Programme Funding Manager

Hours: Full-time, Permanent role on 37.5 hours per week. Flexible hours considered.

Location: Truro HQ or Remote (UK) (travel to Truro at least 4x per year)

Travel: Work away from home, this may be UK or overseas training or in-country Programme support. You may be required to deploy for up to 30% of your time in any calendar year.

Role purpose:

This is an exciting time at ShelterBox, and we have ambitious targets of sheltering more and more families each year. A key enabler to achieving this strategic objective is a sustainable funding mix.

ShelterBox is searching for an experienced humanitarian professional to join our Programme Funding Department with previous experience in developing restricted funding applications and developing and rolling out new systems and processes for effective management and coordination of funding opportunities. This is a transformational and impactful role.

The Programme Funding Manager is responsible for coordinating the development and delivery of funding applications which support the delivery of Programme Funding Strategy. They will do this through management of a functioning pipeline and proactively developing, and coordinating the development of high-quality restricted funding applications. The role will also support the Head of Programme Funding in developing and rolling out of systems, processes, and tools for efficient and effective management of institutional funding.

Who are we looking for?

ShelterBox is seeking an experienced, delivery focused, practical, motivated and proactive individual with a strong understanding of institutional funding. The role requires an ability to build strong relationships, negotiate, influence and inform colleagues across the organisation in order to strengthen our ability to win and manage institutional funding. You will need to be comfortable supporting, and sometimes leading the development and rollout of systems, processes and tools required for success, rather than working within a mature existing framework.

Duties will include but not limited to:

Funding Opportunity Identification:

• Conduct a comprehensive donor mapping exercise to identify priority institutional and large international Trust & Foundations focal donors for SBT
• Support the Programme Funding Team to identify, research and advise on funding opportunities and coordinate cross-organisational teams to respond to them
• Ensure all leads are eligible to approach by SBT and that they are aligned to the SBT strategic framework and funding priorities. Ensure that any implication of risk is taken into consideration at all stages of planning/developing any funding applications.
• Gather intelligence about upcoming funding opportunities; develop and share opportunity-specific information and analysis with Programme Funding Team and wider groups.
• Identify funding opportunities for ongoing underfunded projects and communicate with relevant teams as required
• Plan, coordinate and deliver a functioning pipeline of funding opportunities for institutional and large trust and foundation donors that supports the funding strategy to meet income goals.

Proposal Development:

• Have overall responsibility for developing high-quality funding proposals for SBT’s institutional and large international trusts and foundation donors
• Lead and coordinate the funding application processes for any SBT’s under funded projects
• Work closely with colleagues in the Programmes Delivery, Programme Quality teams and Finance teams who lead project design and budgeting, to contribute to the assessment, research, and design of institutional funding concept notes and proposals in response to donor funding opportunities
• Work in close collaboration with consortium partners during proposal development and contract negotiation stages
• Support the development of internal proposal review and approval procedures, to make sure the high quality of submission of proposals and ensure existing policies and procedures are strictly followed.

Systems and Processes:

• Support the development and rollout of Programme Funding team systems, processes and tools to improve coordination, quality and compliance of institutional funding applications.
• Support the Head of Programme Funding in developing and rolling out organisations wide systems and processes for securing and managing large institutional funding opportunities
• Consistently review and feedback on the functionality of systems and processes to PF team

Funding Information Management:

• Develop and manage the organisation’s pipeline of prospects, that have clearly defined targets, outcomes and values.
• Record data on in internal tools including all contact information and deadlines for each successful application and any new funding opportunities.
• Ensure Programme Portfolio overview is kept up to date accurately capturing all information about funding applications
• Produce reports to the IPD SLT on the performance and progress of institutional fundraising against agreed targets and objectives.

Other responsibilities:

• Identify, communicate, and address gaps in proposal compliance requirements
• Represent SBT external in donor meetings, networking meetings and other forums as agreed with Head of Programme Funding
• Actively contribute to the development of Institutional Funding Strategy for SBT
• Any other duties that may be reasonably expected to be delivered as part of this role