Back Institutional Partnerships Officer _ BELGIUM (Brussels) H/F

Humanity & Inclusion/ Handicap International is an international NGO working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work tirelessly alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their basic needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.

We currently work in 60 countries with an overall budget of 170 million EUR and employ 3,000 people. Our headquarters are located in Brussels and Lyon.

HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

CONTEXT:

In order to implement its development and humanitarian activities in its countries of interventions, HI mobilizes funding from a large range of institutional partners.

As Institutional Partnerships Officer, you are in charge of donor relationship, compliance framework and support to contract implementation of your portfolio of donors : Belgium institutional donors (Development cooperation DGD, Belgian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, ENABEL, Brussels Region,…). This portfolio may evolve.

YOUR OBJECTIVES:

As Institutional Partnerships Officer:

1. You manage relations with the donors of your portfolio in order to develop businesses. For this, you:

· Build and disseminate knowledge on donors, and therefore you anticipate & understand donors’ expectations & strategies & shares your analyses.

· Negotiate with institutional partners & defend HI interests.

· Support business development.

· Contribute to successful preparation of reports through advice and clarification of the rules, according to the agreed standard.

· Manage information on donors.

1. For compliance framework: you define, disseminate & control the application of standards as per donors’ requirements. For this, you :

· Develop sound knowledge of / expertise on donors rules & regulations

· Apply problem-solving if standard not applied (adapting standard, training, …)

· Support the contract implementation

1. You also support operations staffs in their funding strategy & in the implementation of their contracts. For this, you:

· Support project staffs in interpreting & applying donors’ regulations, and for this you provide advises & organize training.

· Support project staffs liaising with the donors or act as in-between when required.

PROFILE SOUGHT:

· 4-5 years of higher education in a field relevant to the job, or equivalent experience

· Good spoken and written English + French + Excellent command in Dutch

· You demonstrate at least two years’ experience of managing funding and/or development/emergency aid projects abroad or at NGO headquarters. You have an experience in European funding management and knowledge of rules of Belgian donors is a +.

· you have the capacity and appetite for networking (experience working with an NGO coordination platform is an asset)

· You have excellent writing and synthesis skills

· You enjoy working in international/multicultural teams

· You have strong Pedagogy, adaptability, and flexibility skills

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

· Type of contract: 12 months Fixed term contract than potentially Permanent contract

· Remuneration Package: includes a gross monthly salary, holiday allowance, end of year bonus and fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, group insurance and hospital insurance.