Programme Funding Manager

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

February 2026. Full time, 12 - 24 months.

Key Activity Areas

Donor Mapping & Donor Relations Management

• Keeping up-to-date with trends and analyse institutional donor funding opportunities for South Sudan and advise senior management on strategic funding decisions.

• Support the Country Director and senior management in developing and maintaining efficient donor relations with the in-country representatives of relevant funding partners.

• Maintain relationships with key institutional donors.

• Facilitate donors’ monitoring visits to projects.

Grants Management

• Keeping up-to-date with all donor specific guidelines and timelines (incl. humanitarian policy and practice) and inform/train relevant colleagues on these guidelines/timelines.

• Manage the process of compiling donor proposals and reports in close cooperation with Project Coordinators/Project Managers, Technical Advisors and GSO-staff.

• Act as the focal point for maintaining online donor grant management systems.

• Support the development of appropriate systems to ensure donor compliance, including financial and monitoring and evaluation systems.

• Coordinate with finance and programmes teams as needed on project budget expenditures, to ensure alignment with donor proposals and regulations, and timeframes.

• Ensure timely communication with donors in case of significant programmatic or financial deviances from the submitted donor proposal.

Quality Management

• Advise relevant staff on institutional donor requirements and in accordance with Medair, donor, country and international standards.

• Raise any recommendations on the quality of the programmes and interventions during field visits and at other relevant times.

Team Spiritual Life

• Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, beneficiaries, and external contacts.

• Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based team settings. Fully contribute to the rich spiritual life of your team, including team devotions, prayers, and words of encouragement.

• Encouraged to join and contribute to Medair’s international prayer network.

This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant subject such as Management / Development Studies / Business Administration or in a relevant technical subject.

• Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written).

Experience / Competencies

• At least 1 year’s post-qualification experience in a complex humanitarian emergency.

• Experience of maintaining grant management systems.

• Report and proposal writing skills.

• Able to work with project budgets, financial reports and financial management systems.

• Proven ability to work with people from a range of cultural, social, ethnic backgrounds.

• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.

• Excellent communication, negotiation and networking skills. Able to develop relationships with donors.

• Team-player with good inter-personal skills.

• Problem solver, dynamic, mature, self-motivated, hard-working, organised, detail-oriented.

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Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

1. Medair organisational values.

1. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

1. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

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