With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!Employee Contract Type:Asignación Internacional - Plazo Determinado (duración determinada)**Job Description**:PURPOSE OF POSITION:The Resource Acquisition Lead (RAL) is responsible for providing specialist, technical leadership in acquiring new and repeat funding to effectively finance World Vision's mission in Angola. The RAL is responsible for leading WV Angola's efforts to increase its income, diversify its funding base and donor portfolio, and assure programme financing that responds to the needs of the most children in Angola.The RAL is a senior member of the Impact and External Engagement (IEE) Team, assuring an integrated approach to increasing WV Angola's income, impact and influence. The RAL works closely with the IEE Lead to define funding and donor engagement strategy and targets and to ensure a "one team" collaborative approach to funding acquisition. The RAL leads WV Angola's efforts to develop new, innovative and relevant funding propositions, specifically looking to grow multi-year, flexible, sustainable programme funding and assure effective cost recovery. The RAL seeks to optimise WVA's impact through targeted fundraising and intelligent proposal design, that assures integrated programming across multiple, complementary funding streams.The RAL assures the development and oversees the continuous improvement of WV Angola's funding acquisition systems, processes and practices, including but not limited to:- Resource acquisition strategy and planning- Donor mapping and engagement- Pre-positioning and due diligence- Go/No Go Decision making- Proposal development and submission- Consortia and partner engagement- Integrated, innovative programme design and start up- Donor compliance- Cost recoveryMAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:Resource Development Strategic Leadership and Donor Engagement- Undertake regular reviews of the donor landscape in Angola and ensure WV is pre-positioned in strategic areas and maintains a balanced portfolio.- Lead resource acquisition, management and retention of new and existing donors through developing and or designing of high-quality proposals/concepts/programs that aligns with WVA strategy.- Provide technical hands-on support working with technical sector managers to Grants acquisition and management to support the design of strong and focused proposals/programs targeting the most vulnerable children.- In collaboration with FO finance ensure that budgets are detailed, realistic and in alignment with successful implementation of key outcomes.- Lead the process of Go/NoGo, timely engaging with SLT, ND, RO and/or SO- Develop and update, on yearly base, the NO's Business Plan and Resource targets, identifying priority sectors and donors. Keep an update list of the opportunities in the pipeline, providing regular information to the SLT, ND, and RO.- Support in the formulation of the yearly budget for the GAM, communication, and QA. Provide information for the timely definition of the Human Resources forecast.- Actively engage and participate in strategic in country donor meetings/clusters with foundations, bilateral and multilateral institutions, and corporates, with support of RO- Identify key relationships with local government and other key local stakeholders to strengthen the FOs brand and profile within the country.Local Resource Development- Conduct regular corporate / donor landscape analysis to identify strategy opportunities for resource acquisition.- Develop a portfolio of program components suitable for investment by major donors or corporate partners.- Develop appropriate sales packs & resources required to strengthen corporate / major donor approaches and position World Vision as a development partner of choice.- Build strong, funding relationships with a wide range of corporate partners.- Explore all local resource development opportunities, analyse for viability and risk and position and pursue that align with WV's vision, values and strategy.New Initiatives- Leverage WVA's existing grant program portfolio and geographic footprint to develop new marketing products for local audiences with a propensity to give to World Vision.- Support the design & development of locally appropriate marketing strategies.- Explore new opportunities for local fundraising, including social enterprise design, 'product branding', carbon credits, development impact bonds and other initiatives.- Identify and develop new approaches for increasing multi-year, flexible funding.Communications - Increased Influence- Collaborate with IEE Lead and Communi
