German Funding Specialist

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Recruiting Organization: Africa Health Organisation (AHO)

Introduction

Do you have experience of writing Grants and Tenders from The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - German International Development Agency)? You will be responsible for the overall administration and management support of GIZ-funded projects and actively contribute to preparing new GIZ project proposals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Proposal Writing

• Mapping of GIZ and international funding opportunities and private investors funding.
• Conducting research, analysis and documentation.
• Conceptualisation, visualisation and iterative challenging of new project ideas.
• Design GIZ and international projects.
• Consortium-building, introduction to relevant consortia and partners’ recruitment for GIZ funding applications.
• Writing GIZ project proposals including scientific excellence, societal impact and project implementation, budget, deliverables and planning.
• Writing Logical Framework (LogFrame) to submit with the application.
• Submission of GIZ project proposals.

Budget Management

• Be responsible for designated project budgets, including allocating expenditures against budget lines and ensuring funds are appropriately allocated to meet project objectives.

Degree

• Academic background in a relevant field with a Bachelor’s or/and preferably a Master’s degree.
• Those without a degree, but with a vast amount of experience are welcome to apply. We will discuss this with individual candidates.

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of German policy and decisions about health, education, social issues, human rights, democracy, technology, environment, territorial cooperation etc.
• Responsibility, consistency and adherence to strict deadlines.
• Proven track record in drafting and implementing GIZ-funded projects.
• Administrative, organisational and communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a can-do attitude.
• Intercultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Good problem solver, enjoying the variety and delivering efficient, scalable, and project-focused solutions.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work on own initiative.
• A drive to achieve quality in all aspects of the role

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (both written and oral).
• Knowledge of a second language such as German, French, Italian, or Portuguese is an asset.

Technological Awareness:

• Fluency in office software, email, web-based applications and databases.
• Command of social media.
• Actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks.

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Grant Writers Internships

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Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurring