboration with Corporate Partnership Manager, establish effective communication with potential donors and existing donors to pursue new or sustaining current partnerships through various programs, products, and campaign collaborations.
- Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting: Support data and update for tracking income, pipelines periodically and make the necessary adjustment on the plan as needed using the established funding tracking system.
- Internal Partnership and People Management: Maintaining effective working relationships with the Plan International team, these include the Plan Indonesia team, Plan International Offices, Fundraising Global and Regional hub, as well maintaining good teamwork for the effective and productive team.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Strategy Planning, Design, and Development
- Supporting Corporate Partnership Manager to develop and adjust Corporate Fundraising Strategy and Annual Work Plan to ensure it aligns with the Resource Mobilization and Country Strategy, including income target.
- Keep abreast of the information and trends of international and domestic grant funding within the AoGDs and Country Strategy Programmes.
- Maintain and develop knowledge of the corporate sector and local institutions to ensure all fundraising opportunities are maximized.
Donor Acquisition
- Providing support for mapping and analysis of potential partnerships with corporate and local institutions donors that led by Corporate Partnership Officer to strategically fit with Plan Indonesia’s Corporate Strategy and Partnership Strategy.
- Providing essential information and technical analysis to support the identification of grant opportunities and potential partnerships.
- Create GO-NO-GO analysis for potential partnerships with any donors.
Program and Product Development
- Lead the development of attractive and quality corporate & local institutions’ fundraising programs and products based on donor interest in coordination with Corporate Partnership Manager, Program Managers, Program Advisors/Specialist, and Operation team as needed.
- Lead the development of concept notes and proposals bank for Plan Indonesia’s programs and campaigns priorities, including ensuring a healthy program pipeline.
- Lead the development/adjust the introduction tools for donor engagement such as Plan Indonesia’s profile and program priorities in the form of one/two-pager, presentation, videos, etc.
- Apply all Plan Indonesia’s standards and procedures related to quality programming and accountability, including the application of the cross-cutting approach such as Digitalization, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), Youth Participation, and Protection to be fully embedded in the programs/products development.
- Provide technical support to the designated Project Design task force to ensure the meaningful participatory process is delivered effectively and promptly, including meeting tight submission deadlines for humanitarian response proposals.
- Promote and lead regular discussions with programs, sponsorship, and Program Development teams to develop new and potential programs and products that can be marketed to potential donors.
- Provide necessary administrative support as needed to identify and recruit qualified external consultant(s) as a surge capacity to develop complex donor proposals or other specific assignments related to program development.
Donor Relationship
- In collaboration with Corporate Partnership Manager, establish effective communication with potential donors and existing donors to pursue new or sustaining current partnerships through various programs, products, and campaign collaborations.
Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting:
- Support data and update for tracking income, pipelines periodically and make the necessary adjustment on the plan as needed using the established funding tracking system.
- Provide and contribute updates & reports to corporate partnership regional’s reporting tools.
- Provide support for reporting to donors, particularly to check/reviews regarding donor compliance.
- Ensures quality standards of document keeping, retrieval, and sharing mechanism.
Internal Partnership and People Management:
- Maintaining effective working relationships with Plan International team, these include Plan Indonesia team, Plan International Offices, Fundraising Global and Regional hub, as well maintaining good teamwork for the effective and productive team.
- Adheres to RACI (Responsibility, Accountability, Consult and Inform) to coordinate with other units/departments in delivering the work.
- Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GESI)
- Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in project design and as principles applied in day-to-day work.
- Participate actively in capacity building and learning events on Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion.
- Submit required documentation (reports, checklists, action plans) to implement policy, standards, and approach on Safeguarding and GESI.
- Understand and put into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GESI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed by the appropriate procedures.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal relationship
- With Corporate Partnership Manager, Senior Manager for Corporate and HNWI, and Resource Mobilization Director for consultation, providing updates and reports
- With CMT for providing insights on strategy development and Go-No-Go Process.
- With the Program Team for collaboration and coordination during all processes of proposal development.
- With Country Finance Manager, and Finance team, for coordination in income and expenses reconciliation
- With Communications and Influencing Team to align the campaign messages.
- With the Resource Mobilization team to ensure the alignment of strategy.
- With PIA and Sponsorship manager to ensure sponsored children get the maximum benefit from Corporate Partnership effort.
External relationship
- With potential donors from the private/corporate sector and local institutions.
- With private sector associations, social enterprises, international organizations (UN Agencies, World Bank, and ADB), and other international entities.
- With the Fundraising Global and Regional hub and Global Partnership Team.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in social sciences, economics, social welfare, international relations/developments, English Literature, and relevant field in Marketing, Sales, and Business Development.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in program/project development, business development, professional fundraising, or similar jobs in not-for-profit organizations/NGOs/INGOs with a proven portfolio in successful resource mobilization and achieving set targets.
- Knowledge of funding opportunities especially calls, formats, and donor compliance in the corporate CSR and diverse institutional donors’/ development partners.
- Have practical experience in leading the program development which includes Theory of Change (ToC), Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) in proposal preparation and writing, including budgeting principles and all aspects of proposal design.
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management skills to deliver quality work, able to lead processes and coordinate between a wide range of actors to meet tight deadlines.
- Meticulous, disciplined, have attention to detail, and the ability to provide critical feedback for quality improvement.
- Representational skills, able to present information concisely and effectively to external actors
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.
- Excellent people skills, team builder, and enthusiastic team worker.
- Customer focussed approach to all duties.
- Demonstrated knowledge of gender transformative approach, gender-based violence, child rights, and inclusion.
- Understanding of Indonesia Government policies, laws, and institutions in CSR and Fundraising in General.
- Highly skills in coaching, mentoring, training, and facilitation skills.
Desirable
- Master’s Degree in international development, international relations, economics, social science/welfare, and gender.
- 2 years of experience working in a similar position in INGOs/National Foundations.
- Demonstrated knowledge of corporate social responsibility and social impacts/enterprise
- Demonstrated work experience in humanitarian and development settings.
- Extensive knowledge of development and humanitarian landscapes and actors.
PLAN INTERNATIONAL'S VALUE IN PRACTICE
- We are open and accountable create a climate of trust inside and outside the organization by being open, honest, and transparent.
- We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others while doing what we say we will do.
- We strive to achieve a significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused, and innovative.
- We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organization, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities, and our partners.
We are inclusive and empowering
- We respect all people, appreciate differences, and challenge inequality in our programs and our workplace. We support children, girls, and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Typical office environment in Jakarta, with frequent travels to the field.
LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN
Low contact:/interaction with children and young people
All applications will be treated in confidence. Only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interviews.
Please submit your letter of application and detailed curriculum vitae in English by CLICK HERE now not later than March 14, 2022
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