Tearfund is looking for a dynamic and visionary Programme Funding Manager, West Africa. Working directly with the Regional Director, Country Directors, and regional leadership, you will drive regional portfolio growth, lead hands-on technical proposal writing, and cultivate strategic donor relationships across West Africa.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead winning proposals: take direct, hands-on leadership in writing high-quality technical proposals and leading cross-functional bid development across the region.
- Build donor pipelines: create, manage and monitor a robust regional donor partnership pipeline while cultivating strategic consortia with external NGO partners.
- Facilitate programme design: co-facilitate participatory design workshops on Theory of Change, logframes, results frameworks and smart indicators across country teams.
- Strengthen regional capacity: train country offices on donor trends, regulations and prepositioning strategies to move from reactive bidding to proactive strategy.
- Provide governance and oversight: serve as a permanent member of the regional Bid Response Committee and direct mid-year and annual reviews of country funding plans.
Requirements:
- A degree or post-graduate qualification in International Development, Project Management, Social Sciences, or a relevant discipline.
- Dual experience combining direct program/project management with institutional funding acquisition in an INGO setting.
- Proven track record of writing and securing large-scale technical proposals for major institutional donors (e.g., USAID, FCDO, EU, UN agencies).
- Full bilingual fluency in written and spoken French and English.
- An active, established network within the West African donor and NGO community, particularly with UN and FCDO actors.
- Demonstrated expertise in co-facilitating Theory of Change and project design processes.
Organizational requirements: successful applicants must be committed Christians aligned with Tearfund's evangelical statement of faith, mission and core values. Salary is set per country location (Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali). Tearfund's recruitment process includes background checks, safeguarding clearances, and anti-terrorism watchlist screenings. Contract type: Fixed Term.
Closing Date:7 October 2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the Tearfund careers portal (Apply Now button). Candidates must have the permit to live and work in one of Tearfund's operating locations in West Africa (Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali).