The A.M. Qattan Foundation is seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual for the position of Director of Development & Communications Department to work in its offices in Ramallah. Following is the description of this position:
Job Title: Director, Development & Communications department
Job Type: Full time
Line of Responsibility: Director General
Work Location: Ramallah
Job Objectives:
Taking the lead on the Resource Development Strategy, Communications Strategy, as well as MEAL, and provide leadership, strategic vision, and direction to the Foundation as a member of the Senior Management Committee
Responsibilities & Duties:
Leadership and Representation
- As a member of the Senior Management Team, contributing to the strategic development, programme integration and representation of the Foundation, and to key decisions affecting the Foundation.
- Representing the Foundation among partners, donors, and the community at large and addressing queries where relevant.
- Developing strong working relationships with potential partners for new cooperation opportunities.
Resource Development:
- Lead in resource development strategy, planning and target setting.
- Identify and lead strategic fundraising concepts and identify and nurture funding opportunities ensuring alignment with the Foundation’s strategies and goals.
- Managing fundraising and other income generating initiatives, campaigns, and events
- Identifying and cultivating potential donors and partnerships, and building strong relationships with them
- Ensure compliance, mainstreaming, and integration of crosscutting issues, and effective communication amongst relevant stakeholders.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL):
- Lead on establishing MEAL processes and systems at the Foundation, aligned with its strategic directions and work plans.
- Identify areas of learning and research related to strategic issues of interest and support program leaders to create and design projects and initiatives to address these areas.
- Develop and lead on the design and implementation of an internal monitoring plan, and internal/external dissemination framework.
Media & Communications:
- Contribute to and maintain the Foundation’s image and reputation.
- Manage and lead on the Foundation’s communication strategies and policies.
- Ensure relevance, quality, and effectiveness of the Foundation’s communications outputs.
- Ensure effective and efficient media and communications’ operations.
- Ensure alignment of media and communications with the Foundation’s values and interlinked voice and brand.
Managerial Tasks:
- Prepare and manage the Department’s work plans & budgets, in close coordination with the relevant staff
- Direct & manage the department’s staff; ensuring that staff members are inducted, supported, and encouraged to develop within their roles.
- Conducting regular and annual staff appraisals and identifying their development and training needs
- Preparing and presenting regular narrative and progress reports including those for the Foundation’s semi-annual, annual and public reports
- Any other work-related activities
Competencies:
- Strategic Mindset
- Effective Communication (Arabic & English)
- Directing others & Building effective Teams
Job Requirements:
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Certificates in project management/ research/M&E .. are a plus
- Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience
- Solid experience of developing and managing monitoring and evaluation systems
- Resource management, training, capacity building, coaching, and mentoring skills
- Excellent in the use of technology and computer software/applications.
- A general appreciation of the issues concerning the NGO sector, both development and humanitarian issues
- Good analytical skills. Effective negotiator, with the ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector working.
- Excellent organizational and management skills
Other Job Factors
- Flexible working hours are required to accommodate evening and weekend activities.
Interested individuals should submit the application coupled with their CV and letter of interest using the following link:
Deadline for submitting applications is Saturday 21/09/2024. Only potential candidates will be contacted for interviews.