Job Title: Global Institutional Funding Executive
Location: Kathmandu
No. of Requirements: 1

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:

• To work with the TLMGB Institutional Funding Manager to significantly increase institutional funding for The Leprosy  Mission’s work. 

POSITION IN ORGANISATION:

• Based at the TLM Nepal office in Kathmandu 
• Seconded to the TLMGB Institutional Fundraising Team, reporting to the Institutional Funding Manager (within  the wider TLMGB Programmes Team) 
• Working with the Head of Programmes and Research, Deputy Head of Programmes, Research and Policy  Manager, Programmes Officers, Programmes Finance Manager, and Corporate and Trust Partnership Advisors 

SCOPE OF JOB:

• Identifying institutional funding opportunities, and developing relationships with institutional donors and potential  consortium partners 
• Writing and submitting quality applications that meet institutional donor requirements 
• Ensuring appropriate administration and record-keeping for institutional-funded bids and projects 
• Facilitating learning on Institutional Fundraising and support increased income, across the TLM Global  Fellowship, particularly through face-to-face mentoring of the TLM Nepal Institutional Funding Manager
• Project managing cross-team fundraising initiatives 

DIMENSIONS & LIMITS OF AUTHORITY:

• Representing TLM in external meetings and in conversations with donors 
• Bids signed off by TLMGB Institutional Funding Manager and Head of Programmes and Research
• Willingness and ability to travel overseas up to 4 times per year, in addition to 2 visits to the UK 

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS LEVEL:

• Educated to degree level or higher 
• Excellent writing skills with an ability to communicate persuasively with institutional donors 
• Track record of securing large institutional funding, and managing a funding pipeline and portfolio 
• Good research skills, with an ability to identify evidence-based practice relevant to the bid writing process
•  Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to project manage initiatives  
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, able to speak persuasively  
• Good knowledge and understanding of the NGO-funding environment and donor agencies 
• Knowledge of good practice in project design, budget development, theory of change and log frame analysis. 
• Good analytical skills 
• Ability to use Contact Management Systems such as Salesforce, and to ensure all donor communications are  recorded 
• Ability to work under pressure and to observe deadlines 
• Skilled in building effective cross-cultural relationships 
• Ability and willingness to work closely with others as part of a team 
• Self-starter - able to work without close supervision where necessary 
• Competent with MS Office 365 applications including Excel at the Intermediate level 

PROVEN ABILITIES:

• Relevant work experience in the not-for-profit sector, including writing successful institutional funding  applications and liaison with institutional donors 
• Experience in coordinating cross-team initiatives 

DUTIES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identify institutional funding opportunities and develop relationships with institutional  donors and potential consortium partners (20%)

• Researching potential donors, analysing their giving and monitoring calls for proposals, in  synergy with the TLMGB Programmes Strategy 
• Network with donors and potential consortium partners to develop relationships 
• Make face-to-face donor visits where possible, including in Nepal (with TLM Nepal IF Manager) 

Write and submit quality applications that meet institutional donor requirements (50%) 

• Understand donor requirements and ensure applications meet them 
• Work closely with the programme team and local partners to develop and agree final project designs  and budgets, that match donor requirements 
• Undertake the research necessary to ensure applications are evidence-based 
• Coordinate stakeholder involvement in the bid writing process 
• Write quality funding bids 
• Ensure timely submission of quality proposals, following the appropriate sign-off  procedures before submission 

Ensure appropriate administration and record-keeping for institutional-funded bids and  projects (5%) 

• Ensure all donor communication and each stage in the project cycle is centred on Salesforce 
• Ensure all documents are appropriately labelled and filed 
• Take minutes of meetings 

Facilitating learning on Institutional Fundraising and support increased income, across the TLM Global  Fellowship, particularly through face-to-face mentoring of the TLM Nepal Institutional Funding Manager (20%) 

• Help facilitate TLM’s Institutional Fundraising working group 
• Support the capacity development of Institutional Fundraisers from our implementing partners, including face-to-face mentoring of TLM Nepal’s Institutional Fundraising Manager 
• Ensure coordination with other TLM Supporting Countries when developing funding bids  

Project manage cross-team fundraising initiatives (5%) 

• Work with other TLMGB fundraising teams to maximise income  
• Coordinate TLMGB’s due diligence assessments 
• Develop and ensure compliance with pre-contract timelines, including for the development of fundraising and communications collateral 

To carry out such other duties as may be reasonably requested.