Senior Partnership Officer
PRINCIPAL ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:
This position is under the supervision of the Unit Head of Institutional Fundraising and Partnership Department. The functions of this role are:
- To solicit grant givings from corporates, foundations and institutional donors in order to support the organization’s development.
- To maintain relationships with our potential and existing donors
- To perform quality programme management
PRINCIPAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identify suitable funding opportunities from corporates, foundations or institutional donors for Plan International Hong Kong’s local and overseas programme
- Develop concept papers and donor proposals for funding applications
- Liaise with the country offices to ensure an efficient and impactful programme design, desired outcomes and monitoring and evaluation system in all project proposals
- Undertake timely and quality reporting for donors with close collaboration with Plan’s country offices
- Undertake routine project monitoring for our funded programmes to ensure ongoing project excellence, governance and impact
- Cultivate and maintain good working relationships with potential or existing corporates, foundations and institutional donors
- Support the handling of the grant finance adhering to Plan’s policy and procedure if necessary
- Support the department to develop the strategic plan and annual plan
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor
KNOWLEDGE / JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
- A Recognized degree in development studies or relevant social science discipline
- Minimum 5 years of solid programme and project management experience in INGO, and preferably for children development programmes
- Extensive working experience in child protection, safe schools, youth economic employment or inclusive quality education is preferable
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and/or grant making experience is preferable
- Working experience on soliciting funding from corporates, foundations and institutional funds is preferable
- Have a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese)
- English requirement – Preferable with Grade C or above in HKCEE (Syl. B) / 7 or above in IELTS
PERSONAL QUALITIES:
- Enjoy interacting with people with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Independent, multi-tasking, flexible, problem-solving skills and attention to details
- Good teamwork player
- Has to be pro-active and aggressive
- Result oriented and KPI driven
- Passionate on development issues especially regarding to children’s rights
- Willing for occasional travel to remote area of developing countries is necessary
- Agree with Plan’s mission and vision and observe strictly to data privacy and child safeguarding policies
- Maintain an awareness of political, gender and cultural sensitivities in strategic thinking and programming
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Personal & Application Information
Please provide the availability, current and expected salary information in your application to HR Department via [email protected]
Prospective candidates are requested to undergo an Anti-Terrorism check, Sexual Conviction Record Check and reference check.
Plan International is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful.
