Our Organisation

War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. With a focus on child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, Education and Food security, we strive to empower children and young people, while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people. War Child has been working in the Afghanistan since 2002.

Your Challenge:

War Child is looking for an Interim Head of Fundraising to provide strategic leadership of the institutional fundraising function in War Child Afghanistan in order to achieve sustainable growth and strengthen external strategic partnerships. The position holder will lead the expansion of the funding portfolio by diversifying funding sources through developing and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders, networks and strategic partners resulting in increased visibility of the organisation. Your key point of contact will be the Country Director (CD) – Afghanistan.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead on the development and implementation of a country fundraising strategy.
• Contribute to the development of overall country strategy and support with leadership and organisational decisions for the Afghanistan programme.
• Network with the relevant stakeholders and stay updated on fundraising trends, donor priorities, and industry best practices
• Lead the development of new proposals, in close consultation with the in-country Programme Managers, external partners, ensuring continuous readiness to respond to new funding opportunities.
• Stay abreast of and scope out potentially relevant funding opportunities and strategic partnerships with support from relevant departments within the organization.
• Develop donor engagement plans and use tracking tools to monitor progress against targets, with support from the CD and regional and global fundraising teams.
• Strategically communicate the issues faced by Afghanistan and the impacts on children's lives and coping mechanisms in funding countries to raise the profile of Afghanistan.
• Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children, and adults and compliant to War Child’s Integrity Framework.

You have:

• Strategic vision with knowledge and understanding of institutional donor networks and extensive experience of senior-level institutional donor engagement.
• Expert level of understanding and analytical skills of, and the application of sector and thematic trends in funding mechanisms.
• Demonstrated expertise in institutional funding strategy development and its operationalisation.
• Proven experience in developing new partnerships. Particularly in building new networks, multi-agency consortia and high-quality local partnerships as well as government liaison.
• Proven experience of leading the proposal writing process as well as strong writing skills.
• Strong knowledge of War Child’s key thematic areas: child protection, education, MHPSS, and livelihoods.
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders and convey organisational impact.
• Committed to and have an understanding of safeguarding within the humanitarian and development sector.

Our offer

• An exciting, interim opportunity of 3 to 6 months on a consultancy basis. Competitive consultancy fee. Additionally, provisions such as guesthouse housing, insurance and travel costs are also covered by War Child.
• Ideally, the position will primarily be based in Kabul, Afghanistan, with expected travel within country, subject to security considerations. Part-remote support could also be considered.

Safeguarding

War Child is committed to humanitarian values, standards and norms and we expect the same from job applicants. War Child is especially committed to safeguarding the children and youth we support and doesn’t tolerate any form of abuse. Because we want to prevent and deter any actions that place children and youth at risk, conduct references are an important part of our recruitment procedure. As part of the selection process, War Child will request standardized references in accordance with the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and a recent Criminal Records statement.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply by 28 July 2024 by submitting their application here: https://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/job/322452/apply  

N.B. War Child will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the vacancy if a successful candidate is identified prior to the closing date.