Projects and Funding Officer

at  IMPACT Initiatives

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT INITIATIVES

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization manages several initiatives, which includes i) the REACH Initiative aimed at facilitating the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts, ii) the PANDA Initiative aimed at directly supporting key aid actors in improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and efficacy of their programmes, and iii) the AGORA Initiative aimed at promoting localised and multi-sectoral aid action in support of the recovery and stabilisation of crisis-affected communities.
The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of Acted and the two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECTS AND FUNDING UNIT’S STRATEGY

In 2023, the Department for Projects and Institutional Partnerships (PIPD) developed a strategy to align the departmental priorities with IMPACT’s global road map, with the following objective: to contribute to identifying and sustaining clear and effective fundraising, proposal and project management processes, which are fully embraced by all teams including on and with institutional and downstream partners.

This strategy has led to the ongoing re-structuring of the department into 2 units:

• The Projects and Funding unit (PFU) and
• The Institutional Partnerships unit (IPU)

Overall, the role of the department is to support and coordinate funding and project implementation as well as knowledge management on formalised partnership management, in compliance with best practices and donor requirements, and related learning.

The strategy is organised around three results, of which:

• Result 1 aims to ensure IMPACT can rely on a diverse donor base providing the organisation with the resources required to implement our programming;
• Result 2 – IMPACT’s activities are delivered according to best Project Cycle Management (PCM) practices and in compliance with project related donor requirements;
• Result 3 - IMPACT’s partnership framework is conducive to relevant and compliant programming.

We are currently looking for a Projects and Funding Officer to support our Projects and Institutional Partnership department, as well as Results 1 and 2 of its strategy, based in our Geneva HQ.
Position: Projects and Funding Officer
Contract duration: Open-ended
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Starting Date: October 2024

COMPLIANCE WITH DONOR REQUIREMENTS DURING PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTATION

• Review all donor contracts prior to signature, ensuring IMPACT can commit to all requirements.
• Ensure all contractual requirements are tracked and communicated to relevant stakeholders at HQ and field level.
• Review and validate all donor’s narrative reports before external submission.
• Support and coordinate other reporting requirements as needed, ensuring IMPACT remains compliant vis-a-vis the donor for the whole duration of the project.
• If a contractual amendment is needed, lead the process in close coordination with the field team and other relevant departments.

REQUIREMENTS

• Studies related to humanities or social sciences, and/or other relevant fields
• At least 2 years of relevant working experience. Experience in humanitarian settings highly desirable;
• Excellent written and spoken English; good working level of French is an asset
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365
• Proven experience of copy-writing and editing articles, reports and presentations
• Academic exposure to grant management, program management and/or monitoring and evaluation
• Attentive to detail, meticulous and organised
• Proactive team player with the ability to think and work independently
• Excellent communicator, who shares ideas and discusses solutions
• Critical thinker, who identifies problems and proposes solutions
• Ability to work in a dynamic, multicultural environment, to work under stress and to meet tight deadlines
• Fast learner and resourceful individual, able to take on a challenge and try new approaches
• Previous experience in the non-profit sector and understanding of the humanitarian coordination system
• Knowledge of donor/institutional funding mechanisms

Please refer the Job description for details