• Professional growth:add experiences and exposure to your CV that strengthen your
professional profile in your chosen domain
• Network:strengthen your professional and personal networks be part of an international Network and a community that spans across world regions.
• Purpose: there is the possibility to lead or to participate in activities that are meaningful to you.
• Remote working
• Possibility to do the role Part time or Full time
• Flexible working hours
• A diverse range of professional and functional experiences
• Volunteers have priority for each new paid vacancy that opens up
• Additional benefits are shared with the successful candidate
Position Description
- Manage relationships with key collaborators and partners
- Develop and implement a strategies related to funding sources, specifically grants and
- partnerships
- Manage specific projects and campaigns
- Develop and implement strategies related to optimise UPG’s collaborations
- Collaboration and project design: participate in the design of collaborations and also of
- specific projects
- Conduct ongoing research on collaboration and funding opportunities.
- Write, edit and submit funding proposals
- Monitor funding received to ensure appropriate deployment
- Impact optimisation: make and implement proposals to optimise the impact to beneficiaries
- of specific projects
- Write brief summaries as well as longer reports on the use of funding received
- Stay up to date with local and global developments and news
- Stay connected to activities to stay updated on developments within the community
Qualified candidates are welcome with a variety of skills. No single candidate is expected to possess all qualifications as the selected candidate brings their unique set of skills to our work and complements a team.
Qualifications and Skills
- Associate’s degree in social sciences, education, communications, or related field.
- Master’s degree holder or Candidate for a Master’s degree is an advantage.
- Prior similar experience with business development, partnership development, grants
- management, sales and/or marketing, or project management is an advantage
- Prior experience managing campaigns or movements is an advantage
- Strong interpersonal skills
- A good network of potential partners and supporters who may care about one or more of UPG’s
- activities is an asset
- Strong listening skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of cross-functional teams.
- Communication skills both orally and written
- Ability to write professionally and to edit written work in English is an advantage
- Ability to work with and respect confidential information of stakeholders.
- Previous experience in or willingness to learn about working with communities and/or the non-profit sector is an asset
Location: The role is remote.
Dates: The initial duration is between 3 months and 1 year for this role. An extension is possible based on performance.
Employment rate: Part-Time or Full-Time
Renumeration: This is a volunteer position.
Application deadline: Application is on a rolling basis until the position is filled.