Program Development Advisor, Mena

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

IRC (International Rescue Committee) Germany is looking for a

**Program Development Advisor, MENA**
- Berlin | as soon as possible_
- full-time | 1 year_

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**This position is currently meant for IRC employees only**

**About Us**

Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. In 2016, IRC Germany was founded and is involved in the areas of education, economic wellbeing, and safety, legal protection, and empowerment throughout Germany.

**Major Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with country teams to proactively identify and address their priorities and support needs in BD.
- Collaborate with other AMU pillars to gather donor intel through desk research to identify funding leads and analyze resource mobilization trends in the region.
- Lead or support pre-positioning for specific opportunities, including facilitating technical brainstorming, partner and competitor landscape analysis and win theme sessions with technical and country staff.
- Support country offices in setting up annual regional metrics and analyzing the Quarterly Strategy Review for the regional leadership.
- Support the full proposal lifecycle including sharing initial assessment of new opportunities, supporting Go/No Go processes, preparing, and sharing templates and timelines, ensuring adherence to deadlines, supporting recruitment, assisting in reviewing budgets, ensuring document completion, organizing meetings, and compiling notes, and drafting and proofreading proposal sections.
- Facilitate the identification of consultants, partners and other proposal development support as needed in collaboration with the country team.
- Collaborate with technical units, country offices, and other colleagues to support conceptualization of winning proposal and bid designs for new project activities and/or amendments to current projects.
- In line with IRC’s Partnership Ambition, and in collaboration with regional Partnerships teams, contribute to increasing the volume and equity of IRC's work with local and regional partners (with a focus on women-led national organizations) by coordinating support to country offices in identifying partnership opportunities, identifying strong partners, and finalizing teaming arrangements.
- Facilitate internal post-submission debrief sessions, (i.e., After Action Reviews) with country teams, technical units, regional team, and other relevant stakeholders to collect lessons learned.
- Participate in special projects as needed and other tasks as assigned.

**Your Profile**
- Experience in developing and supporting humanitarian and development proposals for NGOs.
- Experience with strategies and proposal processes of key government/statutory donors - US, UK, EU, German, Scandinavian.
- Experience in collaborating with and supporting national and community-based partners and in proposal budgeting.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively collaborate across a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in remote and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals.
- Ability to travel internationally (approximately 20% of time)
- You have English language skills at C1 - C2 level according to the** **Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF)

**What We Offer**
- Meaningful work in a multi-cultural team
- A starting salary between 61,000- and 65,000-Euro gross per year as well as an annual salary increase
- Attractive benefits for employees such as gym membership, company pension plan, job bike leasing, job ticket subsidy and special leave days
- 30 days of annual leave
- Flexible hybrid-work options (working hours, office/homebased)
- Training and development opportunities.
- curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages),
- at least three references

IRCGermany

**Standard of Professional Conduct**:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

**Commitment