Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor, Cambodia Civil Society Resilience Activity

Job Description

Summary:

Save the Children seeks a Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor for the anticipated $12 million five-year USAID-funded Civil Society Resilience (CSR) Activity in Cambodia. This Activity aims to improve Cambodia’s civil society and grassroots organizers to be more effective while maintaining civil society’s ability to function within the country’s closing civic space. The Activity will address the needs, opportunities, and challenges identified by civic actors, across relevant sectors, to foster engagement and respond to civic space challenges. The Activity will strengthen the agency, resiliency, and efficiency of civil society to advance agendas that are in the public interest and advance inclusive development.

The Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor will be responsible for resource mobilization initiatives, such as crowdfunding campaigns, fundraising, and building partnerships with the private sector. This position will train and support CSOs in resource diversification and mobilization to help them become more sustainable organizations.

Hiring is contingent upon successful award of the project and USAID approval of the candidate.

Cambodian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: Tuesday June 18, 2024.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties):

• Contribute technical leadership and expertise in locally-led resource mobilization and private sector partnerships. Support implementation of the project work plan and project monitoring in close collaboration with USAID and other partners and stakeholders.
• Provide technical oversight and support to implement CSO training and local capacity strengthening in resource diversification, mobilization, and sustainability planning.
• Create and strengthen partnerships with community groups to promote self-sustaining and appropriately incentivized approaches to community-led capacity strengthening.
• Refine evidence-based training materials, job aids, curriculum, and other training materials as needed to implement project activities.
• Identity CSO strengthening needs and opportunities, assisting in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs, including facilitating trainings of trainers in partnership with local, district, and provincial counterparts.
• Support and provide creative input for campaigns and fundraisers to build partnerships with the private sector.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or graduate degree in international development, social science, business, law, communication, or related field.
• At least 7 years of demonstrated experience in managing programs including engagement with the private sector and fundraising.
• Good understanding of resource mobilizations from civil society groups in other Asia-Pacific contexts.
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building initiatives for CSOs, community-based organizations, and grassroots groups.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English.
• Professional proficiency in MS office suite.

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

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About the Organization

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves.